PRINCETON, N.J. -- Ivy League champions Dartmouth and Yale headlined the All-Ivy teams, with Big Green and Bulldog student-athletes claiming 11-of-27 First Team nods and 23-of-57 overall accolades.
Harvard freshman running back
Aidan Borguet earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. The Franklinville, N.J., native appeared in all 10 games for the Crimson, accumulating 645 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground. Borguet was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week and STATS FCS National Rookie of the Week on Nov. 25, following his 269-yard, 4 touchdown performance in The Game. He is Harvard’s seventh Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first since
Justice Shelton-Mosley in 2015.
After leading Dartmouth to its second-straight 9-1 season and its League-leading 19th Ivy League championship, head coach
Buddy Teevens was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year for the first time since the award was instituted in 2014. With the Big Green’s victory in the season finale at Brown, Teevens became the all-time winningest coach at his alma mater with 105 career victories, surpassing the mark held by legendary Dartmouth head coach
Bob Blackman.
Teevens coached Dartmouth units that rank among the top 25 nationally in scoring defense (2nd, 12.40 points per game), total defense (14th, 320.9 yards per game) and scoring offense (25th, 33.3 points per game). He is 1-of-15 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, presented annually to the coach of the year in the FCS.
Ivy League champion Dartmouth paced the League with 13 All-Ivy selections, including a League-high six on the First Team led by unanimous selections senior linebacker
Jack Traynor (Lake Forest, Ill.) and senior defensive back
Isiah Swann.
Swann is 1-of-26 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, presented annually to the most outstanding defensive player in the FCS. The Queen Creek, Ariz., native owns the Big Green career record with 17 interceptions—including the pick that sealed the Big Green’s 2019 Ivy League title with 17 seconds remaining in the season finale at Brown—and added 31 tackles, 15 passes defended, four interceptions, an assisted tackle for loss and a pair of touchdowns during his senior campaign.
Ivy League champion Yale closely followed the Big Green with 10 All-Ivy honorees and five First Team selections. Senior quarterback
Kurt Rawlings earned a unanimous First Team nod.
Rawlings is 1-of-26 finalists for the Walter Payton Award, presented annually to the most outstanding offensive player in the FCS. The Bel Air, Md., native—who now owns every passing record in Yale history—ranks fourth in the FCS with 21.2 points responsible for per game and 331.6 yards of total offense per game. Rawlings threw for 3,002 yards and an Ivy League-high 27 touchdowns. He also added 314 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground.
After placing third in the League with a 5-2 mark in conference play and an 8-2 overall record, Princeton tallied 10 All-Ivy picks—three First Team and seven Second Team. Paramount among them was unanimous First Team selection junior linebacker
Jeremiah Tyler (Detroit, Mich.).
Penn and Cornell each finished 3-4 against Ivy League opposition and claimed six All-Ivy honorees. Second-Team All-Ivy freshman linebacker
Jake Stebbins (Cranberry Township, Pa.) of Cornell is 1-of-20 finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, presented annually to the freshman player of the year in the FCS. He appeared in all 10 games for the Big Red, tallying 58 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles.
Harvard (7) and Columbia (2) each registered multiple All-Ivy picks after 2-5 League campaigns, including unanimous First Team selection sophomore return specialist
Mike Roussos (New Port Richey, Fla.) of Columbia. Brown produced three All-Ivy honorees after a 1-6 League finish.
Each of the League's eight programs had at least one First Team All-Ivy selection.
Dartmouth senior wide receiver and return specialist
Drew Estrada (Argyle, Texas) was the lone student-athlete to be recognized at multiple positions, reaping Second Team All-Ivy accolades on both defense and special teams. Including honorable mentions, Princeton junior wide receiver (Second Team) and return specialist (Honorable Mention)
Jacob Birmelin and Cornell senior kicker (Honorable Mention) and punter (Honorable Mention)
Nickolas Null joined Estrada in attaining multiple accolades.
The 2019 Asa S. Bushnell Cup Presentation, honoring the Ivy League Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, will take place on Monday, Dec. 9, at the New York Hilton Midtown, and broadcast live on ESPN+. The Bushnell Cup finalists will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Aidan Borguet, Harvard (Fr., RB – Franklinville, N.J.)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
Offense
Zach Sammartino, Dartmouth (Sr., OL – Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Liam Shanahan, Harvard (Sr., OL – Marlborough, Mass.)
Greg Benoche, Penn (Sr., OL – Delray Beach, Fla.)
Alex Deters, Princeton (Sr., OL – Cincinnati, Ohio)
Dieter Eiselen, Yale (Sr., OL – Stellenbosch, South Africa)
EJ Perry, Brown (Jr., QB – Andover, Mass.)
* Kurt Rawlings, Yale (Sr., QB – Bel Air, Md.)
Harold Coles, Cornell (Sr., RB – Erie, Pa.)
Karekin Brooks, Penn (Sr., RB – Marietta, Ga.)
JP Shohfi, Yale (Sr., WR – San Marino, Calif.)
Reed Klubnik, Yale (Sr., WR – Austin, Texas)
Rory Schlageter, Columbia (Sr., TE – Maplewood, N.J.)
Defense
Jackson Perry, Dartmouth (Sr., DL – Las Vegas, Nev.)
Niko Lalos, Dartmouth (Sr., DL – Akron, Ohio)
Brogan McPartland, Harvard (Sr., DL – Stephens City, Va.)
Prince Emili, Penn (Sr., DL – New City, N.Y.)
Nigel Alexander, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Orlando, Fla.)
