Quote from: TheBoyfromBrunswick on August 14, 2025, 12:27:27 PMGreetings all, I haven't been able to find much so I'm searching for answers here. Any updates on NESCAC alumni/transfers pursuing NFL or D1 dreams? D1 Camp season is in full swing so I hope someone has heard an update!

Jordan Atkinson from trinity is supposed to be a decent contributor at Georgetown this year. Also heard Ty Richardson who transferred from Tufts is starting for UC Davis this year.

Let's be real if any nescac teams hosts a game at Fenway it would be tufts(you know cuz they are actually in Boston). My guess would be a tufts Wesleyan game.

Quote from: Brady12 on July 05, 2025, 04:58:57 PMWould love to see a Amherst/Williams game at Fenway.

Quote from: Trin9-0 on July 05, 2025, 10:38:20 AMCoast Guard and Merchant Marine will be playing the Secretaries Cup game at Fenway this fall. VERY cool!

A while back there was some discussion about the possibility of a NESCAC game there given the numerous connections between the league and the Red Sox and the existing Frozen Fenway ice hockey involvement.

Maybe this opens the door further...?

He went to the UConn Pro day. It is rare for power 5 programs to allow other schools prospects at their pro days. Makes sense he went to a g5 one instead

Quote from: lumbercat on March 27, 2025, 01:35:02 PMI am told that Perry did not participate in BC Pro Day. It was posted here that he would be a participant at BC.
Maybe he opted for another New England area Proday---HC, Dart, Bryant, Merrimack?

Rooting for the kid, but thought BC would be best for him in terms of exposure.
Hope is not dropping off the NFL radar.
Bryant ProDay in RI is said to be strong venue for Patriot interest so maybe he attended there.
Encouraging to see him mentioned by ESPN even it's a mock.

Quote from: lumbercat on March 24, 2025, 12:00:52 PMUnless a kid is a solid power 5 level talent I've always scratched my head when marginal D1 prospects who are academically qualified choose a lower or mid level D1 program over the Ivies. Just me I guess, it's an individual decision but back in the day I would have jumped both feet into an Ivy opportunity.

I think you are overlooking the fact that there are alot of high academic schools that still offer great experiences and most importantly offer full scholarships and often nil money that is not available for ivy league players.

Quote from: Scoops on March 12, 2025, 03:08:36 PMAmherst is no longer a destination within the league. Nothing against Coach Mills and his work there, but the days of the Lord Jeff/Mammoth dominance are just over. I think a big part of that is that Amherst is no longer getting the best New England recruits at this level, and the league has embraced more of a national approach to its recruiting as a whole. And if Amherst has to stack up to a Wesleyan or Tufts or Trinity with national kids, they're not particularly as appealing to a kid from a powerhouse football state.

On top of that, they're just not evolving with the rest of the league. Most of the chatter says that Amherst and Williams are the two main programs who have held the league back from expanding to 9 games in the past, eliminating the roster limit, and accepting the NESCAC playoff bid. If I'm a kid who cares about football, what's the draw to Amherst other than their past success?

Quote from: Bantamsdad69 on March 11, 2025, 12:11:28 AMI was looking through Amhersts roster and they seem so small compared to the rest of the players in the NESCAC. Is it a recruiting philosophy issue? I would think that Amherst could land some of these bigger players but they don't. Anyone from this board have any insight?

The dynamics have shifted significantly in the league. You cant just get away with recruiting the best in new england. Trinity has been succesful with it but you still need that group of out of region kids to put you over the hump. What interesting is Tufts and Wesleyan have done a great job of this but have lacked the depth that come from recruiting at a high level within the region to get them over the hump. I would argue they have had more top end talent than the rest of the league the last few years; them leading the league in transfers to D1's being a prime example of this. However without the ability to build a complete roster especially the jumbos have been dissapointing in the lack of winning they have been able to do with those guys.

Quote from: lumbercat on March 09, 2025, 09:40:00 PMPro Day invites especially in Orono Maine mean next to nothing. They may have a small pool of players for the Maine Pro Day and made a call to Coach Cosgrove to provide some additional bodies so they have enough guys to run the battery of drills.
The only CBB guy who should be considered here is Koy Price.

If koy price had done what he did this year at safety I would agree but he has essentially played defensive end the last two years for bowdoin and he doesn't exactly fit the mold for that in the NFL. One of the best to do it in the nescac, would have loved to see him try and transfer up if he had tape at his natural position

Quote from: westcoastnescac on March 09, 2025, 10:27:07 AMWhat are we smoking up in Waterville? Julian young declaring for the draft?? Only where going pro is Microsoft office

Im being told that him Joshua East and three other seniors have been training for U Maine's pro day. Very interesting.

What is strange to me is that East and Young both entered the portal after their junior years and neither one got anything of note which is why they ended back at Colby. Wish both of them the best but this has to be one of the stranger things I have seen.

Also trying to put Donovan wood and Cole Kenn on in the same class of grad transfer as Helbig or Richardson is kind of ridiculous. Both middlebury guys are walk ons at their new schools. Helbig and Richardson both were offered full scholarship. Not to knock the accomplishments of wood or Kennon because I've heard nothing but good things about both but I feel like that distinction needs to be made. Wood had a pwo  from sacred heart and was set to go to Marist before deciding to walk on at SC while Richardson had 20+ scholarship offers. Kennon I believe had a walk on opportunity from Mizzou but picked Duke instead while Helbig had Multiple FBS scholarship offers as well.

Quote from: Scoops on January 30, 2025, 08:37:04 PMA D1 school taking a Wesleyan OL is pretty funny. 63 sacks allowed over the last two seasons. Someone in the Marist scouting department must know something we don't...

