Friday, November 28, 2025

Interesting

Three FCS teams whose 2026 schedules haven’t been posted but you might want to keep an eye on: LINK, LINK, LINK.
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Names of interest from a HERO posting that was led by this photo (LINK):

Highest-Graded FCS Tackles

1. Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth – 84.1

2. JT Cornelius, Monmouth – 80.0

3. Braden Zimmer, Montana State – 79.6

4. Xavier Jennings, Mercer – 77.6

5. Seth Anderson, North Dakota – 77.4


Highest-Graded FCS Tight Ends

1. Spencer Mermans, Yale – 90.1

2. Reis Kessel, NDSU – 86.8

3. Chris Corbo, Dartmouth – 85.1

4. Charlie Browder, ETSU – 78.6

5. Rocky Lencioni, Montana State – 77.0


Highest-Graded FCS Safeties

1. Maximus Pulley, Wofford – 92.8
2. Vincent Firenze, Dayton – 91.7
t3. Cam Chapa, Northern Colorado – 91.5
t3. Harrison Keith, Dartmouth – 91.5
 5. Colin Douglas, Saint Francis – 91.0


Highest-Graded FCS Wide Receivers

1. Nico Brown, Yale – 91.2

2. Bryce Lance, NDSU – 90.4

3. Josh Derry, Monmouth – 89.4

4. Treyvhon Saunders, Colgate – 89.3

5. Jalen Jones, Alabama State – 89.2


Highest-Graded FCS Centers

1. Colby Reph, Lehigh – 82.3

2. Jack Ziebell, Northern Colorado – 79.6

3. Mark Chapman, Columbia – 78.9

4. John Ohnegian, Bucknell – 77.4

5. Aidan Kilstrom, Harvard – 76.2

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As promised several days ago, graduating Dartmouth seniors with remaining eligibility have started putting their names out there. The key word: graduating.

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A story out of New Orleans details how Dartmouth-bound receiver George Loop has recovered from a hamstring issue in baseball season and has piled up 680 yards and 10 touchdowns as a receiver at Isidore Newman School, where Arch Manning, his father and famous uncles played as did Odell Beckham among others (LINK).

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Stats Perform has predictions for the FCS playoff opening round in a couple of stories and here’s how the site sees Ivy League teams and two other Dartmouth opponents faring tomorrow (LINK) (LINK):

Youngstown State 35, Yale 28

Villanova 28, Harvard 20 

 South Dakota State 28, New Hampshire 17

 Rhode Island 31, CCSU 17

A sidelight of some interest regarding the first game listed: Youngstown State defensive back Dathan Hickey has 57 tackles, two interceptions and . . . a psychology degree from Yale, where he played in seven games as a freshman way back in 2018. Find his Youngstown bio HERE.

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EXTRA POINT

That Certain Nittany Lion ’16 enjoys catching the sunrise when he’s visiting and snapped this picture earlier today of the sun climbing over the White Mountains:


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