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...awhile, it seemed that Harvard’s star quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick would, for once, be unable to live up to his billing...
...with just six picks remaining in seventh and final round of the 2005 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams ensured that Fitzpatrick would be the first Crimson player to be drafted since Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00, and the first Harvard quarterback since Brian Buckley...
...Rams, known over the past five years as “The Greatest Show On Turf” for their high-powered offense, chose Fitzpatrick as the 36th pick of the seventh round and the 250th pick overall. The Crimson captain was the only Ivy player picked in this year’s draft...
...Fitzpatrick, the unanimous 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year, was predicted to be selected in the fifth round, and possibly as high as the fourth. Heading into the second day of the draft, Fitzpatrick’s name was repeatedly dropped by NFL analysts both online and on television as a good option for any team looking for a smart, talented backup quarterback...
...wore on, however, it appeared as though Fitzpatrick would follow in the footsteps of more recent Harvard graduates Jamil Soriano ’03, Carl Morris ’03, and Dante Balestracci ’04—all former Crimson standouts who had hopes of being drafted but eventually signed as free agents. By the seventh round, Fitzpatrick and his agent, Kyle Rote, Jr., were busily preparing for that eventuality...