PRINCETON, N.J. – Ivy League champions Dartmouth and Princeton headlined the All-Ivy football teams, with Big Green and Tiger student-athletes garnering 25-of-68 overall honors.
Columbia sophomore quarterback
Joe Green earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. Serving as the signal caller for the Lions, Green helped lead them to a 7-3 overall record. The Sammamish, Wash., native finished the season with 1590 yards and 11 total touchdowns. Green, who was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times, only threw three interceptions. He is fifth player from Columbia to earn the honor and the first since linebacker Alex Gross claimed it in 2007.
After leading Dartmouth to its third consecutive 9-1 season and its league-leading 20th Ivy League title, head coach
Buddy Teevens was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year for the second straight season. In his two stints at the helm of the program, Teevens has guided the Big Green to five Ivy titles.
The Big Green finished the season ranked near the top of several national categories. Offensively, its .688 completion percentage ranked second. Additionally, the Big Green took care of the football, as it allowed the third fewest turnovers in the FCS. Defensively, Dartmouth had the second-best red zone defense in the nation. The Big Green is 35-5 over the past four seasons.
Ivy League champion Princeton paced the league with 13 All-Ivy selections, including a league-high 10 first team honorees. Both senior linebacker
Jeremiah Tyler and senior wide receiver
Jacob Birmelin were unanimous first team all-league selections. Birmelin led the league in receptions (64) and receiving yards (784). Tyler, also a unanimous first team selection in 2019, led the Tigers in tackles with 58.
Dartmouth placed 12 members on All-Ivy teams – the second most in the league. The Big Green had five first team honorees and seven second team members.
Harvard, which finished with a 5-2 Ivy mark, had the second most first team honorees with eight and placed 11 on All-Ivy teams overall. Junior running back
Aaron Shampklin was a unanimous first team selection, after finishing the season with league-leading 92.8 yards per game.
Yale and Columbia, which both ended the season at 4-3 in Ivy play, had the third and fourth most All-Ivy selections respectively. The Bulldogs had nine All-Ivy honorees, while the Lions had eight.
Cornell (6), Penn (5) and Brown (4) each produced multiple All-Ivy picks after 1-6 League campaigns.
Each of the league's eight programs had at least one First Team All-Ivy selection.
Yale senior
Melvin Rouse II was the lone student-athlete to be recognized at multiple positions, garnering second team honors at both wide receiver and return specialist.
Additionally, one Ivy League student-athlete from each institution was recognized for their commitment in the classroom and on the field as members of the 2021 Ivy League Football Academic All-Ivy team. Brown senior
Chad Broome-Webster, Columbia senior
Ben Mathiasmeier, Cornell senior
Hunter Nourzad, Dartmouth senior
Connor Davis, Harvard senior
Spencer Rolland, Penn graduate student
Isaiah Malcome, Princeton senior
James Johnson and Yale senior
Brett Gerber were each named to the team.
The 2021 Asa S. Bushnell Cup Presentation, honoring the Ivy League Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, will take place on Monday, Dec. 13, at the famed New York Athletic Club. The Bushnell Cup finalists will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 30.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Joe Green, Columbia (So., QB – Sammamish, Wash.)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY^
OFFENSE
Hunter Nourzad, Cornell (Sr., OL – Marietta, Ga.)
Evan Hecimovich, Dartmouth (5th, OL – Lisle, Ill.)
Jake Guidone, Dartmouth (5th, OL – East Walpole, Mass.)
Spencer Rolland, Harvard (Sr., OL – Burnsville, Minn.)
Henry Byrd, Princeton (Sr., OL – Nashville, Tenn.)
Reily Radosevich, Princeton (Sr., OL – Manalapan, N.J.)
EJ Perry, Brown (Sr., QB – Andover, Mass.)
Dante Miller, Columbia (Sr., RB – Rockingham, N.C.)
Nick Howard, Dartmouth (Jr., QB – Green Bay, Wis.)
* Aaron Shampklin, Harvard (Jr., RB – Paramount, Calif.)
Collin Eaddy, Princeton (Sr., RB – Raleigh, N.C.)
Thomas Glover, Cornell (Sr., WR – Pasadena, Calif.)
* Jacob Birmelin, Princeton (Sr., WR – Royal Palm Beach, Fla.)
Carson Bobo, Princeton (Sr., TE – Birmingham, Ala.)
JJ Howland, Yale (Sr., TE – Fiskdale, Mass.)
DEFENSE
Chris Smith, Harvard (Jr., DL – Detroit, Mich.)
Jacob Sykes, Harvard (Jr., DL – Kansas City, Mo.)
Prince Emili, Penn (Gr., DL – New City, N.Y.)
Samuel Wright II, Princeton (Sr., DL – Lawrenceville, Ga.)
Clay Patterson, Yale (So., DL – Frisco, Texas)
Jake Stebbins, Cornell (Jr., LB – Cranberry Township, Pa.)
Jalen Mackie, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Miramar, Fla.)
Jordan Hill, Harvard (Sr., LB – Silver Spring, Md.)
Jack McGowan, Harvard (Sr., LB – Canton, Mass.)
Brian O'Neill, Penn (Gr., LB – Roseland, N.J.)