But yes, Tufts and Middlebury are the only other schools in the league with a significant number of grad transfers. Tufts also had 2 kickers who went on to Duke. Midd has Donovan Wood at USC, and Cole Kennon at Missouri, and of course Hauschka who went on to a successful NFL career. Will be interesting to see how many D1s start recruiting the league given the recent run of success. It's also curious that so many guys are falling through the cracks. How did the ivy/patriot/pioneer schools whiff on these kids?

It was posted by the UC Davis football account that they signed him

Quote from: Scoops on January 19, 2025, 06:29:15 PMI'm not sure where you saw that, but I don't see it on Richardson's Twitter account?

Quote from: ItsATuftSituation on January 18, 2025, 08:43:39 PMTy Richardson has transferred to UC Davis. Was announced on their Twitter recently. Tough loss for Jumbos.

Massive loss for the jumbos. Tall task for civetti and company to not only replace him but also replace Timmins at the other corner spot next year.

A side note that I found interesting from my brief google search, It seems like UC Davis may not only be a football upgrade but an academic one as well with it being ranked above Tufts in many of the national rankings I came across.

Quote from: ItsATuftSituation on January 18, 2025, 08:43:39 PMTy Richardson has transferred to UC Davis. Was announced on their Twitter recently. Tough loss for Jumbos.

Does anybody have a prediction of who the presumed starter will be at schools that don't bring back their starter from last year?

I don't see a world where Richardson turns down 20+ FBS and FCS offers to go back to Medford especially given the uncertainty of what that team will look like next year.

Quote from: Nescacman on January 11, 2025, 10:21:04 PM

Quote from: Scoops on January 11, 2025, 06:45:23 PMAre we forgetting Ty Richardson? Seems like he's a fair bet for DPOTY given he hasn't committed elsewhere yet.

Quote from: Nescacman on January 09, 2025, 11:48:46 PMOn the defensive side of the ball, we'd argue that the Lord Mammoth's Harmon and Wesleyan's Connors belong in the discussion with UBates Ryan. Harmon and Connors are our early picks to challenge for NESCAC DPOTY in 2025.

We are assuming the Ty will not be a Jumbo next year. We think that is a pretty safe assumption based on what we are hearing.

NM

Quote from: lumbercat on January 09, 2025, 07:50:21 PMAgree NM but it can be hard to assign a position to Price and I think that's where some of these "All Star" teams are superficial and miss a lot of deserving players. Price has played Corner, Nickel, SSafety, LB inside behind 3 technique, SS, MLB and then OLB and DE on the edge.

He's a true Hybrid in kind of an unprecedented way.....I just think they have trouble placing him in a specific position.

Maybe they need to create a new position for Price.....how about GW = "Game Wrecker"
 
The best defensive player in the league- hands down. And that comes from a Bates guy. Everybody scratched their heads about the big plays made by the Bowdoin D. Much of it is clearly attributable to the boom or bust gambling scheme but the X factor was Price. Without him they would gotten killed with that gambling scheme but they had a fantastic playmaker on that D and he's THE reason they had success.

Young up at Colby was a very good one also but not even close to Price. In fact, Young was the best LB at Colby by only be a whisker. Keep the name Sebastian Romain in your notes for next year for the underachieving Mules.

If we're talking NESCAC linebackers don't overlook Ryan Rozich at Bates. Went unoticed by many but clearly one of the best in NESCAC this year. He has 2 years to go. If any doubt check the Wesleyan tape. He separated Cards WR from the Football on a hospital ball thrown across the middle with a memorable hit late in the game that influenced the outcome against the NESCAC champs.

Some good ones coming back in the CBB along with the rest of the league. Look forward to next year.

Aside from Lynskey at bates this year seems the be the first yeae in my memory where there are this few consensus "superstar" players coming back across the league.

Quote from: nescac1 on December 30, 2024, 09:44:57 PMIt's interesting that Jaden and Ty Richardson and Brady Jung all went to the Menlo School and ended up forsaking NESCAC for D1 (assuming Ty does indeed leave Tufts).  Jung was committed to Amherst, where he would join his brother, before switching very late in the Spring to USC.

But yeah, generally speaking I agree with NESCACFball.  There aren't a significant enough pool of guys who D1 schools would want to poach after 1-2 seasons in NESCAC who would have been missed as seniors in high school. 

Looking at underclassmen on the all-NESCAC team, Ryan Lynskey was the only other first-team all-NESCAC guy which seems like a prerequisite for attracting serious D1 interest as an undergrad.  And Lynskey has shown no signs of looking to leave Bates.  Beyond he and Richardson, I can't even think of anyone with at least two years of eligibility who a D1 program would be focused on trying to recruit as a transfer. What made grad transfers so appealing is that you had guys who were four years out of high school, who had often had 3-4 years of reps as a starter and that many years of physical development as well, so D1 schools could see where they could plug in right away.

I think the Brady jung situation is a little different because he was a walk on at USC.

To your point about those guys going to the same school, Wesleyans starting RB this year Tyler Flynn and Bates Sergio Beltran both are from that same high school I believe. Carter Jung (Amherst), Avery Romain(Amherst), and Ben Banatao(trinity) also went there with them.

Quote from: Scoops on December 30, 2024, 08:40:25 PMSerious question: With all the transfer portal madness reaching the NESCAC, are we going to start seeing "representatives" from higher level programs roaming the sidelines in the future?

Outside of ty richardson this year the only other undergrad transfer I can remember is Tyler Jameson who went to sacred heart (barely a d1). All the other transfers we've send have bend grad transfer guys which should slow down significantly since none of these guys have covid years anymore.