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FCS: Top Ivy League Careers In The NFL

Brian McLaughlin by Brian McLaughlin
April 15, 2020
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The FCS has had hundreds of standout players move on to have special NFL careers, and a good number have made it to the NFL Hall of Fame. We decided to break down the “FCS-to-NFL” ranks by conference … leading up to a final national ranking of the top FCS products to finish a career in the NFL on April 20. We only ranked individuals who played for current FCS conference schools (no Appalachian States or Marshalls, for instance … and just because the player may have actually played D-2 football when they were in college, that doesn’t disqualify).

This ranking will be using the Pro Football Reference criteria for AV – “Approximate Value”, which uses an algorithm that measures a player’s statistics, honors, awards, you name it — on an annual basis dating back to 1960 when all of this statistical material was more easily attainable/tracked. It takes into account that an offensive lineman can’t put up stats like a quarterback, obviously, but an O-lineman with Pro Bowl credentials and being a cornerstone on a Super Bowl team will be rewarded too. Then … the annual points are added up to create a “career AV” which is a total reflecting the “Approximate Value” of a player’s career.

Obviously, Hall of Fame players do well in this rating, but you may be surprised at times at the rating given to a player who had a long career … with some true highlights … who did not make the Hall of Fame. It happens. See the list below.[divider]

TOP NFL CAREERS: Each Conference Linked

TOP NFL CAREERS – IVY LEAGUE

(according to Pro-Football-Reference.com – since 1960)

ABBREVIATIONS: PB — Career Pro Bowls; AV — site’s “Approximate Value” point system used by Pro Football Reference to quantify a player, based on statistics, honors, etc awarded by year back to 1960 – and taking position into consideration; YRS — Total years in the league

RKFCS SCHOOLPOSPLAYERPBAVYRSSPANCAREER NFL STATS
1HARVARDOLMatt Birk6111141998-2012187 career starts
2DARTMOUTHLBReggie Williams0102141976-1989206 career games
3YALEDBGary Fencik2101121976-198738 career INTs
4HARVARDQBRyan Fitzpatrick096152005-201932,886 pass yds, 210 TDs
5YALERBCalvin Hill488121969-19818,944 total yds, 65 TDs
6DARTMOUTHKNick Lowery381181978-1996383 career field goals
7COLUMBIAOLGeorge Starke077121973-1984156 career games
8BROWNTESteve Jordan660131982-19946,307 rec. yds, 28 TDs
9YALEOLMike Pyle15791961-1969121 career games
10CORNELLDLSeth Payne054101997-2006332 tackles, 38 TFLs
11COLUMBIADLMarcellus Wiley149101997-200644 sacks, 322 tackles
12YALEDBDick Jauron14581973-198025 career INTs
13DARTMOUTHQBJay Fiedler04291995-200511,844 pass yds, 69 TDs
14CORNELLKPete Gogolak136111964-1974173 field goals made
15YALEDBKenny Hill03591981-1989110 career games
16HARVARDWR-PPat McInally135101976-198541.9 punt average
17HARVARDDLDesmond Bryant03372009-2015238 tackles, 25 sacks
18CORNELLWR-KRBo Roberson13061961-19662,917 rec. yds, 23.5 KR avg
19CORNELLOLKevin Boothe02992006-2014114 career games
20CORNELLOLJ.C. Tretter02762014-201979 career games

(*) – Denotes an NFL Hall of Famer[divider]​​

IVY LEAGUE – TOP CURRENT NFL CAREERS

ABBREVIATIONS: PB — Career Pro Bowls; AV — site’s “Approximate Value” point system used by Pro Football Reference to quantify a player, based on statistics, honors, etc and taking position into consideration; YRS — Total years in the league

RKFCS SCHOOLPOSPLAYERPBAVYRSSPANCAREER NFL STATS
1HARVARDQBRyan Fitzpatrick096152005-201932,886 pass yds, 210 TDs
2CORNELLOLJ.C. Tretter02762014-201979 career games
3BROWNLSZak DeOssie217132007-2019199 career games
4HARVARDTECameron Brate01562014-20192,156 rec yds, 27 TDs
5HARVARDFBKyle Juszczyk41572013-20191,647 rec. yds, 8 TDs
6HARVARDOLNick Easton01332016-201933 career games
7PENNLBBrandon Copeland01042015-2019107 career tackles
8PRINCETONDLCaraun Reid0962014-201947 games, 50 tackles
9YALEDBFoyesade Oluokun0722018-201932 games, 153 tackles
10PRINCETONTESeth Devalve0542016-2019736 rec. yds., 4 TDs
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