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Tall and rangy athlete who established himself as a dominant player in the Ivy League… Owns school single-season record for catches by a tight end with 72… 116 career receptions are second-most in school history… Also starting punter… One of two Ivy Leaguers to be selected by the Buccaneers in the 2004 NFL Draft (also FB Casey Cramer, Dartmouth)… Thrower on the Yale track and field squad who pulled rare feat in 2002 by scoring in all four events in the Harvard meet… Second Yale player in school history to be drafted by the Buccaneers, joining S Than Merrill (seventh round in 2000)… One of 35 all-time Yale players to be drafted in the NFL, the second tight end… His selection in the sixth round marked the highest Yale pick since 1982… Competed in two collegiate all-star contests, the Blue-Gray and Las Vegas All-American Classics… Majored in XXX. 2003: Selected for Blue-Gray Classic & Las Vegas All-American Classic… Associated Press I-AA All-America (First Team)… AFCA I-AA All-America Team (First Team)… I-AA.org All-Star Team (First Team)… The Sports Network 2003 I-AA All-America (Third Team)… First Team All-Ivy and All-ECAC… NE Football Writers I-AA All-Star… New Haven Gridiron Club Offensive Award… 16 catches in a game at Colgate were second-most by a Yalie all-time, 167 yards ranked eighth… 72 catches rank second all-time for any receiver at Yale… Six-time offensive line game MVP for Yale. 2002: Second Team All-Ivy… Set a Yale record for receptions by a tight end with 41… Totaled 41 catches for 505 yards and four touchdowns… Named Yale’s Offensive Lineman of the Week four times… Best game came in ther against USD with eight catches for 155 yards and a score. 2001: Played in all nine varsity contests… Starting punter early in the year as well… Totaled season-high nine punts against Holy Cross. 2000: Played five JV and two varsity contests.