Allan Rappleyea signed to Wake Forest in 2017 and Bobby Henderson, a John Jay-East Fishkill grad, played fullback for Michigan five years ago.Īrea athletes in other sports also have redirected some of the national spotlight. Kyiev Bennermon, a 2018 Spackenkill High School graduate, was the last prominent Dutchess County athlete to join a big Division I football program when he played for Boston College. A goal, he said last year, was to bulk up to about 235 pounds before entering college. He now is a shade under 6-foot-5 and said he played the football season at 224 pounds.

He transferred last fall to Milton Academy, a Massachusetts prep school that his brother attended, and reclassified as an 11th-grader to give himself an additional year there before college.

21, 2021.Īndrew starred as a sophomore and junior at Lourdes, creating mismatches as an intermediate and downfield receiver capable of making acrobatic catches in traffic. Milton Academy tight end Andrew Rappleyea makes a catch during practice on Tuesday, Sept. That list does include his older brother, Allan, a former offensive lineman at Wake Forest. “This” was the verbal commitment he made on Sunday to play football for Michigan, the tight end joining a short list of Dutchess County athletes who’ve made it to Power Five conference schools. Squabbling sisters: Natalie Fox following in the basketball footsteps of sister Erin Living the dream: Millbrook's Allan Rappleyea to play football Wake Forest Everything had to go right for this to happen.”Ī coveted prospect: Division I offers begin to pour in for Andrew Rappleyea I worked for it, and I think I'm somewhat deserving, but I know I’m very fortunate. “I'm very lucky and grateful for it all,” the former Our Lady of Lourdes High School star said.

That moment was the unwrapping of a figurative box with the maize and blue bow. The University of Michigan tight ends coach, and the son of head coach Jim Harbaugh, asked if he had a few minutes to talk. Then, on Christmas Eve, Rappleyea got an unexpected text message from Jay Harbaugh.

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