... and another

 

6"4 225-pound TE/LB Blaize Cameron from Ontario's American football HS Clarkson Football North, with a PG year at Choate Rosemary Hall, has committed to Columbia. 

Cameron also had offers from Dartmouth, Yale, Maine, Bucknell, Louisiana Tech, and Stonehill.

Cameron will be the 13th Choate grad to come to Columbia, with his classmate Liam Donagher committing some weeks ago. Two other Choate PG year grads, Cobie Crews '26 and Mark Chapman '26 are on the Lions already.

No other Clarkson grads have come to CU so far.

So the list of known commits/transfers grows to 15:

1) Richard Bell Jr. DE/TE 6"5 250 lbs. Northview Academy Kodak, TN

2) Blaize Cameron TE 6"4 225 lbs. Clarkson Football North/Choate Rosemary Hall (PG year) Burlington, ON CANADA

3) Rodrigo Diaz-Martorella DE/TE 6"4 255 lbs. Miami Palmetto HS Miami, FL 

4) Liam Donagher DB 6"2 200 lbs. Grafton Memorial HS/Choate (PG Year) Grafton, MA

5) Jeremiah Douglas DB 6"2 185 lbs. IMG Academy/St. Paul's HS Brooklandville, MD 

*6) Cole Freeman QB 6"0 215 lbs. Delbarton School Morristown, NJ 

7) Christian Gonzalez LB 6"1 220-lbs. Bergen Catholic HS Oradell, NJ

8) Miron Magee DB 5"10 160 lbs. Lake Highlands HS Dallas, TX

9) Carter McCray DB 6"0 185 lbs Cornerstone Christian HS San Antonio, TX

10) Emanuel Nazy OL 6"4 280 lbs. Hackensack HS/Don Bosco Prep Hackensack, NJ

11) Casey O'Sullivan TE/DE 6"3 245 lbs. Seton Hall Prep West Orange, NJ

12)Sam Pearman K 6"0 180 lbs. Los Gatos HS Los Gatos, CA

13) Xavier Phipps WR 6"5 190 lbs. Dekaney HS Houston, TX

14) Benny Sasso OL 6"3 270 lbs. Wall Township HS, Wall, NJ

15) Caleb Solomon DB 6"1 180 lbs. Miramar HS Miramar, FL  

*transfer from Northwestern

Kodak Moment

 

6-5, 250-pound DE/TE Richard Bell from Northview Academy in Kodak, TN has committed to the Lions. Bell was recently named to the Tennessee all state team.

Bell will be the first Northview grad to come to Columbia Football.

So the list of known commits/transfers grows to 14:

1) Richard Bell Jr. DE/TE 6"5 250 lbs. Northview Academy Kodak, TN

2) Rodrigo Diaz-Martorella DE/TE 6"4 255 lbs. Miami Palmetto HS Miami, FL 

3) Liam Donagher DB 6"2 200 lbs. Grafton Memorial HS/Choate (PG Year) Grafton, MA

4) Jeremiah Douglas DB 6"2 185 lbs. IMG Academy/St. Paul's HS Brooklandville, MD 

*5) Cole Freeman QB 6"0 215 lbs. Delbarton School Morristown, NJ 

6) Christian Gonzalez LB 6"1 220-lbs. Bergen Catholic HS Oradell, NJ

7) Miron Magee DB 5"10 160 lbs. Lake Highlands HS Dallas, TX

8) Carter McCray DB 6"0 185 lbs Cornerstone Christian HS San Antonio, TX

9) Emanuel Nazy OL 6"4 280 lbs. Hackensack HS/Don Bosco Prep Hackensack, NJ

10) Casey O'Sullivan TE/DE 6"3 245 lbs. Seton Hall Prep West Orange, NJ

11)Sam Pearman K 6"0 180 lbs. Los Gatos HS Los Gatos, CA

12) Xavier Phipps WR 6"5 190 lbs. Dekaney HS Houston, TX

13) Benny Sasso OL 6"3 270 lbs. Wall Township HS, Wall, NJ

14) Caleb Solomon DB 6"1 180 lbs. Miramar HS Miramar, FL  

Murphy Retires

All of last season, I predicted that longtime Harvard head coach Tim Murphy would retire at the end of the season. 

But November and then December came and went, and I figured I had been wrong all along or maybe Murphy decided he wanted one more year after the Crimson fell to Yale in the season finale. 

Well, it pays to just be patient with your predictions. 

Murphy announced his retirement earlier today, he had been the head coach since 1994.

I know Harvard has had a legendary history, but I still think Murphy was the team's best coach of all time. 

Of course, another story is that over the past year the Ivy League has lost all three of its most senior and legendary coaches in Al Bagnoli, Buddy Teevens, Tim Murphy. Of course, David Archer at Cornell is gone too. This makes Princeton's Bob Surace the new dean of Ivy coaches.

Wildcat Transfer

 

The long-rumored transfer of 6-0 215-pound Northwestern QB Cole Freeman to Columbia is now official. 

Freeman had very little playing time at NU after graduating from New Jersey's Delbarton School and holds two years of eligibility.

He will be the fourth Delbarton grad to come to Columbia Football and the first since the great D-lineman Matt Bashaw '11. 

So the list of known commits/transfers grows to 13:

1) Rodrigo Diaz-Martorella DE/TE 6"4 255 lbs. Miami Palmetto HS Miami, FL 

2) Liam Donagher DB 6"2 200 lbs. Grafton Memorial HS/Choate (PG Year) Grafton, MA

3) Jeremiah Douglas DB 6"2 185 lbs. IMG Academy/St. Paul's HS Brooklandville, MD 

*4) Cole Freeman QB 6"0 215 lbs. Delbarton School Morristown, NJ 

5) Christian Gonzalez LB 6"1 220-lbs. Bergen Catholic HS Oradell, NJ

6) Miron Magee DB 5"10 160 lbs. Lake Highlands HS Dallas, TX

7) Carter McCray DB 6"0 185 lbs Cornerstone Christian HS San Antonio, TX

8) Emanuel Nazy OL 6"4 280 lbs. Hackensack HS/Don Bosco Prep Hackensack, NJ

9) Casey O'Sullivan TE/DE 6"3 245 lbs. Seton Hall Prep West Orange, NJ

10)Sam Pearman K 6"0 180 lbs. Los Gatos HS Los Gatos, CA

11) Xavier Phipps WR 6"5 190 lbs. Dekaney HS Houston, TX

12) Benny Sasso OL 6"3 270 lbs. Wall Township HS, Wall, NJ

13) Caleb Solomon DB 6"1 180 lbs. Miramar HS Miramar, FL  

*transfer from Northwestern

New D-Line/Special Teams Coach

 

Columbia Football has announced the hiring of D-Line/Special Teams coach Garrett McLaughlin who comes over to CU after three years at UNH.

McLaughlin is a 2012 graduate of Syracuse, making him one of the older assistants on this crew.