[needle]

There's always a name or two on these things at the beginning of the year that is more or less completely unfamiliar to me. This year, it's former walk-on Conor McFadden, listed as back-up center. Would he really step in if Schwartzstein got injured ahead of somebody like Wilkes? I imagine so, initially, though there's a lot more highly-touted talent that could be a long-term replacement.

Here's a good read from Drukarev on McFadden and how he wound up at Stanford:

But when McFadden first sized up his college future, he was more focused on playing for an Ivy League school than a BCS conference program.

“I was already pretty much set on the Ivy leagues,” McFadden said. “I didn't really care about playing Division I football.” 

http://stanford.scout.com/2/997126.html

[needle]

There's always a name or two on these things at the beginning of the year that is more or less completely unfamiliar to me. This year, it's former walk-on Conor McFadden, listed as back-up center. Would he really step in if Schwartzstein got injured ahead of somebody like Wilkes? I imagine so, initially, though there's a lot more highly-touted talent that could be a long-term replacement.

Here's a good read from Drukarev on McFadden and how he wound up at Stanford:

But when McFadden first sized up his college future, he was more focused on playing for an Ivy League school than a BCS conference program.

“I was already pretty much set on the Ivy leagues,” McFadden said. “I didn't really care about playing Division I football.” 

http://stanford.scout.com/2/997126.html