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It’s Monday—two days after one of Harvard football’s biggest wins in years—and Matt McBurney, the Crimson’s 260-pound junior starting defensive tackle, strolls into the Pforzheimer dining hall as cool and collected as usual...
...McBurney, who hails from Alexander City, Ala., is a Southern country boy completely at ease with his Ivy League surroundings. He smoothly navigates his way to the cold cuts, pours himself some fruit juice from the drink machine and clears a space at the end of the lunch table...
Only when talk begins of last Saturday’s game, a monumental 28-20 win over No. 10 Northeastern, does the observer catch a glimpse of what drives McBurney on Saturday afternoons: that Alabama-bred, crazy-about-football passion...
They are Matt McBurney, Jon Berrier, Brendan McCafferty and Coesen Ngwun, Harvard’s four defensive tackles who never get enough credit...
Given the Ivy League’s affinity for the pass—many teams routinely throw 35-45 times per game—pressuring the quarterback is critical. But with Payne and Garcia teaming with a veteran group of defensive tackles—led by juniors Matt McBurney and Coesen Ngwun and seniors Jon Berrier and Brendan McCafferty—the front four should be able to do its part...