Hart finally getting chance to lead Yale as starting quarterback

Junior quarterback Brook Hart is a force to be reckoned with on the Bulldogs offense. Although he has had several setbacks this season he is presently the starting quarterback for Yale.

Brook Hart was born and raised in State College, Pennsylvania. He played backyard football as a kid but it wasn’t until around seventh or eighth grade that he started playing organized football.

“My brother came here two years before me so it helped make my decision easier,” said Hart when asked why he chose to attend Yale.

Hart, already comfortable with the football program at Yale, knew that he would be able to “play at a high level while still being able to get a great education.”
After starting Hart in the last five games of the 2008 season, Yale’s head coach Tom Williams decided to start sophomore transfer from the University of Nebraska Patrick Witt for the first 3 games of the 2009 season. Hart’s big break came in the Bulldog’s 38-7 victory against Dartmouth, in which he threw for 390 yards (the sixth-highest total in Yale history), including three touchdowns. The biggest play of the game was Hart’s 73 yard pass to freshman wide receiver Chris Smith.

“Obviously anybody is disappointed when they aren’t playing,” said Hart of the difficulties of not playing early this fall, “but I knew I just had to stay focused and keep working hard.“ Hart went on to mention that regardless of whether he is on the sideline or under center, he is learning more about the game.
Head coach Williams praised both of his quarterbacks earlier this week, in his weekly teleconference.

“We feel like we’ve got the ability to use both of the players in any situation,” said coach Williams. He commented on how both Hart and Witt have different strengths and weaknesses and feels “that both are capable of helping the team win football games, as they’ve done this year.” Hart made a similar comment when asked to give his opinion on what he thought contributed to the decision to make him the starter again. He said he was not sure “what attributed to it exactly but we have two quarterbacks in Patrick and myself that can get the job done.”