Football

Six Ivies Recognized as STATS FCS All-Americans

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Six Ivies were honored as STATS Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) All-Americans, with a trio named to the First Team. 
 
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year Princeton senior quarterback John Lovett and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Dartmouth junior defensive back Isiah Swann earned First Team accolades alongside Columbia senior long snapper Patrick Eby
 
Princeton senior wide receiver Jesper Horsted and Dartmouth senior offensive lineman Matt Kaskey earned Second Team recognition, while Dartmouth senior defensive lineman Rocco Di Leo reaped Third Team honors. 
 
Lovett became the fifth two-time winner of the Bushnell Cup after leading the Ivy League with 303 yards of total offense per game, while ranking second in the League in both rushing (99.3 yards per game) and passing (203.7 yards per game). The senior quarterback tallied 894 yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground, while concluding his collegiate career with a rushing touchdown in an Ivy League record 20-straight games. Lovett also accumulated 1,833 yards and an Ivy League-best 18 touchdowns through the air. The Wantagh, N.Y., product, who ranked fourth in the FCS with 20.9 points responsible for per game, led a Princeton offensive unit that ranked second in the FCS with 47.0 points per game and third with 536.8 yards per game.
 
Swann set a Dartmouth program record and led all of NCAA Division I with nine interceptions on the season. The Queen Creek, Ariz., native also led the Ivy League and ranked third in the FCS with 18 passes defended, while recording 39 tackles and recovering a fumble. Swann propelled a Dartmouth defensive unit that allowed just 12.0 points per game—second in the FCS—and just 280.4 yards per game—fifth in the FCS. Having appeared in every Dartmouth contest during his career, the junior defensive back will open his senior campaign with 110 tackles, 13 interceptions (tied for the Big Green career record) and 21 passes broken up for a total of 34 passes defended. Swann has now been recognized as a First Team All-American by the AP, the Walter Camp Football Foundation and STATS FCS. 

Eby appeared in 40-straight games as Columbia’s long snapper—tying a program record. Over his four-year career, the Towson, Md., native has snapped 247 punts, 84 point after attempts and 58 field goals for the Lions. Eby has also registered four career tackles on special teams coverage. 
 
Horsted—a 2018 Bushnell Cup finalist—registered his second-straight 1,000-yard receiving season with 1,047 receiving yards on an Ivy League-high 72 catches, including a League-best 13 receiving touchdowns. The Shoreview, Minn., native dots the Ivy League record books, finishing among the top five in career touchdown receptions (28), top 10 in career receiving yards (2,703) and top 15 in career receptions (196). A two-sport athlete at Princeton, Horsted concludes his career as a three-time Ivy League champion—twice in football (2016, 2018) and once in baseball (2016). 
 
Kaskey—a Big Green tri-captain—started every game at left tackle as Dartmouth ranked 11th among FCS teams in rushing (254.7 yards per game) and sixth in fewest sacks allowed (7). The Winnetka, Ill., product's blocking the blind side of quarterbacks Derek Kyler and Jared Gerbino was a major factor in the Big Green posting the eight-best team passing efficiency. Dartmouth also ranked among the top 20 nationally in scoring offense (34 points per game) and third- and fourth-down conversion percentage. 
 
Di Leo paced the Ivy League with 12.5 tackles for loss and ranked second in the conference—and 15th in the FCS—with 8.5 sacks. The Elmhurst, Ill., product concluded his senior campaign with 43 tackles and a forced fumble. He also batted down six passes at the line of scrimmage, the most among Ivy League defensive linemen. 
 
The All-America Teams included 100 players from 61 schools and all 13 FCS conferences.