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Senior defensive end Mike Catapano, a three-time All Ivy honoree, became the first Princeton player to be selected in the NFL Draft since 2001 on Saturday, when the Kansas City Chiefs selected him with the first pick of the seventh round.
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In a year when the NFL draft is lacking in top-tier offensive talent, teams will be looking to the defensive side of the ball. Last year there were three quarterbacks taken in the top 10 — Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Ryan Tannehill — but this year’s top quarterback prospect, West Virginia’s Geno Smith, could easily slide to the end of the first round. The only offensive players most mock drafts have in the top 10 are left tackles. But this year’s draft is full of talented defensive ends — and Princeton’s Mike Catapano is one of them.
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School is out and collegiate sports are in hiatus, but all is not quiet on the Princeton sports scene. Here are some notable stories involving former and current Tigers this summer.
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On a dreary November afternoon, Bob Surace ’90 sat in the cramped press room at the base of Princeton Stadium, a look of utter exhaustion etched on his face as he tried to answer the question on everyone’s minds: What went wrong?
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The football team concluded its spring practices last Saturday with its annual spring game. With its disappointing 2010 campaign, in which the Tigers went 1-9 overall and winless in the Ivy League, behind them, Princeton now looks ahead to build a successful 2011 season.
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Senior defensive end Mike Catapano, a three-time All Ivy honoree, became the first Princeton player to be selected in the NFL Draft since 2001 on Saturday, when the Kansas City Chiefs selected him with the first pick of the seventh round.
In a year when the NFL draft is lacking in top-tier offensive talent, teams will be looking to the defensive side of the ball. Last year there were three quarterbacks taken in the top 10 — Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Ryan Tannehill — but this year’s top quarterback prospect, West Virginia’s Geno Smith, could easily slide to the end of the first round. The only offensive players most mock drafts have in the top 10 are left tackles. But this year’s draft is full of talented defensive ends — and Princeton’s Mike Catapano is one of them.
The football team concluded its spring practices last Saturday with its annual spring game. With its disappointing 2010 campaign, in which the Tigers went 1-9 overall and winless in the Ivy League, behind them, Princeton now looks ahead to build a successful 2011 season.