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...foresight he showed from a very early age to get to this point. He is a success as much for his personal story as for his football exploits. Now, he has a very good chance to become the second active Harvard NFL player, along with Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Matt Birk...
...June 25, 1950, shortly after Commencement, the North Koreans invaded the South. The next year, around Commencement time, on June 3, 1951, Lt. Douglas H.T. Bradlee, the big, red-haired lineman, died while fighting with the 1st Marine Division...
Though he played as a defensive lineman for Harvard, Sands (6'4', 235 lbs.) said he is probably too small to continue at that position at the pro level. If he succeeds in making the Steelers' roster, Sands would likely be moved to outside linebacker, a position he played earlier in his Crimson football career...
...linebacker, Sands' primary job would be applying pressure on the opposing quarterback. Pittsburgh is one of the few teams in the NFL that runs a 3-4 defense, with a trio of down lineman up front flanked by four linebackers...
...Football Weekly listed as one of Kacyvenski's negatives--as it did for the last Harvard draftee, offensive lineman Matt Birk, a sixth-round pick two years ago--that Kacyvenski "has excellent off-the-field options." Yet he was able to shake the Ivy League stereotypes and now will be competing at the highest level of football...