* Jack Traynor, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Lake Forest, Ill.)
Jordan Hill, Harvard (Jr., LB – Silver Spring, Md.)
* Jeremiah Tyler, Princeton (Jr., LB – Detroit, Mich.)
Jelani Taylor, Cornell (Sr., DB – Beecher, Mich.)
* Isiah Swann, Dartmouth (Sr., DB – Queen Creek, Ariz.)
Isaiah Wingfield, Harvard (Jr., DB – Burlington, N.J.)
Delan Stallworth, Princeton (Jr., DB – Cincinnati, Ohio)
Special Teams
Sam Tuckerman, Yale (Sr., K – Bexley, Ohio)
Jon Sot, Harvard (So., P – Clark, N.J.)
* Mike Roussos, Columbia (So., RS – New Port Richey, Fla.)
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
Offense
Chad Broome-Webster, Brown (Jr., OL – Orlando, Fla.)
Hunter Nourzad, Cornell (So., OL – Marietta, Ga.)
Evan Hecimovich, Dartmouth (Jr., OL – Lisle, Ill.)
Eric Wilson, Harvard (Jr. OL – Minnetrista, Minn.)
Henry Byrd, Princeton (So., OL – Nashville, Tenn.)
Sterling Strother, Yale (Sr., OL – Moraga, Calif.)
Jared Gerbino, Dartmouth (Sr., QB – Rush, N.Y.)
Devin Darrington, Harvard (Jr., RB – Forest Hill, Md.)
Collin Eaddy, Princeton (Jr., RB – Raleigh, N.C.)
Zane Dudek, Yale (Jr., RB – Kittanning, Pa.)
Drew Estrada, Dartmouth (Sr., WR – Argyle, Texas)
Ryan Cragun, Penn (So., WR – San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Jacob Birmelin, Princeton (Jr., WR – Royal Palm Beach, Fla.)
Carson Bobo, Princeton (So., TE – Birmingham, Ala.)
Defense
Michael Hoecht, Brown (Sr., DL – Oakwood, Ohio)
Daniel DeLorenzi, Columbia (Sr., DL – Cedar Grove, N.J.)
David Chalmers, Dartmouth (Sr., DL – Leesburg, Va.)
Sam Wright, Princeton (Jr., DL – Lawrenceville, Ga.)
Spencer Matthaei, Yale (Sr., DL – Bayville, N.Y.)
Jake Stebbins, Cornell (Fr., LB – Cranberry Township, Pa.)
Brian O’Neill, Penn (Jr., LB – Roseland, N.J.)
Zach Evans, Penn (Sr., LB – Harrison, N.Y.)
Ryan Burke, Yale (Sr., LB – Huntington Beach, Calif.)
David Jones, Cornell (Sr., DB – Sugar Land, Texas)
Ryan Roegge, Dartmouth (Sr., DB – Marietta, Ga.)
Darren Stanley, Dartmouth (Jr., DB – Conway, S.C.)
Malcolm Dixon, Yale (Sr., DB – Gardena, Calif.)
Special Teams
Tavish Rice, Princeton (Sr., K – Miami, Fla.)
Will Powers, Princeton (Fr., P – Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Drew Estrada, Dartmouth (Sr., RS – Argyle, Texas)
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Offense
Parker Coogan, Columbia (Sr., OL – Kingwood, Texas)
James Lee, Harvard (Jr., OL – San Diego, Calif.)
Brent Holder, Princeton (Sr., OL – Chicago, Ill.)
Cameron Warfield, Yale (Jr., OL – Washington, D.C.)
Kevin Davidson, Princeton (Sr., QB – Danville, Calif.)
Jakob Prall, Brown (Sr., WR – Tipp City, Ohio)
Livingstone Harriott, Brown (Sr., WR – Central Islip, N.Y.)
Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth (Sr., WR – Manvel, Texas)
Emerson Logie, Brown (Sr., TE – New Canaan, Conn.)
John Fitzgerald, Cornell (Sr., TE – Baltimore, Md.)
Jake Guidone, Dartmouth (Jr., TE – East Walpole, Mass.)
Defense
Nasir Darnell, Harvard (Jr., DL – Matawan, N.J.)
Joey DeMarco, Princeton (Sr., DL – Del Mar, Calif.)
Scott Valentas, Columbia (Fr., LB – Wichita, Kan.)
Cameron Kline, Harvard (Sr., LB – Alpharetta, Ga.)
Joey Goodman, Harvard (Sr., LB – Marietta, Ga.)
James Johnson, Princeton (Jr., LB – Moorestown, N.J.)
Rodney Thomas II, Yale (Jr., LB – Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Ben Mathiasmeier, Columbia (Jr., DB – Katy, Texas)
Benjamin McKeighan, Columbia (Sr., DB – Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Niko Mermigas, Dartmouth (Jr., DB – Wexford, Pa.)
Cole Thompson, Harvard (Sr., DB – Folsom, Calif.)
TJ Floyd, Princeton (Sr., DB – Jacksonville, Fla.)
Melvin Rouse II, Yale (Jr., DB – East Charlotte, N.C.)
Special Teams
Alex Felkins, Columbia (Fr., K – Tulsa, Okla.)
Nickolas Null, Cornell (Sr., K – Bradenton, Fla.)
Nickolas Null, Cornell (Sr., P – Bradenton, Fla.)
Jacob Birmelin, Princeton (Jr., RS – Royal Palm Beach, Fla.)
^ Second Team Expanded Due to Ties in Voting
* Unanimous Selection