Saturday, March 25, 2023

Best O-Line, Tight End And Wide Receiver Spans

For the next four days we'll look at the top Ivy runs in the various position groups. Today we'll look at offensive line, tight end and wide receivers.

OFFENSIVE LINE
Harvard 2004-09
2004 - 1st team: Brian Lapham, Will Johnson; HM: Frank Fernandez
2005 - 1st team: Lapham, Johnson
2006 - 1st team: Frank Fernandez; 2nd team: Nick Sobic; HM: David Paine
2007 - 1st team: Andrew Brecher, David Paine, James Williams
2008 - 1st team: James Williams; 2nd team: Alex Spisak; HM: Zach Copple, Ryan Pilconis, Tom Rodger
2009 - 1st team: Ben Sessions, James Williams; 2nd team: Ben Osborne, Alex Spisak

That's a whopping 10 first-team selections, four second-team and five honorable-mentions in six years, perhaps as dominant a run as any school had at any position group.

TIGHT END
Harvard 2011-16 (H-backs reclassified as TE's)
2011 - 1st team: Kyle Juszczyk; 2nd team: Cameron Brate
2012 - 1st team: Juszczyk, Brate
2013 - 1st team: Brate
2014 - 1st team: Tyler Hamblin; 2nd team: Anthony Firkser
2015 - 1st team: Ben Braunecker; 2nd team: Firkser
2016 - 1st team: Firkser

If Harvard's offensive line wasn't the strongest position group, this was might be, featuring a handful of future NFL players.

WIDE RECEIVER
Brown 2007-09
2007: 1st team: Buddy Farnham; 2nd team: Bobby Sewall; Paul Raymond
2008 - 1st team: Farnham, Sewall
2009 - 1st team: Farnham, Sewall

Tomorrow: Running back and quarterback