Something To Think About

Dartmouth's "All-Time Recruits" (since 2000) per 247Sports (Click to enlarge.)

Recruiting services are notoriously shaky when it comes to ranking recruits at the FCS level, which is why it makes comparing one Ivy League class against another anywhere but on the field a lesson in futility. That said, for as ridiculous as it is to try to draw any conclusions from the rankings, they are fun to talk about.

What follows is the 247Sports all-time (since 2000 ;-) ranking of Dartmouth recruits followed by a list of just some of the prominent names that did not make the list.

1. TE Jordan Kirkbride ’23
2. WR Jonny Barrett ’23
3. S Micah Croom ’20
4. QB Dalyn Williams ’16
5. DT Jackson Perry ’19
6. CB DJ Terry ’21
7. WR Jamal Cooney ’23
8. QB Dylan Cadwallader ’23
9. DB Tyler Addison ’20
10. WR Hunter Hagdorn ’20
11. OT Calvin Atkeson ’22
12. LB Jake Moen ’19
13. RB Brian Grove ’16
14. TE Zion Carter ’23
15. LB Jalen Mackie ’22
16. LB Arthur Kaslow ’20
17. CB Isiah Swann ’20
18. OT Hunter Ziegelmeyer ’21
19. S Harrison Herskowitz ’21
20. RB Rashaad Cooper ’19
21. LB Miles Battle ’21
22. LB Joe Heffernan ’22
23. WR Masaki Aerts ’21
24. TE Ben Keeter ’22
25. OL Garrett Strohmaier ’17

Now consider some of the names that did not make the Top 25:

• Defensive end Anthony Gargiulo '06, Dartmouth's all-time sack leader who played in the CFL
• All-time Dartmouth rushing leader Nick Schwieger '12, who had a camp invitation from the Los Angeles Rams
• No. 2 all-time Dartmouth rushing leader Dominick Pierre '12
• All-America corner Shawn Abuhoff '12, who got a CFL look
• No. 3 all-time Dartmouth receiving leader Ryan McManus '15
• Safety Garrett Waggoner '13, who went on to play in the CFL
• Corner Vernon Harris '16, who spent a year on the injured list with the Kansas City Chiefs
• Center Jacob Flores '16, who signed with the Green Bay Packers
• Linebacker Flo Orimolade '17, the 2016 Ivy League defensive player of the year now in the CFL
• Running back Ryder Stone '18 now in the CFL
• Unanimous All-Ivy League linebacker Jack Traynor '19
• All-America offensive lineman Matt Kaskey '19, now with the LA Rams
• All-Ivy defensive lineman Rocco Di Leo '18, trying out with the Cincinnati Bengals
• All-Ivy nickel Ky McKinney-Crudden '18, trying out with the Detroit Lions

Green Alert Take: Either the Dartmouth coaches are unbelievably adept at turning nobodies into somebodies or 247Sports needs to work on its scouting and algorithm.

Green Alert Take II: The next time someone tries to compare recruiting classes using one of the ranking services – keeping in mind those services don't even have the full classes – enjoy a good laugh.