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Player to Watch—Tyler. The sophomore emerged as Harvard’s top tailback in last season’s Columbia game, when he rushed for a freshman-record 120 yards, but missed the last two games with a broken finger. With junior Rodney Byrnes playing receiver full-time this season, Tyler will be counted on to provide much-needed experience to the RB corps...
...Harvard in the late ’40s and early ’50s, there was a lot of talk of giving up football,” said Dick Clasby ’54, a tailback who set several Harvard records that season. “Chicago, Georgetown, places like that did give up football. There was a lot of talk about doing the same thing at Harvard...
Schaffer may sound like he’s been an artist all his life, but until recently, football was his most serious passion. He was recruited by Harvard in 2001 to play tailback, but was quickly converted to outside linebacker and then to middle linebacker...
Nonetheless, Schaffer found his creative outlet at tailback. “The position allowed me the most creativity possible on a football field,” Schaffer recently wrote in a grant-application essay. “Once the ball was handed off to me I was free to create my own destiny. It was my own world to fashion...
Despite Rose’s impressive performance, the quarterback is unlikely to pursue a professional career. However, his former teammate, senior tailback Nick Palazzo, was more than impressed with what he saw out of both players...