* Jeremiah Tyler, Princeton (Sr., LB – Detroit, Mich.)
James Johnson, Princeton (Sr., LB – Moorestown, N.J.)
John Dean, Yale (Sr., LB – Wrentham, Mass.)
Ben Mathiasmeier, Columbia (Sr., DB – Katy, Texas)
Isaiah Johnson, Dartmouth (Sr., CB – Beverly Hills, Mich.)
Alex Washington, Harvard (So., CB – Hoover, Ala.)
Trevor Forbes, Princeton (Sr., DB – Memphis, Tenn.)
Rodney Thomas II, Yale (Sr., DB – Pittsburgh, Pa.)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Jonah Lipel, Harvard (Jr., K – Tarzana, Calif.)
Will Powers, Princeton (Jr., P – Plano, Texas)
Michael Roussos, Columbia (Sr., RS – New Port Richey, Fla.)
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
OFFENSE
Chad Broome-Webster, Brown (Sr., OL – Orlando, Fla.)
Tyler Worrell, Columbia (Sr., OL – Katy, Texas)
Jack Burns, Cornell (Sr., OL – Kansas City, Kan.)
John Paul Flores, Dartmouth (Sr., OL – Arlington, Texas)
Trevor Radosevich, Penn (Sr., OL – Englishtown, N.J.)
David Hoffman, Princeton (Sr., OL – Basking Ridge, N.J.)
Derek Kyler, Dartmouth (5th, QB – DeKalb, Ill.)
Aidan Borguet, Harvard (So., RB – Franklinville, N.J.)
Isaiah Malcome, Penn (Gr., RB – Atlanta, Ga.)
Wes Rockett, Brown (Jr., WR – Marblehead, Mass.)
Andrei Iosivas, Princeton (Jr., WR – Honolulu, Hawaii)
Melvin Rouse II, Yale (Sr., WR – East Charlotte, N.C.)
Mason Tipton, Yale (So., WR – Akron, Ohio)
JJ Jones III, Dartmouth (5th, TE – Tracy, Calif.)
DEFENSE
Paul Akere, Columbia (Sr., DL – Carrollton, Texas)
Shane Cokes, Dartmouth (Jr., DL – Dayton, Ohio)
Seth Walter, Dartmouth (5th, DE – Longboat Key, Fla.)
Nate Leskovec, Harvard (So., DL – Solon, Ohio)
Uche Ndukwe, Princeton (Jr., DL – Dedham, Mass.)
Cam Dillon, Columbia (Sr., LB – Findlay, Ohio)
Junior Gafa, Brown (Jr., LB – San Pedro, Calif.)
Scott Valentas, Columbia (Jr., LB –Wichita, Kan.)
Lance Blass, Cornell (5th, LB – Mountaintop, Pa.)
Marques White, Dartmouth (Jr., LB – Glendale, Ariz.)
Michael Irons, Cornell (Sr., CB – McGregor, Texas)
Niko Mermigas, Dartmouth (5th, S – Wexford, Pa.)
James Herring, Harvard (Jr., S – Dallas, Texas)
Jason McCleod, Jr., Penn (Sr., DB – West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Wande Owens , Yale (Jr., DB – Cooksville, Md.)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Alex Felkins, Columbia (Jr., K – Tulsa, Okla.)
Jack Bosman, Yale (So., P – San Diego, Calif.)
Melvin Rouse II, Yale (Sr., RS – East Charlotte, N.C.)
HONORABLE MENTION
OFFENSE
Calvin Atkeson, Dartmouth (Sr. OL – Raleigh, N.C.)
Hunt Sparks, Harvard (Sr., OL – Norman, Okla.)
Kiran Amegadjie, Yale (So., OL – Hinsdale, Ill.)
Cameron Warfield, Yale (Sr., OL – Washington, D.C.)
Cole Smith, Princeton (Sr., QB – Knoxville, Tenn.)
Allen Smith, Brown (Sr., RB – Westerville, Ohio)
Ryan Young, Columbia (Sr., RB – Wheaton, Ill.)
Spencer Alston, Yale (Jr., RB – Reston, Va.)
Graham Walker, Brown (So., WR – Hinesburg, Vt.)
Paxton Scott, Dartmouth (So., WR – Dallas, Texas)
Dylan Classi, Princeton (Sr., WR – Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)
Robbie Mangas, Dartmouth (Sr., TE – Chantilly, Va.)
DEFENSE
Jake Heimlicher, Penn (Sr., DL – Aurora, Colo.)
Micah Morris, Penn (Sr., DL – Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Reid Nickerson, Yale (Jr., DL – Friendswood, Texas)
Jordan Colbert, Columbia (Sr., DB – Washington, D.C.)
Will Allen, Columbia (Sr., DB – Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
Logan Thut, Cornell (5th, S – Mantua, Ohio)
Delan Stallworth, Princeton (Sr., DB – Cincinnati, Ohio)
Miles Oldacre, Yale (Jr., DB – Spring, Texas)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Connor Davis, Dartmouth (Sr., K – Ocala, Fla.)
Drew Schmid, Columbia (Sr., P – San Diego, Calif.)
Jamal Cooney, Dartmouth (Jr., RS— Miami, Fla.)
^ First and Second Teams Expanded Due to Ties in Voting
* Unanimous Selection