Saturday, April 13, 2019

Draft Talk

Following up on that list of FCS draft picks by conference posted the other day, here's the number per Ivy League school since 2010:

3 Princeton
2 Harvard
2 Yale
1 Brown
1 Cornell
1 Penn

Here are those draft picks by year:
2010 – Brown DT David Howard (Titans-7)
2011 – Yale FB Shane Bannon (Chiefs-7)
2013 – Cornell OT JC Tretter (Packers-4)
2013 – Harvard TE Kyle Juszczyk (Ravens-4)
2013 – Princeton DE Mike Catapano (Chiefs–7)
2014 – Princeton DT Caraun Reid (Lions-5)
2016 – Princeton WR Seth DeValve (Browns-4)
2016 – Harvard OT Cole Toner (Cardinals-5)
2018 – Penn WR Justin Watson (Buccaneers-5)
2018 – Yale LB Foye Oluokun (Falcons-6)
If you have a subscription to The Athletic you can read a story that takes a look at Dartmouth's best hope this year to end a Big Green draft drought dating back to tight end Casey Cramer in 2004. The story is under the headline: ‘Just keep fighting’: Chicago-area prospects like Nic Weishar, Malik Fountain and Matt Kaskey hope to impress Bears at their Pro Day.

Kaskey, of course, is the 6-foot-7, 325-pound offensive tackle selected last fall to the All-Ivy League first team.
Former Dartmouth linebacker Flo Orimolade wasn't drafted but went to camp with the Los Angeles Rams '17 and is now making a name for himself as a defensive end with the Calgary Stampeders. He was celebrated in the following Tweet this week (LINK):



Orimolade is joined in the CFL by former Dartmouth tailback Ryder Stone '18 of the Montreal Alouettes.
Dartmouth spring practice reaches the halfway point today. To read a report on today's practice or any of the five that preceded it, click through to the BGA Premium alternate site.

Beta testing of the new BGA Premium site is currently underway. (Always wanted to say something like that ;-)