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All-Ivy Football -- 2006
Created: 11/21/2006 11:36:39 AM
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2006 All-Ivy Team | School-by-School Picks
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Despite winning 16 of 20 games as a starter in his career, Princeton quarterback Jeff Terrell must have felt overlooked time and again. His team was twice projected to finish sixth by the media and after leading the Tigers to a 7-3 record in 2005, he wasn't one of the four quarterbacks to receive All-Ivy accolades after the season.
But this season, after leading Princeton to a 9-1 record and a share of the Ivy championship, he was simply undeniable as the League's eight coaches have made Terrell not only a unanimous pick as a first-team All-Ivy signalcaller, but the 2006 Asa S. Bushnell Cup winner as the League's Player of the Year as well. He is the first Tiger picked for that honor since linebacker Dave Patterson in 1995.
Terrell -- a native of Chagrin Falls, Ohio -- beat out two prolific tailbacks and an All-American linebacker -- all three unanimous first-team selections -- for the major award.
Both tailbacks -- Harvard's Clifton Dawson and Yale's Mike McLeod -- rushed for well over 1,000 yards and scored at least 20 touchdowns. Dawson became just the ninth player in Division I history to rush for 1,000 yards four times and he broke the League rushing record held by the legendary Ed Marinaro, who played for Cornell 35 years ago. McLeod led the League in rushing and helped lock up the Bulldogs' share of the title by scoring three times at Harvard, becoming the first Yalie to do that against the Crimson since 1957.
The linebacker -- Brown's Zak DeOssie -- is a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award as the standout defensive player in all of Division I-AA. He was among the nation's leaders in solo tackles all season long.
Those players -- Terrell, Dawson, McLeod and DeOssie -- were four of the 10 unanimous selections by the coaches. Terrell was joined by two other Tigers in that select company -- senior defensive back J.J. Artis and senior punter Colin McDonough, a repeat undisputed pick.
McLeod was joined by one of his sensational blockers -- senior tackle Ed McCarthy, who was picked as the top lineman in the nation by the Sports Network in the preseason. McCarthy, a candidate for both academic and All-America honors in the coming weeks, has been a dominant figure for Coach Jack Siedlecki since his freshman season.
Penn had two players chosen by all the coaches as senior tight end Chris Mizell and senior offensive lineman Sean Estrada earned those plaudits. The Quakers were the hard-luck team in the League, losing three League games in overtime and another by a single point in regulation.
The final unanimous pick was senior defensive lineman Michael Berg of Harvard. Berg was the leader of the group that ran roughshod over the competition as the Crimson were the nation's most sack-happy bunch. In all, the average rushing attempt by Crimson opponents was shorter than two yards.
Coach Norries Wilson of Columbia had the League's Rookie of the Year in freshman wide receiver Austin Knowlin of Newington, Conn. Knowlin, with 44 catches, was among the top rookie receivers in the nation and becomes the first Lion rookie selection since Johnathan Reese in 1998.
In all, Penn and Harvard each had six first-teamers while co-champions Princeton and Yale had five apiece.
Joining Mizell and Estrada for Coach Al Bagnoli's Quakers were senior running back Joe Sandberg (a 1,000-yard rusher), junior defensive lineman Naheem Harris, senior defensive lineman Brian Fairbanks and junior linebacker Joe Anastasio.
In addition to Dawson and Berg from Coach Tim Murphy's squad were senior wide receiver Corey Mazza (who led the League with eight TD catches), senior offensive lineman Frank Fernandez, senior linebacker Ryan Tully and sophomore defensive back Andrew Berry.
Coach Roger Hughes -- along with Terrell, Artis and McDonough -- had junior wide receiver Brendan Circle and senior defensive back Tim Strickland on the first team. Strickland is the first Tiger to start 40 games in a career while Circle became Terrell's 'go-to' receiver.
McLeod and McCarthy had three Eli teammates chosen to the top teams -- junior offensive lineman Jeff Monaco, junior defensive lineman Brandt Hollander and sophomore linebacker Bobby Abare.
Abare and Harvard's Andrew Berry were the only sophomores on the first-team defense and both have twin brothers who made an impact this season. Abare's twin brother Larry was a second-team pick in the secondary for Yale while Adam Berry looks to be a future star for the Princeton Tigers.
DeOssie had one teammate on the first team as prolific junior kicker Steve Morgan was selected for the second straight season. Not only is Morgan a solid kicker, he is also a standout punter, earning second-team status with a 40-yard average.
Columbia rounded out the first team with senior defensive back Tad Crawford and senior offensive lineman Matt Barsamian. Crawford was a member of the resurgent Lion defense, becoming the first player from the New York school to record two straight 100-tackle seasons in a decade.
Neither Cornell nor Dartmouth had a first-team pick, but drew second-team accolades on both sides of the ball. The Big Red had junior running back Luke Siwula and his senior blocker Eric Miller on the offense and senior lineman Jonathan Lucas on defense. For Dartmouth, senior wideout Ryan Fuselier led the League in receptions and was named second-team for the second time while junior defensive back Ian Wilson joined him.
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