Running with the ball while running a start-up

Harvard University football player Brent Osborne says his dream jobs are playing professional football and running a technology start-up company. He may do both.

When the Crimson begins its 2010 Ivy League football season Sept. 18 at home against Holy Cross, National Football League scouts and college football analysts will be tracking the progress of Harvard’s 6-foot-5, 295-pound right guard.

“I know I have a shot,” says the 21-year-old senior. “I have to take it.”

Osborne is one of a handful of Ivy League players who may attract the attention of scouts this season, said Ross Tucker, 31, a former Princeton University offensive lineman who played seven seasons in the NFL. Osborne can overcome predispositions against players from a league better known for producing presidents than linemen

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