Wednesday, February 11, 2026

In Good Company

Screenshot from an ESPN piece headlined 2026 NFL draft Big Board rankings: Mel Kiper's top prospects (LINK):

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And this from a Pro Football Focus story headlined PFF Senior Bowl Grades: Grading standouts from one-on-one and team drills (LINK):

Outside of a single snap at right guard back in 2022, Delby Lemieux had never played anywhere other than tackle during his four-year career at Dartmouth. Despite that, Lemieux kicked inside to center for the week and more than held his own in team drills. He did have one errant snap, but he wasn’t downgraded once in pass protection and looked stout against interior defenders in the run game.

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From a New York Times story headlined Meet Miles Teodecki, the QB recruit who chose the Ivy League over the Power 4 (LINK):

Teodecki, who ranks No. 710 overall and the No. 41 quarterback in the 247Sports Composite, is Penn’s highest-rated recruit of the modern era (since 2000) and the school’s only top-1,000 signee in the last 10 years.

And this:

“My dad is my biggest role model, and my goal is to be as much like him as possible. He’s a great man,” Teodecki said of his father, Steve, who played quarterback for the Quakers in the 1990s. “If (the NFL) doesn’t pan out, then the dream is to be an NFL general manager. I want to do business, and being in the business side of football sounds like the most fun form of business to do. If not (that), the goal is to be financially free and hopefully be able to retire by the time I’m 50 and spend time with my wife and kids in the future. … I can control my destiny more towards those goals at Penn.” 

Teodecki is a three-star prospect who originally singed with Kansas State. He also held offers from BYU, Cincinnati and Colorado State among others. Brown, Cornell, Fordham, Harvard, Princeton and Yale reportedly also offered.

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Regarding Clemson coach Dabo Swinney's complaints about another coach tampering with his roster, the always entertaining Steve Spurrier had this to say (LINK):

"I thought by now, somebody would've told Dabo, 'Dabo, there ain't no rules anymore.'"

It would seem that's true. After an ESPN story noted Montana LB Tuliaupupu granted 9th year of eligibility by NCAA (LINK) this post went viral:

In case you just scanned that post, here's the money part:

Tuliaupupu was in the same high school recruiting class as Micah Parsons.

Parsons is an All-Pro and been in the #NFL for five seasons already. 

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EXTRA POINT
 This is an oldie, but a goodie. With the Winter Olympics in full force and a lot of people watching short track speed skating, we bring to you today a 15-second video from way back when That Certain Nittany Lion '16 did a pretty fair imitation of eight-time medalist Apolo Anton Ohno's "It's all about the experience." That Certain Dartmouth '14, who was interviewing him, lost it when the Ohno impressionist's trademark facial hair came off.

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