Senior fullback/linebacker Ben Alvarez is a good starting point for Foxes, who are No. 3 in Beacon-News/Courier-News preseason rankings.
“There’s no one else out on the mat with you, no one else to blame,” McGuire said. “It also teaches you leverage. I think a lot of wrestlers stay on their feet a lot better in football than some of our other players.
After his sophomore season, Alvarez received the first of at least a dozen scholarship offers. Central Michigan came in first, and several others from the Mid-American Conference, Army and most of the Ivy League followed suit.He committed in June to Harvard, where he’s thinking about majoring in economics.“We’ve got some underclassmen stepping up,” Alvarez said. “We have big shoes to fill losing a D-line like that, but I think we’ll be just fine.
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