Tayegan Briskey, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound defensive back/wide receiver who played this year at Florida’s West Boca Raton High School after transferring from Somerset Canyons Academy in Boynton Beach, is headed to Hanover per his Xwitter account and New Era Prep.
Briskey chose Dartmouth over a dozen offers including Army, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Cornell and Lehigh. Last fall he had two “pick sixes,” three interceptions, two forced fumbles and eight pass deflections.
Briskey is also a talented baseball player who hopes to play two sports at Dartmouth. From the New Era story about his commitment (LINK):
“The biggest thing for me was understanding that the people make the place.” Briskey stated confidently. “Every Division I school has great facilities to offer but being around the coaching staff and the team, it was clear that the people at Dartmouth have created a positive and motivational environment that I see myself thriving in.”
And . . .
Football may have been Tayegan’s first love, but that’s not his only commitment to the Big Green. Tay plans to continue his two sport stardom, by playing for Dartmouth’s baseball team in the spring. When asked about the incredible opportunity to play two sports at the collegiate level, Briskey stated:
“I’m thankful for the opportunity to play both at the next level, playing sports has opened so many doors for me so far in my like so the goal is to just continue to play both at the highest level and not have to make a choice that way I can continue to have doors open through it.”
And finally . . .
After securing Tayegan Briskey’s commitment, Big Green Head Coach Sammy McCorkle has locked down his eleventh commitment of the ’26 class.
Green Alert Take: I can’t confirm the number of commitments, and it sounds extremely high, but just four have gone public.
Old friend Craig Haley has a piece on The Analyst site headlined, Six Under-the-Radar FCS Teams That Seek to Emerge in the 2025 Season; You didn’t see them in the national playoffs last year, but these six under-the-radar teams hope to be there in the 2025 FCS season that counts Dartmouth among the half dozen hopefuls.
From the story (LINK):
Three Tidbits: The Big Green’s 22 all-time Ivy titles are the most as the league gets set to send its champion to the FCS playoffs for the first time. Seniors Delby Lemieux (offensive line) and Chris Corbo (tight end) are under-the-radar NFL prospects. In his first extended action last season, backup QB Grayson Saunier totaled 360 yards and five touchdowns against Yale while earning the league’s offensive player of the week award.
Big Question: Are the substantial graduation losses in the defensive front seven too much to overcome?
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EXTRA POINT
For the first four years we lived in our Vermont hillside home, our neighbor up the hill generously used his high-powered tractor to mow part of our field that adjoins his property and a sugar bush. Midway through last summer he stopped cutting it, and with more than enough other field and lawn to cut, I let it go as well. I had hoped when this year rolled around our neighbor would resume cutting that section, which had gotten pretty scraggly, but it wasn’t to be.
A couple of days ago I threw caution to the wind and drove my electric tractor into the overgrowth, which in some places was probably 30 inches high – and thick. It wasn’t a clean cut the first time through, but with a second pass the field looks presentable.
I won’t be cutting that section as frequently, or with as much care as I do the rest of our field, but I’m hoping if I get over there every few weeks I can keep it under control. Either that or we’re going to have to rent a few goats. ;-)