Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens joined pro football Hall of Fame offensive tackle Anthony Munoz, Dr. Chris Giza '86 of the NCAA Concussion Task Force, and Rocky Seto, the Seattle Seahawks defensive passing game coordinator, at last week's clinic on proper tackling and practice
Teevens was an early adapter of non-tackling practices at Dartmouth, which has not tackled at all in practice for several years. The Practice Like Pros Clinics were held in Los Angeles and San Diego as well as Santa Clara and Davis. Learn more HERE.
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Crazy day yesterday, huh? Hopefully there will be a few more Signing Day photos posted before the day is through. If you've I missed 'em and you've got 'em CLICK HERE and it will address an email to me with the subject SigningDay. Then just include the link or photo. Thanks!
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Here's the list of incoming players I have compiled so far, with the addition of two recruits I hadn't yet stumbled across as well as another I was waiting for public confirmation on. Corrections are encouraged!A reminder that bold-faced names are confirmed early decision with height, weight and position provided by the football office. The list of italicized players is drawn from media and Internet reports, with best-guess positions. The regular decision names, positions, etc., cannot be confirmed until near the end of spring practice after official acceptances go out, all the paperwork is returned and the football office is finally allowed to comment on the regular decision recruits.
Why can most Division I schools post lists and videos and interviews with their coaches from Signing Day? Because they use the Letter of Intent. (Learn about the LOI, Ivy League recruiting bands and more on the Athletic Hook college counseling site blog HERE.)
This list includes 27 names. There may be three more I haven't uncovered, who haven't yet been "offered," or who have decided to stay under the radar. Actually, there could be several more than that depending on how many Dartmouth can bring in to satisfy the "120 over three years" Ivy League recruiting rule. Time will tell.
QUARTERBACK
Harry Kraft
5-8, 174
Chestnut Hill, Mass./Belmont Hill
Scott Lloyd
6-3, 210
Fullerton, Calif./Berkshire School
Vito Penza
6-3, 225
Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline HS
RUNNING BACK
Rashaad Cooper
5-10, 191
Tracy, Calf./Kimball HS
Miles Smith
5-10, 205
Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta HS
WIDE RECEIVER
Drew Hunnicutt
6-2, 190
Argyle, Texas/Liberty Christian HS
Dylan Mellor
6-1, 190
Purcellville, Va/Woodgrove HS
Emmanuel Soto
6-2 1/2, 190
Davie, Fla./University School of Nova
OFFENSIVE LINE
Phil Berton
6-4, 255
Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest HS
Matt Kaskey
6-6, 295
Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS
John Kilcommons
6-3, 297
Berwynn, Ill./Nazareth Academy
Patrick Kilcommons
6-2, 280
Berwynn, Ill./Nazareth Academy
TIGHT END
Kevin Barrett
6-5, 217
Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy
Jonathan Jefferies
6-2, 190
Fresno, Calif./Edison HS
INTERIOR DEFENSIVE LINE
Brandon Chu
6-0, 288
Plano, Texas/Trinity Christian HS
Jackson Perry
6-2, 275
Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS
Zach Sammartino
6-4, 286
Pittsburgh/North Hills HS
DEFENSIVE END
David Chalmers
6-3, 245
Leesburg, Va./Tuscarora
Jimmy McHugh
6-3, 265
Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown HS
Kalil Washington
6-1, 220
Robinson, Texas/Robinson HS
LINEBACKER
Harrison Farber
6-2 1/2, 208
Cresskill, N.J./Cresskill HS
Jake Moen
6-4, 220
Gilroy, Calif./Christopher HS
Nathan Nunez
6-2, 220
Amherst, Ohio/Steele HS
Eddie Rudinski
6-2, 220
Westlake, Calif./Oaks Christian HS
Jack Traynor
6-0, 220
Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest HS
DEFENSIVE BACK
Rivers Cahee
5-11, 185
Lafayette, La./Taft School
Nick Peart
5-10, 176
Plantation, Fla./American Heritage HS
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Curious how much interest there is in recruiting, even at this level? Here are the BGA "hits" over the last 30 days:
By the way, if you check the "low" days you'll see they come on weekends. You guys are sneaking a peak while the boss isn't looking, aren't you? ;-)
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Columbia University alum and football blogger Jake Novak offers up some "Tips for the new athletics director," in the Columbia Spectator. (LINK)Columbia named Peter Pilling as AD earlier this week and now is trying to identify a replacement for Pete Mangurian as head football coach. The Lions have dropped their last 21 games. They haven't won since beating Cornell on Nov. 10, 2012.
