From the story about the two-year grad transfer from Dartmouth (LINK):
One of Colorado football’s top leaders, defensive lineman Shane Cokes was named to the 2024 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy watch list Thursday.
The award is presented annually to the Football Bowl Subdivision player who “best combines exemplary community service with leadership and performance on and off the field,” according to the Wuerfell Trophy website.
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As one of the Buffaloes’ top player leaders, Cokes wore an “L” on his jersey last season and started in nine of Colorado’s 12 games. The 6-foot-3, 275-pound lineman recorded 29 total tackles.
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Corner Isaiah Johnson, who did two years as a grad transfer at Syracuse after graduating from Dartmouth, shows up in a photo from the Miami Dolphins training camp HERE.
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Pro Football Network has a story about a former Dartmouth coaching assistant headlined, Jennifer King’s Path to the Chicago Bears; Jennifer King spent four years with the Washington Commanders. Now, she's the first female coach in Chicago Bears history HERE.
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Ranked 25th in the HERO Sports’ FCS Preseason Top 25 is Eastern Illinois, led for the third year by Chris Wilkerson, former associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Dartmouth under Buddy Teevens. Wilk, who had a successful run at the University of Chicago after departing the Big Green, went 2-9 in his first year at his alma mater but led Eastern to an 8-3 mark a year ago. Find the HERO top-25 HERE, Wilkerson's Eastern bio HERE and his final Dartmouth bio HERE.
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Dartmouth opens preseason in just over three weeks, on Aug. 24. Week One opponent Fordham kicked off its preseason earlier this week:
🏈Check out some action from the first @FORDHAMFOOTBALL practice of the 2024 fall camp. pic.twitter.com/Bya5lHzufm
— Fordham Athletics (@FordhamRams) July 30, 2024
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EXTRA POINT
Should today be the start of a three-day weekend? Maybe:
August 2, 1776, is one of the most important but least celebrated days in American history when 56 members of the Second Continental Congress started signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
Learn more HERE.
