Hobart SR DB and Co-Captain Jared Leake '21 had an opportunity of a lifetime with an invitation to participate in the recent New York Giants Rookie Mini-Camp. He competed with some of the best in football, and even had a run in with WWE HOFer Ric "The Nature Boy" Flair (woo!).
This is rarified air for Leake, as only about 10 D3FB grads have received opportunities and/or signed as UDFAs by NFL teams. D3football.com has been keeping track of these limited offers and Jared is included on the list, which is being updated as needed.
In other news, and I had posted this on the Parents and Fans of Hobart Football Facebook page (which has nearly 940 members! Hopefully we can get to 1K by the fall) last week, but the Statesmen's future scheduling got more complicated with the news that the Empire 8 and Landmark Conferences were pairing up.
Right now, it really looks like LL teams will be the odd men out with this E8-LC pairing, plus the fact that the PAC and MAC are full, and the CC has a OOC scheduling agreement with the NJAC. I suppose this could mean some matchups with New England schools (WNE and Framingham State have shown a willingness to schedule NYS teams), but perhaps it means Hobart will need to explore teams to the west (e.g., Ohio, Michigan) and/or South (maybe ODAC, USAC or SAA types of programs), which would be interesting, but also expensive from a travel perspective.
Scheduling has been a challenge for top D3FB schools for a while, so it's nothing new here. Even opposing coaches have said it's a constant issue. One E8 coach I know didn't have much sympathy for the LL however, basically stating that the LL is "notorious for breaking contracts with scheduling", alleging programs like UofR, Hobart and Ithaca of cutting long standing contracts by half or otherwise. To each their own on that topic.
Regardless, I know HC Kevin DeWall '00 will be working the phones hard. For now, however, the 22 slate is set. While I am a little disappointed the Homecoming game won't be at night, the rest of the schedule is consistent, with most games kicking off at 1 PM.
That's it for now. I'll come back again soon with any updates I may have.
Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!
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