Staying Home, Sorta

Scouting New England has ranked the "top 10" recruits in New Hampshire and Dartmouth has earned commitments from two of them. Headed this way in another year are quarterback Webber Marx, ranked the top recruit in the state,  and St. Paul's School teammate Oliver Costello, an offensive lineman who is ranked third.

Granted, both rising seniors are actually from Massachusetts, but for Dartmouth to have two "in state" high school recruits in the same class is highly unusual. They will join fellow St. Paul's product Harlem Taylor, a recruit arriving next month who actually is from New Hampshire. Concord, to be exact.

Several more of the top 10 have camped at Dartmouth and could perhaps end up coming this way.

Among those on the list who have announced others destinations are No. 2 tight end Brayden Murch to Harvard, No. 4 linebacker Dylan Terricciano to Lehigh, and No. 5 safety Jackson Sparks to Holy Cross.

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Team websites hosted by SB Nation hover in a space somewhere between fan blogs and sites featuring seasoned, professional reporters. Keep that in mind reading what More Than Just a 53-Man Vikings Roster Projection Part 1: Offense has to say about Dartmouth product Delby Lemieux ’26 (LINK):

Delby Lemieux played tackle at Dartmouth but doesn’t have the length or size to play tackle in the league. He is likely a center/guard candidate. He has a great RAS, particularly his agility and speed scores, but just 31 3/8” arms and 8.8” hands. He had excellent PFF grades in college against Ivy League competition, which isn’t so good in football. He is said to have good hand technique but needing to improve his footwork. But between taking a big jump in competition and learning a new position, Lemieux is more of a candidate for practice squad than a roster spot.

Green Alert Take: The tipoff that this leans toward the fan blog side was the author writing, “He had excellent PFF grades in college against Ivy League competition, which isn’t so good in football.” We can agree to disagree on the second part of that statement, but the editor in me cringes reading how it was worded.

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EXTRA POINT
I don’t know about you, but FIFA bullying Levi’s Stadium into being called San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, MetLife Stadium into being rebranded New York New Jersey Stadium, East Rutherford, and Gillette Stadium being called Boston Stadium rubs me the wrong way. (LINK) I’m hardly a fan of corporate stadium names, but out of principle you can be sure I would make it a point to reference Levi’s, MetLife, Gillette and others repeatedly if I were writing about World Cup soccer.