Hobart debuts at #22 in D3football.com Preseason Poll

In somewhat of a surprise, the pollsters at D3football.com have named Hobart #22 in their 2012 preseason poll.

A link to the poll is listed below (that's what she said):

http://d3football.com/top25/2012/preseason

2012 Recruiting Roundup

The Class of 2016 seems like it will be another strong one for Hobart Football.  Coach Cragg and his coaching staff have addressed several key needs including C, PK and DB.

If you've followed the blog this spring and summer most of these names will ring a bell (and should be posted to the Hobart roster when camp starts in another couple of weeks).  Below (at this point) are the incoming Statesmen rookies:

OL

- Casey (Canterbury School, CT) OG
- DiJiulio (Walton HS, NY) C
- Scumurra (Williamsville South, NY) C
- O’Connell (Croton-Harmon, NY) T*

LB

- Toney (Huntington, NY) ILB
- Stanley (Palm Beach Gardens HS, FL) OLB/SS
- Holoman (Tuscarora HS, VA) ILB*
- Coughlin (Tottenville HS, NY) ILB

QB

- Thelander (Mamaroneck, NY)
- Merrill (Jackson HS, OH)*

WR

- Caban (Wilcox Tech, CT / Tabor Academy, MA)
- Osumah (Wilbraham and Monson, MA)

RB

- Burke (Amherst Central, NY)*
- Hartigan (Albany Academy, NY)
- Stern (Rye Country Day School, NY)*

TE/DE

- Bennett (American Heritage, FL) TE
- Liverio (Amsterdam, NY) DE

DB

- Colberg (Cheshire Academy, CT)

PK

- Snyder (Yarmouth, ME)

While there may be a few that I've missed over the spring and summer, these 19 recruits all appear to have a lot of promise.  Looking forward to seeing the full roster up in the next week or so.

Only 37 days until the 2012 season kickoff in Geneva!  That's all for this month, but I'll be back in August with a three part preseason preview.

Go 'Bart!

*Update as of August 12 - FY roster is up and not surprisingly the coaches at Hobart have moved these players to different positions.  O'Connell is slated at DT instead of OL, Burke and Stern at CB instead of RB, Merrill at WR instead of QB and Holoman at FB instead of ILB.  Osumah does not appear to be on Hobart's roster so perhaps the reports of his plan to enroll back in May have changed.

Canterbury's Casey to Play for Statesmen

Newtimes.com reports that Canturbury School's (New Milford, CT) SR OL Brendan Casey has committed to attend Hobart.

The 6'2" 300 lb Casey, who hails from Boston, MA, also played on the DL for the Saints who finished winning three of their last four games after a rough start to their 2011 campaign.

A link to the article is listed below:

http://www.newstimes.com/sports/article/Canterbury-football-sends-9-of-14-grads-on-to-3635787.php

A link to Brendan's highlight video is also linked below:

www.hudl.com/athlete/339667/brendan-casey 

Welcome to Hobart Brendan and go 'Bart!

Worthington and Coleman Named to 2012 Preseason All-America Teams

JR OLB/SS Devin Worthington was named to the D3Football.com Preseason All-American team today.  He is the only player from the Liberty League (LL) to earn such an honor.

A link to the announcement is listed below:

http://www.d3football.com/awards/all-americans/2012-preseason

Worthington, last season's LL Defensive Player of the Year, finished fourth on the team with 45 total tackles; 11.5 tackles for a loss, six and a half sacks and a touchdown return in the NCAA playoffs against #3 Wesley.

Worthington also received a 2nd team AA nod from BSNCollege.com which also included SO DE (LLROY) Tyre Coleman on their 1st team.  See the link below for more information:

http://www.bsncollege.com/pages/2012preseason

Congratulations to Devin, Tyre and go 'Bart!

Huntington's Trayvon Toney to Play LB at Hobart

TheSportsFanNetwork.com reports that Huntington (NY) HS SR LB Trayvon Toney will suit up at LB for Hobart this fall.  Toney was injured during his SR season but came back to play later in the year.  He was named to the 3rd team Class A All State football team as a JR.  He captained both the track and football teams at Huntington and received glowing praise from his coaches and teammates.

A link to the article, and highlight video from this JR year is provided below:


http://www.thesportsfannetwork.com/articles/5927-trayvon-toney-to-play-football-at-hobart/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=djTDY8FNmV4

Trayvon's clearly in good health too as he was one of the leading tacklers for Long Island in last month's Empire Challenge All-Star football game: 

http://syosset.patch.com/articles/long-island-football-all-stars-dominate-nyc-in-empire-challenge



Welcome to Hobart Trayvon and Happy Independence Day!