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...Harvard, Dawson set the Ivy League record for career rushing yards (4,841), career rushing touchdowns (60), career touchdowns (66), career points (398), and career all-purpose yards (6,138). But it takes more than gaudy stats to become an NFL athlete...
...Apparently Dawson met those baselines as he was signed by Polian and the Colts as an undrafted free-agent following last year’s draft...
...study group. The topic of discussion, according to the IOP’s website, was “The Politics of Being an NFL City.” But for the Ivy League sports enthusiast, Polian offered information on Harvard football’s latest NFL entrant, Clifton Dawson...
...Well, I was here [at Harvard] for the Columbia game when he was a junior,” Polian recalled of the first time he saw Dawson. “He really stood out, and so I marked him down as a prospect and then came back to see him the following year—was convinced that he had the ability to play...
...With Dawson and others—like Bengals second-string quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05—paving the way for Harvard football players in the NFL, the future of Ivy League players making it into the pro game looks good. Right now there is at least one representative from each of the Ancient Eight teams in the league...