Germantown Academy's Lara Likes #TheHobartWay

Germantown Academy (PA)'s SR RB/FS Anthony Lara posted on his Instagram account last week that he's "both extremely excited and humbled to announce my commitment to Hobart College and continue my academic and athletic career! Thank you to my family, my coaches, and my teammates. Thank you Coach DeWall and the Hobart coaching staff for believing in me and this opportunity. A special thanks to my loved ones for the countless hours spent supporting me on the football field! #TheHobartWay 🧡💜🤍"

Lara has some great football instincts and is a shifty runner in open space. You can check out his highlight reel here. 

I imagine the recruiting news around the Class of 28 will slow down until regular decisions are posted in April. I expect HC Kevin DeWall ''00 to take to twitter to start introducing the incoming class around that time as well.

In the meantime. please join me in welcoming Anthony and the extended Lara family to the Hobart College Football one!

Thanks, as always for reading, how about those B2B National Champion "Skatesmen", and go 'Bart!

Somerville's Kaye Selects Statesmen

Although they clearly didn't know that it's Hobart College, I appreciate the coaches and/or sports information people at Somerville HS (NJ) for the following announcement. They tweeted out yesterday that: "Congrats to Senior Braeden Kaye on his commitment to @HobartFootball! Braeden finishes off a great career at The Ville and will no doubt make an impact at the next level."

Braeden is a 6' 2" 225 lbs. OL/DL prospect who played on the interior line on both sides of the ball at SHS. He used his quick feet to be a disruptive force on the DL. He is a bit undersized to play at NG in college, but Hobart's 3-man front has leveraged smaller, quicker guys like Braeden with success. 

You can check out his highlights here. 

Please join me in welcoming Braeden and the extended Kaye family to the Hobart College Football one!

Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!

Vestal's McNamara Decides on Statesmen

Yet another strong student athlete for the incoming Class of 2028 just announced on Twitter/X yesterday when Vestal HS (NY) SR DE/OLB/TE Logan McNamara stated he has "committed to [Hobart] to continue my athletic and academic career!"

A fairly versatile athlete, with good size (6' 195 lbs.) and speed (4.62 40-yard dash), I imagine Logan will get consideration for offense and defense. He has sound fundamentals as a OLB/DE. He scrapes to the ball well and has a quick first step on blitzes and pass rushing plays. He's not a bad blocker or receiver either as a FB/HB/TE. You can check out his highlight reel here. 

Please join me in welcoming Logan and the extended McNamara family into the Hobart College Football one. 

More recruiting news to come. Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!

2024 Season Schedule Release

The 130th season of Hobart College Football will kick off Friday, September 6th against long-time area and Empire 8 rival, Alfred University. Based on prior seasons, it's a pretty safe bet this will be a "Friday Night Lights" game. 

The Statesmen will look to improve upon last season's 7-4 overall mark and can lean on some "home cooking" with key conference matchups against Libert League rivals Ithaca and Union at the "Boz" this fall. 

Hobart will turn some national heads with a long Week 2 road trip to national semifinalists Randolph Macon of the ODAC (VA). This is a playoff type of matchup and it's great to see it on the schedule. After the long trip to and from VA, the Statesmen will return home and welcome new OOC opponent, Moravian University, to the Boz in Week 3.

Week 4 has the Statesmen back on the road to PA to resume what's been a good series against another steadily improving Landmark team in Keystone College.

Week 5 should and will be circled on every Hobart fan's calendar as the defending LL champions, Ithaca College, will make the short ride up to Geneva for a critical conference game to kick off October. Hobart will then go on the road to take on Buffalo State and Saint Lawrence, with a likely Homecoming / Family Weekend game against rivals, Union College. That game will have added significance with former OC and QB Coach Jon Drach just taking over the Garnet Chargers (Dutchmen, ahem). This game could have national and post-season implications going into it also.

Week 9 will be an important road trip to RPI before the Statesmen get a long-awaited bye week. I can't recall the last time Hobart had a bye this late in the season (will have to research that some). 

Week 11 and Senior Day will take place at the "Boz" to wrap up the regular season against Rochester. With this type of schedule, the Statesmen will be challenged but have good opportunities to compete for post-season play, especially with several key matchups at home.

It's a challenging gauntlet for sure, but if Hobart can survive it, they will be in prime position for some big things come November. I can't wait to see how it will play out. 

Only 186 days until kickoff. Go 'Bart! 

Webster Thomas' Meyers Picks Hobart

The Webster Thomas Titans Football twitter account (NY) announced over the weekend that one of their own - SR TE/DE Sean Meyers - has committed to Hobart College. 

I wasn't able to find much information about Sean, other than he played in Section V for the Titans and based on a few short highlight clips, he's a solid pass catching TE and a solid pass rusher on defense. Where he ends up as a Statesmen will be decided upon by the coaching staff come preseason.  

Please join me in welcoming Sean and the extended Meyers family to the Hobart College Football one.

Thanks, as always for reading, and go 'Bart! 

Bernard's Phillips Selects Statesmen

SR WR/DB Jaden Phillips of Bernard HS (NJ) took to Twitter over the weekend to announce he is "very excited to announce my commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at Hobart and William Smith College. I want to give thanks to my family, coaches and teammates through this process and keeping me going!"

Jaden is a tall (6' 2") cover corner and/or safety, who has great field vision and movement to the football. You can check out his highlight reel here. 

Please join me in welcoming Jaden and the extended Phillips family to the Hobart College Football one. 

More recruiting news and perhaps the 2024 schedule coming up this week!

Go 'Bart! 

Ballston Spa's Powell Picks Statesmen

Don't tell my "In the D3FB Huddle" co-host and Ballston Spa Mayor Frank Rossi, but BSHS SR WR/DB Jacob Powell is leaving the Capitol Region for the Finger Lakes! Kidding aside, Mayor Rossi is very happy for Jacob that he is continuing this career as a student athlete at Hobart. 

Powell was a dual threat for BSHS (NY), helping them make the playoffs for the first time since 2019. He contributed 450 total yards of offense and 7 TDs in his SR season while adding 40 tackles, 4 TFL, 5 INT, 2 PBUs and 0 pass completions allowed as a DB.

You can check out his highlight reel here. 

Please join me (and Mayor Rossi) in welcoming Jacob and the extended Powell family to the Hobart College Football one!

Thanks, as always, for reading and go 'Bart!