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While the avid Harvard football fan was glued to the TV or computer screen watching the NFL draft Sunday afternoon, hoping to see Clifton Dawson’s name appear, Dawson himself was already prepared to start his professional career. By the time the draft was over, he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts. Although the Scarborough, Ont. native was not drafted by any of the 32 NFL teams, a fair share of squads were interested in adding him to their rosters, including the Indianapolis Colts, the Chicago Bears, the New York Jets, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Dallas Cowboys...
...draft means many things to many different people: replacing that dreadful quarterback, finding a franchise player, rebuilding a championship team.For six members of the Harvard men’s football team, the draft means the future.By the time this weekend is over, seniors Clifton Dawson, Matt Farbotko, Nik Sobic, Frank Fernandez, Ryan Tully, and Michael Berg will each know one of three things about their immediate post-graduate careers: they were drafted to play pro football, they are going to be free agents with a shot, or their football career is over.According to speculations, the majority will be hearing...
...couple of months ago, Clifton Dawson’s face was the most-seen on campus. His clutch game performances and record-breaking ability granted him a reputation larger than the stack of Harvard football schedules brandishing his image or his building-sized poster adorning the side of Blodgett pool. However, for the past couple of weeks, Dawson vanished from the public eye, and apparently from Harvard itself.Foregoing the cold and unpredictable Cambridge weather for somewhere slightly warmer, Dawson went to Sarasota, Florida, preparing, and hoping, to further his football career with an invitation to the NFL combine...
...does not address the long term impacts of athletics on the heart. “In the long-term plan, we will see if most of the changes of the heart are in place by the time athletes arrive to college,” added Baggish. Harvard running back Clifton G. Dawson ’07, who is training for the NFL draft, said heart was the bedrock of competition. “During the course of the game, there are so many high points and low points, you need a strong heart to be able to focus and give...
...more spectacle than sport, it’s nice to be confident that I’ll be able to watch the next crop of spectacular Harvard athletes hone their skills through four years of trials, and not just on the playing fields. Take, for instance, the case of Clifton Dawson, the Crimson’s most-hyped big-sport athlete in recent memory. The holder of every relevant Harvard rushing record transferred to Harvard during his freshman year because “I wanted to get the best education I could get.” As a result, Crimson...