While we await news of any more recruiting commitments from the last two weekends here's a look at the recruits we (think we) know by position this time. As usual at this point in the process, the positions are largely best guesses based on Tweets and other information on the internet. Given that it can sometimes be hard to differentiate between defensive end and outside linebacker, as well as where defensive backs might end up keep in mind that these are guesses until the class goes public.
QUARTERBACK
Woods Ray, 6-2, 200, Homewood HS/Homewood, Ala.
Grayson Saunier, 6-3, 200, Lafayette HS/Lafayette, La.
RUNNING BACK
Colin O’Garro, 6-1, 205, Iona Prep/New Rochelle, N.Y.
Chris Roper, 5-11, 190, Adairsville/Cartersville, Ga.
WIDE RECEIVER
Nick Lemon, 6-0, 180, Cardinal Gibbons/Raleigh, N.C.
TIGHT END
Taysire Williams, 6-6, 230, Jimtown HS, Elkhart, Ind.
OFFENSIVE LINE
Godson Ajoku, 6-6, 317, Canterbury School/Milford, Conn.
Cameron Davenport, 6-5, 330, Ben Davis HS/Indianapolis
Max Livingston, 6-5, 277, Grapevine HS/Colleyville, Texas
Will Prince, 6-5, 260, Avon Old Farms/West Hartford, Conn.
DEFENSIVE LINE
Hilton Hebert IV, 6-3, 230 Morgan City HS/Morgan City, La.
Joshua Johnson, 6-3, 230, Statesboro HS/Statesboro, Ga.
Keoni Perkins, 6-3, 230, South Grand Prairie HS/Gran Prairie, Texas
Bruce Williams, 6-2, 235, Huron/Ann Arbor, Mich.
SAFETY
Harrison Keith, 6-1, 195, Choate/Fairfield, Conn.
KICKER
Owen Zalc, 5-10, 155, Green Hope HS/Cary, N.C.
LONG SNAPPER
Andrew Belles, 6-3, 200, Houston HS/Germantown, Tenn.
Expect upwards of another eight or so recruits. As always, additions, corrections and clarifications (as well as reminders that I forgot someone previously posted) are not just welcomed, but encouraged.
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Former Dartmouth tight end Zion Carter ’23 gets a quick mention in a Buffalo News story noting the Bulls also are bringing in a tight end from UMass as well as two more TE’s from the junior college ranks. (LINK)
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The Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera has a guest commentary headlined We can make football safer without changing the game by the sports policy director for LeagueofFans.org, a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader). One suggestion from the piece (LINK):
Eliminate live tackling at college and high school practices. Every college and high school football program should adopt the Dartmouth policy of eliminating tackling from all practices. Injuries, including concussions, have dropped significantly for Dartmouth since this policy was implemented.
Instead of tackling teammates, Dartmouth players tackle inanimate objects, not people. They use various dummies, including a robotic moving dummy called the “mobile virtual player” in practice.
Dartmouth has been very competitive on the field since the change. They’ve won three Ivy League championships and have been ranked nationally, offensively and defensively, during several seasons since head coach Buddy Teevens made the switch to a no-contact policy 12 years ago.
Green Alert Take: It's all good but the author makes one significant mistake in his choice of words. Teevens did not institute a "no-contact" policy. Rather, it is no tackling each other policy. It's closely watched, but there's still plenty of contact when Dartmouth is practicing.
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Ivy League football programs don't generally go out of their way to publicize future schedules so it was a little out of the ordinary to see Princeton's tentative future schedules through 2029 go online HERE. The schedules feature the usual nonconference opponents with a few additions. Filling out the Tiger schedules through 2029 are games against: Bryant, Howard, Lafayette, Lehigh, Mercer, Monmouth, San Diego and Wagner.
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HERO Sports has a column headlined Top 10 Way-Too-Early Favorites To Win The 2023 National Title and the piece includes two teams of possible interest for Dartmouth fans. (LINK)
While South Dakota State, Montana State and North Dakota State unsurprisingly hold down the top three slots, old friend Holy Cross comes in at No. 6 and William & Mary, where former Dartmouth quarterback Brian Mann '02 is now athletic director, is at No. 8.
Green Alert Take: It's been great to see Dartmouth test itself against New Hampshire the past couple of seasons. Wouldn't it be fun to get Holy Cross back on the schedule and see how the Big Green would fare against the team that gave national champion South Dakota State its toughest test of the playoffs? (That game was tied, 21-21 in the fourth quarter and was a one-score contest inside of three minutes before the Jackrabbits piled on late points to win, 42-21.)
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EXTRA POINT
That unimpeachable font of knowledge Wikipedia says of West Newbury, Vt., home of the BGA World Headquarters, that it is "west-southwest of the somewhat larger village of Newbury." That "somewhat larger village of Newbury" is listed as having a population of 447, which should put the size of our "unincorporated town" in perspective.
All of which made it pretty amazing yesterday when the newly retired Mrs. BGA, while watching The Weather Channel – aka the MTV of the retired set – spotted this:
