From the story about Sudfeld:
He was recruited by Brown and Dartmouth and wanted to go to one of those.
But he was not admitted.
"I don't think I had the brains coming out of high school to make it in the Ivy League," he said. "I spoke with those coaches. They ended up taking my brother."The brother "they" took would be Matt Sudfeld, a wide receiver who ended up at Brown. Matt, incidentally, is seven inches shorter than his twin.
Zach wound up at Nevada where he caught 45 passes last fall.
By the way, the story says that Matt, "had a solid career as a slot receiver for the Chicago Bears, with 47 receptions and four touchdowns over his last two years." Bears? Yes. Chicago? No.
There was a story earlier this year on the two brothers on the Nevada Wolfpack website. From that story:
Matt and Zach were both being recruited heavily by Dartmouth and Brown. This would be the preverbal win-win for the boys. They could continue their academic careers in some of the best schools in the nation, while also continuing to play their favorite sport at the next level. Dartmouth was the early favorite, with Brown not far behind. The head coach of the Dartmouth Big Green, which had an undergraduate student body of 4,428 students, was looking at both Matt and Zach. It wouldn't be the warm California weather they were used to, but playing football together would be all they needed.
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Speaking of guys getting NFL shots, I missed one yesterday.Add Princeton's Andrew Starks to the list of Ivy League players getting a taste of the NFL. The Tiger linebacker was offered a free agent contract by the Chicago Bears. Here's the updated list of Ivy products giving pro football a shot:
• Cornell offensive lineman JC Tretter was drafted by the Packers (25th pick of the fourth round),
• Harvard Kyle Juszczyk by the Ravens (33rd pick of the fourth round, 130th overall)
• Princeton defensive end Mike Catapano by the Chiefs (1st pick of the seventh round, 207th overall).
• Cornell wide receiver Luke Tasker signed a free agent deal with the Chargers.
• Penn linebacker Brandon Copeland signed FA with the Ravens
• Columbia defensive end Josh Martin signed with the Chiefs.
• • Princeton linebacker Andrew Starks signed with the Bears.
• Penn offensive lineman Joe Bonadies to minicamp with Vikings
• Penn punter Scott Lopano to Buccaneer minicamp.
• Yale linebacker Will McHale to Saints minicamp
• Harvard tailback Treavor Scales trying out for the Falcons
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Given the news out of Columbia, Ivy League athletes (and high schoolers with Ivy dreams) might want to think hard, and then think again, before they post anything to Twitter. Better yet, they might consider making their Tweets private. Or they might want to consider not Tweeting at all.
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Congrats to That Certain Nittany Lion for wrapping up his freshman year with an appearance on the Dean's List.
