Andover's Sutliff Joins Statesmen

It's been a while since my last post but life (e.g., "milestone" birthdays, work, family, etc) will do that to you sometimes. The good news is that word is starting to trickle in on HS SRs who have selected Hobart College and intend to play football for the Statesmen!

The first member of the Class of 2018 (man I'm getting old!) that I have come across is Andover High School's Matthew Sutliff. Sutliff was an anchor on the Golden Warriors OL the last two seasons, starting 23 games in the last two seasons at left tackle.

Hobart Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Kevin DeWall '00 (who also happens to be the Statesmen OL position coach) said Matt has "good upside at OL." Given Sutliff's size (6' 3" and 275-80 lbs), leadership and consistency at Andover, I would tend to agree. Additional highlight film and stats (which I believe are from last summer) can be viewed here..  A nice article by David Willis of the Andover Townsman on Sutliff, his final game, and career at Andover can be found here.

A good friend of mine is also from Andover (and who played LB at Brown in the 90's) and had this to say about Sutliff and the Andover program in general:

"I noticed that there was a kid from Andover who is going to Hobart next year. Name is Matt Sutliff.   Don’t know anything about him except that he is (listed as) 6’3  280 lbs and plays OT. I know the team has been pretty good the last few [years]. The coach [E.J. Perry] is a guy who played with my brother back in the day and then went on to QB at Harvard ( I graduated with his sister, one of his younger brothers was my QB in high school, another brother COACHED me at Brown and ANOTHER brother I helped recruit to Brown and he set all kinds of records as a QB). That’s all beside the fact – he’s a good coach so I would expect that this kid would be prepared to take it to the next level."

Hey, based on all the above, I'm sold on Sutliff (who's on the right, standing next to his teammate DL Ben Hartford) and hope Matt has an excellent academic and athletic career at Hobart. Welcome to the Statesmen family Matt and go 'Bart!