Word: carrington
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...Harvard football team’s game against Dartmouth last weekend, tailback Nick Carrington knew that he probably wouldn’t be seeing action until the fourth quarter, if at all. As the backup to sophomore Clifton Dawson, one of the top players in the Ivy League and the holder of several Crimson records, Carrington has grown used to waiting his turn to take the field. If Harvard was up by a considerable margin, if the starters were pulled, if Crimson coach Tim Murphy needed someone to reliably run out the clock, then the senior would get his chance...
...fourth quarter of Harvard’s eventual 13-12 win, Carrington got the call. But it wasn’t for the usual reason...
...ball was given to Carrington to finish it out, like he had so many other games. Like so many other games, he did his fourth-quarter duty...
...this Saturday, with Dawson most likely still out, Carrington won’t have to wait for the fourth quarter to take the field...
...Carrington will lead the Crimson’s running game against the Lions in his first start since last season’s Ivy opener against Brown, and only the second of his career. Starting so few games certainly wasn’t what Carrington envisioned when he came to Harvard four years ago. On the contrary, his high school numbers suggested that he would be the one to rewrite the Crimson record books. In his senior season at McDonough High School in Pomfret, MD, Carrington ran for 1,200 yards and racked up 22 touchdowns. That year...