Tuesday, June 25, 2024

QB Commit

Xwitter came alive yesterday with news of a Dartmouth commitment:

A 6-foot, 185-190ish pound rising senior quarterback from Summerville, S.C., Jaden Cummings reports offers from 15 schools including Ivies and several of the FBS variety: Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Old Dominion, Central Michigan, Troy, Arkansas State, Bryant, Mercer, Citadel, Wofford, Akron, Charleston Southern, Jacksonville State and Georgia Southern.

Cummings guided his team to a 13-1 record a year ago, throwing for 3,379 yards with 36 passing touchdowns, four interceptions and a 68.9 percent completion rate. He also ran for four touchdowns.

Barring position changes the addition of Cummings means Dartmouth will have a well-stocked quarterback room a year from now. Current sophomores Woods Ray and Grayson Saunier will be juniors in 2025. Incoming freshmen Noah Trigeuros and Kyle Meier will be sophomores, and Cummings will be a freshman.

Cummings was a South Carolina AAAAA all-state selection last fall after transferring from Hanahan High School. His junior highlights: 


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Former Dartmouth standout Flo Orimolade '17 has enjoyed great success in the Canadian Football League when he's been able to stay healthy. He missed the entire 2019 Calgary Stampeders season with a quadriceps injury and was limited by injury to seven games in 2021. Off to a solid start in his second year with the Toronto Argonauts, he's been placed on the team's six-game injured list with an ankle.

From a 3 Down Nation story (LINK):

The Toronto Argonauts could be without a star on each side of the ball for the foreseeable future, as defensive end Folarin Orimolade and receiver DaVaris Daniels have both been placed on the six-game injured list ahead of Saturday’s matchup with Edmonton.

Orimolade (ankle) made three tackles and one sack against B.C. from his spot at defensive end. The five-foot-eleven, 238-pound native of Washington, D.C. made 36 tackles, 10 sacks, and two forced fumbles over 17 games last season and was named an East Division all-star for the first time in his career. He is the highest-paid defensive lineman in the CFL.

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Speaking of former Dartmouth standouts in the play-for-pay game, thank Orimolade's former teammate Matt Kaskey '19, an offensive tackle with the UFL's Birmingham Stallions for the Big Green's prominent place in this graphic:


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EXTRA POINT
I suspect that with a couple of rainy days behind us and the sun finally shining again our lawn and field are on the verge of a growth spurt. I'm still waiting on a call from the power equipment company with news that repairs are finished on our lawn tractor and if it doesn't come soon I'll be gassing up the walk-behind and getting my steps in. A lot of them. ;-)

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