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Anders Hill


Here are the Lions who deserve All Ivy recognition:

CB Cameron Roane

Roane not only deserves 1st Team All Ivy honors, but he should be a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year. He basically took half the field away from Columbia's opponents. Every coach in the league knows it.

QB Anders Hill

Princeton's Chad Kanoff probably has the 1st Team All Ivy honors locked up. But before everyone just gives Yale's Kurt Rawlings the 2nd Team nod, remember that Hill's improvement this year was the biggest reason for Columbia's big turnaround. He also was the only QB in the Ivies to truly employ the deep pass as a regular weapon. Usually, long passers get picked off a lot more. But Hill only had 10 INTs. And he also took a massive pounding with 38 sacks on the year often because he needed that extra time to throw deep. He deserves the 2nd Team honors and Rawlings, who had the best Ivy running back and overall running game behind him, should get Honorable Mention.

LT Bewley Wales

Wales made sure that just about all of those 38 sacks didn't come from Hill's blind side. This is a guy who started all 40 games on the O-line for his four year career. He deserves 1st Team honors.

DB Landon Baty

Baty was all over the field against the run and pass. He was in on so many key plays and tackles, it's really hard to count. He deserves 1st Team All Ivy.

WR Josh Wainwright

The Ivy League had three incredible wide receivers this season in Wainwright, Penn's Justin Watson and Princeton's Jesper Horstead. All three should get 1st Team honors.

P Parker Thome

He was the best punter in the Ivies this season, hands down. Deserves 1st Team All Ivy.

WR Ronald Smith

Smith really missed half the season with a broken jaw he suffered in the Penn game. But his contributions stood out in a big way during that first half of the year. He easily deserves 2nd Team honors.

DT Lord Hyeamang

Double teams reduced his stats, but Hyeamang deserves 1st or 2nd Team All Ivy recognition for the overall impact he had on the team.

LB Michael Murphy

In his first year as a starter, Murphy was a big impact player. Even after missing the last two-plus games with an injury, Murphy still finished in the top four on the team in tackles. 1st or 2nd Team All Ivy honors should be his.

LB Sean White

White wasn't even supposed to start this season, but a career-ending injury to Matt Tofano in training camp forced the junior into the role. He responded with stellar play against the run and pass in game after game. He should get 2nd Team All Ivy at least.

DB Ryan Gilbert

Columbia's leading tackler saved a lot of potential TDs over the course of the season. Like White, he was not on a lot of our radars in the off season. He deserved 1st or at least 2nd Team All Ivy.

PK Oren Milstein

Took a bit of a step back from his pace as freshman 1st Teamer in 2016. But he was still a key cog in a number of key Lion wins, especially against Wagner and Cornell. I'd give him Honorable Mention All Ivy this season.

DE Connor Heeb

He was one of the unsung heroes of the defense this season, but he stuffed the run and blocked kicks all over the place. He deserves Honorable Mention All Ivy.

Head Coach Al Bagnoli

It shouldn't even be a question that Bagnoli is the Ivy Coach of the Year. He may be the national coach of the year. He's just been named one of the 18 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award.