Super Ivy

With the Ivy League football website quiet (surprised?) about former Ivy players in the Super Bowl, here's the info you were looking for:

CHIEFS

WR Justin Watson, Penn

C Hunter Nourzad, Cornell (Penn State grad transfer)

TE Anthony Firkser, Harvard (practice squad)

EAGLES

LB Jalyx Hunt, Cornell (Houston Christian transfer)

That got me thinking about the Ivy League presence in each Super Bowl over the years. To find the answer, I went to the Ivy football records book HERE.

Unfortunately, that guide does not list Super Bowl appearances by year, so I had to type the names and year into a spreadsheet and then do a sort. I also had to research the Super Bowl teams the Ivy products played for, which got a little tricky because a player might be listed on a roster for a particular year but his Super Bowl appearance, coming in January, was the next year.

The Ivy record book also has a few mistakes (one of Kenny Hill's appearances is missing, and John Spagnola is listed as Josh). Worse yet, it does not differentiate between players who were on the active rosters for the game, and those on practice squads or injured reserve.

John Lovett, for example, never actually played with the Chiefs, but is on the list for the '19 Super Bowl. (That being the case, I've added Dartmouth's Adam Young, who was a tight end on the Giants practice squad for the 2000 season.)

Did I make a mistake or two reworking the list? Good chance. Are there more Ivy Leaguers who were on practice squads or injured reserve who should be on this list? Probably. For what it's worth, either they should be added, or some on the list should be dropped, but I'm going to leave it up to you to share additions or deletions and why, via email. I've already spent too much time on this. I'll make those changes a year from now – if I'm still doing BGA. If you spot an egregious error, I'll fix it and let readers know in a timely matter what the mistake was.

In the meantime, this should give you a good – if perhaps not perfect – look at the year-by-year presence of former Ivy League players in the Super Bowl.

1968	Chuck Mercein	Yale	Packer
1969	John Dockery	Harvard	Jets
1971	Calvin Hill	Yale	Cowboys
1972	Calvin Hill	Yale	Cowboys
1974	Ed Marinaro	Cornell	Vikings
1975	Ed Marinaro	Cornell	Vikings
1981	John Spagnola	Yale	Eagles
1982	Reggie Williams	Dartmouth	Bengals
1982	Pat McInally	Harvard	Bengals
1983	George Starke	Columbia	Redskins
1983	Bob Holly	Princeton	Redskins
1983	Rich Diana	Yale	Dolphins
1984	George Starke	Columbia	Redskins
1984	Bob Holly	Princeton	Redskins
1984	Kenny Hill	Yale	Giants
1985	Derrick Harmon	Cornell	49ers
1986	Gary Fencik	Yale	Bears
1987	Kenny Hill	Yale	Giants
1989	Kenny Hill	Yale	Chiefs
1989	Reggie Williams	Dartmouth	Bengals
1993	Jason Garrett	Princeton	Cowboys
1995	Jason Garrett	Princeton	Cowboys
2001	Jason Garrett	Princeton	Cowboys
2001	Adam Young	Dartmouth	Giants
2003	Chad Gessner	Brown	Patriots
2006	Sean Morey	Brown	Steelers
2006	Isaiah Kacyvenki	Harvard	Seahawk
2008	Kevin Booth	Cornell	Giants
2008	Zak DeOssie	Brown	Giants
2008	Jim Finn	Penn	Giants
2009	Sean Morey	Brown	Cardinals
2010	Colin Cloherty	Brown	Colts
2012	Kevin Booth	Cornell	Giants
2012	Zak DeOssie	Brown	Giants
2013	Matt Birk	Harvard	Ravens
2014	James Develin	Brown	Patriots
2014	Bryan Walters	Cornell	Seahawks
2015	Bryan Walters	Cornell	Seahawks
2016	James Develin	Brown	Patriots
2017	James Develin	Brown	Patriots
2018	James Develin	Brown	Patriots
2019	Kyle Juszczyk	Harvard	49ers
2019	John Lovett	Princeton	Chiefs
2020	Justin Watson	Penn	Buccaneers
2020	Cameron Brate	Harvard	Buccaneers
2021	Michael Hoecht	Brown	Rams
2022	Justin Watson	Penn	Chiefs
2023	Justin Watson	Penn	Chiefs
2024	Justin Watson	Penn	Chiefs
2024	Kyle Juszczyk	Harvard	49ers

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EXTRA POINT

Someone who knows about our 1984 VW camper van spotted this on social media and shared it with Mrs. BGA.

I've seen the future. ;-(