Thursday, June 20, 2024

Call It 'Offseason' Stuff Today

More Silly Season Stuff, although with Dartmouth players gaining mention in both of these rankings, we'll let it go by Offseason Stuff today. ;-) 

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HERO Sports has posted The Best Returning 2024 FCS Offensive Tackle In Each Conference (a nifty way of collecting clicks around the country ;-) and here's what was posted (LINK):
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Delby Lemieux, Dartmouth, Jr.
2023 STAT LINE: Started the last 7 games of the season

Lemieux was an All-Ivy League performer for the co-conference champion Big Green. He was listed as an honorable mention player as a sophomore in 2023 and obviously has a lot of football ahead.

Find last fall's Dartmouth bio for the 6-foot-4, 280-pound Lemieux HERE.

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HERO also has the Top 50 Returning FCS Defensive Linemen In 2024 and while the Big Green will be facing No. 20 Sam Buerkle of Fordham and No. 17 Kyle Philbin of Brown, the top-rated DL from among Ivy League schools and Dartmouth opponents is Big Green senior Josiah Green, who comes in at No. 6. (LINK)

Find last fall's Dartmouth bio for the 6-0, 265 Josiah Green HERE.

HERO also lists what it sees as the Best Returning Edge Defenders in the FCS with Fordham's Matt Jaworski at No. 13 and Columbia's Justin Townsend at No. 15.

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EXTRA POINT
I'm as conflicted today as a chameleon on a plaid shirt.

I can never make up my mind whether the Summer Solstice is a great day or a terrible day. I want to celebrate the longest day of the year but at the same time I can't help but remember that starting tomorrow, however incrementally, days will be getting shorter.