Former Dartmouth quality control assistant Callie Brownson, who rose to the role of Big Green recruiting coordinator before moving on to pave the way for women coaching in the NFL, continues to make news:
Callie Brownson will participate in the 2023 Coaching Accelerator, designed for coaches with high potential to be considered for a head coach position in the future.
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) May 17, 2023
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Read a story about what she's up to HERE.
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News that Pat McAfee was going to ESPN led to discovering this on his Wikipedia page. Italics are mine (LINK):
On February 5, 2016, McAfee became a Guinness World Record holder by successfully kicking a 40-yard field goal while blindfolded. The record was surpassed two years later when Davis Brief, a fan of McAfee's, kicked a 45-yard field goal while blindfolded on September 23, 2018.
The farthest blindfolded American football field goal is 50 yards and was achieved by Daniel Schuhmacher (Germany) in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on 25 March 2021.
Davis Brief was primarily a punter at Dartmouth before graduating in 2020. Find his bio HERE and a YouTube "short" showing his then-record kick HERE. Look closely and you might be able to catch a glimpse of Buddy Teevens serving as his holder.
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Bluebloods is back using "the Pro Football Focus (PFF) database and grading system to take a look at the highest-graded returning linebackers across FCS football entering the 2023 season." Dartmouth will face two of them, one in-conference and one out-of-conference (LINK):
1. Liam Johnson (Princeton)
PFF Defensive Grade: 92.8
2022 Statistics: 90 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sacks, 1 interception, 3 pass breakupsT-12. Mike DeNucci (Lehigh)
PFF Defensive Grade: 82.5
2022 Statistics: 66 total tackles, 22 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, 1 forced fumble
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From a Tweet by HERO's Sam Herder:
Approximate # of combined 2023 NFL undrafted free agent contracts and rookie minicamp tryout invites by #FCS conference:
MVFC: 33
CAA: 27
Big Sky: 20
ASUN-WAC: 13
Southland: 11
Ivy: 10
SWAC: 10
SoCon: 9
NEC: 6
Patriot: 5
MEAC: 5
Big South: 4
OVC: 4
Pioneer: 4
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A Tweet by Craig Haley notes that "Former North Dakota State offensive lineman Nash Jensen played in 70 career games, which is believed to be an NCAA all-divisions record," and the record could be in jeopardy this fall. South Dakota State wide receiver Jaxon Janke has played in 57 games and if he stays healthy and SDSU goes far enough in the playoffs he will eclipse Jensen's mark.
The 70 games for a 6-foot-4, 329-pound offensive linemen sent me to the North Dakota State page to check out his career breakdown. It went like this:
2017 - Redshirt season (did not appear in any games)
2018 - Played in all 15 games
2019 - Started all 16 games at left guard
2020-21 - Started all 10 games at left guard
2021 - Started all 15 games at left guard
2022 - Started 14 games. (Missed Youngstown State game with injury)
Jensen signed with the Carolina Panthers last week as an undrafted free agent.
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EXTRA POINT
The overnight low here in gorgeous West Newbury, Vt.: 27.5 degrees. It's May 18, for crying out loud.
'Nuff said.
