May 8, 2008
Jack Siedlecki, the Joel E. Smilow '54 Yale Head Coach of Football, announced his class of 2012 today. The Bulldogs' newest class of 30 includes an even split of offensive and defensive players with many who have played on both sides in high school. The freshmen hail from 13 different states and the District of Columbia. California, Texas and Ohio are sending four each to New Haven while Connecticut and Tennessee have three.
YALE FOOTBALL CLASS OF 2012
Name, Pos. Ht., Wt., High School/Hometown
Anderson, Michael
DL 6-3, 245
Palo Alto/Palo Alto, CA
Ashcraft, Ben
LB 6-0, 230
Charlotte Latin School/Charlotte, NC
Baldwin, Drew
DB 5-11, 185
Thomas A. Edison/Alexandria, VA
Battaglia, Matt
DE 6-3, 235
Salisbury School/Simsbury, CT
Birks, Alex
TE 6-3, 225
Mt. Lebanon/Pittsburgh, PA
Bollweg, David
OL 6-5, 302
Neuqua Valley/Naperville, IL
Booth, Bedford
DB 6-1, 210
Midland/Midland, TX
Deutsch, Carter
DL 6-4, 245
Second Baptist Upper School/Houston, TX
Dunham, Geoff
DB 6-2, 190
Lake Highlands/Dallas, TX
Ellis, Evan
OL 6-2, 285
Elizabethton/Elizabethton, TN
Farris, Bryan
QB/K 6-3, 215
Phillips Andover (MA)/Derry, NH
Fell, Jeff
OL 6-5, 290
Garden City/Garden City, NY
Foreman, Cliff
LB 6-1, 210
St. Albans School/Washington, DC
Gabriel, Michael
OL 6-2 270
Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)/Powell, OH
Grizzard, Josh
DB 6-3, 196
East Wake/Zebulon, NC
Halliday, Dawson
QB 6-2, 200
Bearden/Knoxville, TN
Haynes, Jordan
LB 6-2, 225
Jesuit/Folsom, CA
Knudsen, Lars
WR 6- 4, 178
Whitefish Bay/ Whitefish Bay, WI
Kozel, Josh
FB 6-1, 235
Staples/Westport, CT
Kruger, Colin
OL 6-3, 300
Riverview/Sarasota, FL
McCrary, Jake
RB 6-0, 185
Briarcrest Christian/Germantown, TN
McInerney, Mike
OL 6-4, 280
William Penn Charter School/Blue Bell, PA
Morris, Chris
WR 6-2, 175
Highland Park/ Dallas, TX
Moyer, Wes
LB 6-0, 205
Alameda/Alameda, CA
Paul, Sudiptho
DB 6-0, 175
Miramonte/Orinda, CA
Schneider, Nick
LB 6-3, 215
St. Xavier/Cincinnati, OH
Smith, McConnell
WR 6-0, 200
University School/Cleveland, OH
Spiller, Reed
DL 6-2, 275
Portsmouth/Portsmouth, NH
Stoller, Jake
DL 6-4, 260
University School/Shaker Heights, OH
Thomas, Alex
RB 5-9, 190
Ansonia/Ansonia, CT
