They will be joined by players from Notre Dame, Michigan, Georgia, Nebraska, Texas, Texas Tech, Colorado State, Duke, Wake Forest, Houston and Rutgers as well as by players from the FCS and lower divisions.
The Gridiron Showcase describes itself as an event that . . .
". . . provides exposure and education for top seniors from around the country. The players are selected by a panel of football experts and receive professional coaching, mentoring, life coaching and seminars that benefit them as they move forward in their professional lives in or out of football.
"The practices and scrimmage will showcase the players to scouts and executives from top professional leagues such as the NFL, CFL and AFL. The players attend meetings, practice, perform individual drills, 1 on 1’s, team drills and in many cases have personal interviews with the scouts and executives from these professional clubs."From the Showcase website:
"Last year’s event, which took place on January 31, 2015 in Arlington, TX, produced 10 NFL Draft Picks, 53 signed undrafted free agents and 22 rookie camp invitees, totaling 85 of our 104 (81%) athletes getting opportunities in the NFL.
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. . . "(S)couts from 31 of the 32 NFL Clubs and 7 of the 9 CFL Clubs. Overall we had more than 100 scouts in attendance of our practices and interviews of our athletes."These screen grabs are from the CGS Twitter feed, which is full of announcements of various players who will be participating:
With Dartmouth beginning classes tomorrow a handful of Big Green seniors were expected instead to take the winter off to prepare for their NFL shot.
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The Valley News has a lengthy Q&A with Dartmouth Athletic Director Harry Sheehy that is a must-read HERE. A few outtakes to whet your appetite:
Sheehy on competing with Harvard in the financial aid battle:
Harvard’s going to give them a better (financial aid) package. If we’re both recruiting the same kid, we’ll match Harvard’s offer, so it doesn’t hurt us as much. But then the question is: Will that kid come here if he gets into both schools? The real strength of Harvard’s program is to get kids who have been offered scholarships. Our package just isn’t going to match their package because we just don’t have as much money.Sheehy on his philosophy going up against Harvard:
(W)e don’t have to beat Harvard, Yale and Princeton for kids; we have to recruit kids who can beat Harvard, Yale and Princeton.Sheehy, never afraid to tell it like it is, on charging to watch streaming video of football games:
I told the (Ivy) presidents that I would just stream everything for free. But Harvard and Yale will always be on TV, so I need to be able to have our website in September read, “Dartmouth to Appear on National Television Four Times.” I just have to have that. If I take that away, we’ve lost a recruiting battle for the three or four kids we might get from Harvard and Yale. My big gripe is how long the games take when they’re on television. It’s brutal.The athletic director also speaks to the Ivy League and the FCS playoffs and the possibility of an 11th game. Now go read the story HERE.
