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Cornell's Tretter Earns Invite to the 2013 Senior Bowl
JC Tretter Prospect Profile on SeniorBowl.com
Courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell senior football player
JC Tretter earned an invitation to play in the
2013 Senior Bowl, The The all-star game will be played in Mobile,
Ala. on Saturday, Jan. 26 and showcases many of the nation's top
NFL Draft prospects. The game will be broadcast on the NFL
Network.
Tretter, a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League pick in 2012 at
left tackle, is expected to play guard during the game and will
also work at center during the week in front of coaching staffs and
scouts from all 32 NFL teams. He is just the second Big Red player
to earn an invite to the Senior Bowl, joining tackle Charles
Metzler in 1952.
The 6-4, 300-pound Tretter has been responsible for protecting
quarterback Jeff Mathews' blind side for two
seasons, allowing the All-American quarterback to set numerous
Cornell and Ivy League passing records. A preseason honorable
mention FCS All-American by Beyond Sports College Network, he was
part of a line that allowed the passing game to pile up 3,748
yards, a mark that ranked third in the FCS in 2012. He started each
of his final 20 games at left tackle and is the first Big Red
offensive lineman to earn first-team honors since Kevin Boothe in
2005. All of Tretter's success comes after spending only two
seasons on the offensive line after opening his career at tight
end. He was a high school quarterback and the Western New York
small school Player of the Year in basketball as a senior at Akron
HS.
