This And That

A listing of NFL draft picks during the 2010s courtesy of Craig Haley of STATS:

25 - CAA
23- Southern
21 - Big Sky and Missouri Valley
14 - Ohio Valley and Southland
13 - MEAC
10 - Ivy
6 - Big South
5 - SWAC
4 - Patriot
3 - Pioneer
2 - Great West and Independent
1 - Northeast

Dartmouth's most recent draft pick was All-America tight end Casey Cramer, taken by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round in 2004. Cramer is second all-time in Dartmouth single season receptions (72), career receptions (185) and receiving yards (2,477) and leads in career TD receptions with 21. He went on to play five seasons in the NFL.

What's Cramer up to these days? From the Franklin, Tenn., Christ Community Church website (LINK):

He came to faith during his time in the NFL when the Gospel was shared with him by a teammate. Though he was previously considering different options for his post-football career, he began exploring his faith, reading and studying scripture, and discovered his calling. 

Cramer would go on to spend three years as the chaplain for the Tennessee Titans, the team with which he spent the most time. He's now in his first year as Assistant Pastor of Care and Connection at his church with a focus on community groups, care and its mission to young families.

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If the Ivy League won't allow its football teams to do what every other sport in the Ivy League can do – go to the postseason – some coaches think the next-best thing would be joining the rest of FCS and playing an 11th game.

Even if they could, this year they'd still be down a game from some FCS teams. That's because for the first time since 2014, teams in the Football Championship Subdivision can play 12 games in 2019. Why this fall? They are allowed to schedule an extra game in years when there are 13 weekends tucked between the Labor Day Weekend and the weekend before Thanksgiving. Who knew?

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Speaking of who knew, in its opener at Jacksonville Dartmouth will face the second-leading returning player in the country in the category of "touchdowns responsible for." That would be 6-foot-1, 195-pound Dolphins' quarterback Calvin Turner, Jr.

As a sophomore last fall on 2-8 Jacksonville (1-8 in FCS play) Turner ran for 17 touchdowns (and 1,431 yards) and passed for one. He began his career as an honorable mention Pioneer Football league defensive back. (LINK)

Turner did not practice this spring while recovering from an injury. (LINK)