Two Ivies Named to Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List

PRINCETON, N.J. – Harvard senior defensive again Ty Bartrum and Yale junior defensive again Abu Kamara have been named to the Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List, introduced Wednesday by Stats Perform. The checklist options 30 of the highest defensive gamers in FCS soccer.
 
The award, in its thirty first season, is called for legendary defensive lineman Junious “Buck” Buchanan, who starred at Grambling State as a part of his Hall of Fame profession. Past Buchanan recipients embody Dexter Coakley, Rashean Mathis and Jared Allen; Central Arkansas’ David Walker was final season’s winner.
 
Bartrum, a finalist for the Asa S. Bushnell Cup final season, has earned preseason All-America honors from FCS Football Central (first crew), Phil Steele (second crew) and Stats Perform (second crew). The Pomeroy, Ohio, native ranked third within the Ivy League with 83 complete tackles and added 5.0 tackles for loss. A playmaker within the secondary, Bartrum scored the second landing of his profession with an 88-yard fumble return towards Holy Cross.
 
Kamara emerged as a defensive pressure for Yale throughout a breakout sophomore season. The Prospect Park, Pa., native ranked second within the Ivy League with 84 tackles, together with 67 solo stops. He added two interceptions — together with a 35-yard pick-six towards Harvard — and led the league with three pressured fumbles. Kamara has been named a first-team preseason All-American by FCS Football Central, Phil Steele, and Stats Perform.
 
The Ivy League is about to make its historic debut within the FCS Playoffs this fall.
 
Columbia, Dartmouth, and Harvard shared the Ivy League title in 2024 following one other fiercely aggressive season. It marked the second consecutive 12 months — and simply the sixth time in league historical past — that three groups completed as co-champions.
 
The 2025 Ivy League soccer season kicks off on Friday, Sept. 19.