Yale CB Exceceding Expectations

[DFW HOYA]

"Casey Gerald didn't drop out, he didn't transfer, he didn't come home. He's started three seasons at cornerback for Yale. He'll graduate in May with a 3.69 grade point average and a degree in political science. A Rhodes Scholar semifinalist, he's been accepted into Harvard's business school. Last week, he found out that, along with Missouri's Chase Daniel and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, he's one of 15 finalists for the Draddy Trophy, presented by the National Football Foundation to college football's top scholar athletes."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/ksherrington/stories/110508dnsposherrington.326bd35.html

[HoyaMetanoia]

"Casey Gerald didn't drop out, he didn't transfer, he didn't come home. He's started three seasons at cornerback for Yale. He'll graduate in May with a 3.69 grade point average and a degree in political science. A Rhodes Scholar semifinalist, he's been accepted into Harvard's business school. Last week, he found out that, along with Missouri's Chase Daniel and Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, he's one of 15 finalists for the Draddy Trophy, presented by the National Football Foundation to college football's top scholar athletes."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/ksherrington/stories/110508dnsposherrington.326bd35.html

Harvard Business witha 3.69? Shoooooooooooooooot. They've already got him on the take for the Harvard-Yale game!

[bulldog10jw]

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/11/10/sports/10-yale_fb_follow.txt

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The joyous, triumphant bellows emanating from the visiting sideline at Brown Stadium Saturday afternoon were so thunderous in volume, so emotionally charged in nature, that perhaps they could have been heard all the way back in New Haven, or even in the South Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas, where Casey Gerald first rose to prominence on the football field.

Gerald has been a part of much success in his four years with the Yale football team. As a sophomore starter at cornerback, he helped the Bulldogs win the 2006 Ivy League title. As a junior and senior, he has been a vital cog on a squad which topped the Football Championship Subdivision statistics in scoring defense.

Still, there was something missing. As time was running down in Yale’s 13-3 win over Brown, Gerald had seen his teammates intercept 63 passes during his college career. Nine of his current teammates had at least one interception. Safety Steve Santoro had 11, linebacker Bobby Abare nine, and Jay Pilkerton and Paul Rice each had six. Even defensive tackles Kyle Hawari and Tom McCarthy them. But in his 34 career games, Gerald had none.

That all changed in the closing moments against Brown, a win that kept Yale’s league championship hopes alive. Brown’s prolific senior quarterback Michael Dougherty, who earlier in the game became just the 19th league quarterback to pass for 5,000 career yards, overthrew his intended target. Gerald glided under the ball and even with a bandage protecting a dislocated finger, he managed to corral the ball for his long-awaited first interception