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...recent weeks. Lining up at tailback for Yale will be senior Robert Carr. The three year starter has gained 1,129 yards on the year and has cemented his place as one of the best backs in Yale history. Still, you would be hard-pressed to find an NFL scout who would tell you that Carr has the same kind of explosiveness or ability to read defenses that makes Dawson a special player. Yale plays more of a pro-style offense with Cowan dropping back and they do not have a fullback who carries the ball...
From a freshman on the scout team to an All-Ivy-caliber linebacker, Thomas has traveled anything but the typical road to stardom. The Maryland native befriended Balestracci during the spring of his freshman year, and the upperclassman’s leadership proved pivotal in Thomas’ development on and off the field...
...there was Thomas, scout team all-star and defense charter extraordinaire. Until Harvard’s 35-0 drubbing of Holy Cross in the 2004 opener, the only snaps Thomas had seen were from the press...
Deep down, just like Eisenhower we all dream of being big leaguers. And that’s the allure of Scout Day. On Wednesday, no Harvard player got six figures with a single swing like Szymanski, but they may have earned a second look. A scout may have put their name in a database, and that same scout may come back this spring. The player might not get drafted, and even if he did, he probably will never reach the big leagues...
...there’s still a chance, and that, by itself, makes Scout Day worth the walk across the river...