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Dartmouth junior Isiah Swann, one of two finalists for the Bushnell award as the Ivy League's top defensive player, will be a guest on The Brett Franklin Show on 94 ESPN Radio in the Upper Valley today a little after noon. Listen in locally on 94.3-FM & 94.5-FM or catch the program on a live stream HERE. (The program will be replayed at 6 p.m.)
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Former Dartmouth quarterback Jack Heneghan was one of four quarterbacks taken by the Arizona Hotshots in the Alliance of American Football (AAF) “Protect or Pick” quarterback draft. Selected by Arizona in the first round of the draft was Trevor Knight, who played three years at Oklahoma and then did a grad transfer year at Texas A&M. The Hotshots also took John Wolford of Wake Forest and Quinn McQueary of Montana Tech.Heneghan was chosen in the fourth round, one spot ahead of Penn product Alek Torgersen, who was taken by the Birmingham Iron. Holy Cross graduate Peter Pujuals went to the Atlanta Legends in the third round.
Coached by Rick Neuheisel, the Arizona Hotshots will play their home games at Sun Devil Stadium, starting with a Feb. 10 opener against the Salt Lake Stallions.
Heneghan, who spent most of the preseason with the San Francisco 49ers, worked out for the team earlier this month according to this report.
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They loved Cortez Hankton as wide receivers coach at Dartmouth and that continued when he moved on to Vanderbilt. Nothing has changed at Georgia where Dawg Post writes about him as The Unsung Hero of Georgia’s Passing Game.From the story:
Hankton sent applications to schools around the country, but with no real coaching experience, it was difficult. Not many bit. He was able to pique the interest of only one coach—Buddy Teevens at Dartmouth. Teevens talked to him on the phone and was impressed with what he heard, enough to invite him to Hanover, New Hampshire to talk in person. Teevens asked around with people in New Orleans who knew Hankton and heard only positive things. After being equally impressed with his second conversation with Hankton, Teevens offered him the wide receivers coaching job even with no prior coaching experience.
It was a bit of a gamble for Teevens and one that paid off. He quickly learned that he had hit a home run with his hire.
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A news site called OZY writes about Harvard's success developing NFL players, particularly H-backs. (LINK)
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The Manchester Union Leader looks at the career of former Brown head coach Phil Estes, a New Hampshire product and former UNH offensive lineman. (LINK)
