Yet another former Dartmouth player is continuing his collegiate career as a grad transfer:
Heffernan had his three most productive days against HYP, posting 15 tackles at Princeton, 13 at Yale and 12 against Harvard. He also hit double figures at Cornell with 11 stops and against New Hampshire with 10. He led the Ivies in total tackles.
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Heffernan is one of as many as 15 Dartmouth grad transfers who could be playing this fall. Most, although not all, had used up their Ivy League eligibility. The list in alphabetical order of players listed on spring football or fall rosters:
RB Zach Bair, Robert Morris (BIO)
TE Zion Carter, Buffalo (BIO)
DL Shane Cokes, Colorado (BIO)
CB Robert Crockett, Bryant (BIO)
OL John Paul Flores, Louisville (BIO)
OL Michael Flores, Old Dominion (BIO)
LB Joe Heffernan, Duke (BIO)
DB Tyron Herring, Delaware (BIO)
DB Isaiah Johnson, Syracuse (BIO)
DB John Pupel, Boston College (BIO)
RB Noah Roper, Colorado School of Mines (BIO)
DB Seth Verilus, Robert Morris (BIO)
Tweeting their intention to play this fall but not yet appearing on current rosters:
WR Dale Chesson, Michigan
WR Jamal Cooney, Missouri
DL Bobby Jefferson, Robert Morris
Green Alert Take I: A lot of talent has come through Hanover in the last few years.
Green Alert Take II: It's time for the rest of the country to start giving the level of player in the Ivy League its due.
Editor's note: Compiling that list has me concerned that I either missed someone or didn't know about someone intending to keep playing college football for another year. Use that link over there on the right to send along an additional name if I missed one.
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It will be interesting to see how the polling comes out as the CAA and Patriot League hold their preseason media deals the next couple of days.
The hunch here is Sept. 16 Dartmouth opponent New Hampshire will be chosen second or third in the Coastal Athletic Association poll behind Richmond and potentially William&Mary.
In the Patriot League, Holy Cross will be the overwhelming favorite. The guess here is Oct. 14 Dartmouth opponent Colgate will be chosen third and Sept. 23 Big Green foe Lehigh fifth in the seven-team conference.
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For those keeping score, barring a change the Ivy League poll is set to be released Aug. 7, and the "media day" is slated for Aug. 15.
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EXTRA POINT
Hard not to think this morning that Elon Musk really is going to be the end of Twitter. (LINK)
On a personal level it will be fine with me if it disappears into the ether. On a professional level, I would miss it because I use it heavily for this site. Time to start checking Threads every day I suppose.
