It came as a surprise to some, but not a surprise to those closest to Cornell.
Atlas LC head coach Ben Rubeor selected attackman Jeff Teat with the first overall pick in the Premier Lacrosse League College Draft Monday night, a move likely to make Teat one of the focal points of a club looking to rebuild and retool this summer.
With the #1 Pick in the 2021 College Draft, the Atlas select Jeff Teat, attackman from Cornell. pic.twitter.com/vn77AY2RbW
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) April 27, 2021
Although Teat has not played a collegiate game since March 8, 2020, the prolific offensive player from Brampton, Ontario, has been popular at the top of draft boards. The New York Riptide also selected Teat first overall in the NLL College Draft last September.
Rubeor used his first three selections — Nos. 1, 8 and 10 — to rebuild some of that offense that was lost during the offseason through separate trades of Paul Rabil, Ryan Brown and Rob Pannell. At No. 8, the Atlas took Dox Aitken, the highest scoring midfielder in Virginia history. At No. 10, Georgetown attackman Jake Carraway was the pick.
Elsewhere, the Waterdogs capitalized on the Teat selection to take Duke superstar Michael Sowers. Another Duke All-American went No. 3, as JT Giles-Harris was selected by Chrome LC head coach Tim Soudan.
Jared Bernhardt, a possibility at No. 1 overall until news of his interest in pursuing Division II football again this upcoming fall, went No. 19 overall to Andy Towers and Chaos LC — a selection Towers intimated was because Jeff Trainor (UMass) was selected the pick before by Archers LC head coach Chris Bates. Should Bernhardt play football, Chaos LC will retain his rights.
Check out the full draft results below.
Premier Lacrosse League
2021 College Draft Results
Pick |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlas | Jeff Teat | A | Cornell |
| 2 | Waterdogs | Michael Sowers | A | Duke |
| 3 | Chrome | JT Giles-Harris | D | Duke |
| 4 | Redwoods | TD Ierlan | FO | Denver |
| 5 | Archers | Jared Conners | LSM | Virginia |
| 6 | Chaos | Mac O'Keefe | A | Penn State |
| 7 | Whipsnakes | Connor Kirst | M | Rutgers |
| 8 | Atlas | Dox Aitken | M | Virginia |
| 9 | Cannons | Jack Kielty | D | Notre Dame |
| 10 | Atlas | Jake Carraway | A | Georgetown |
| 11 | Atlas | Danny Logan | SSDM | Denver |
| 12 | Chrome | Ryan Terefenko | SSDM | Ohio State |
| 13 | Archers | Tre Leclaire | A/M | Ohio State |
| 14 | Chaos | Kyle Gallagher | FO | Notre Dame |
| 15 | Chaos | Tanner Cook | M | North Carolina |
| 16 | Whipsnakes | Ryan Tierney | A | Hofstra |
| 17 | Atlas | Peter Dearth | SSDM | Syracuse |
| 18 | Archers* | Jeff Trainor | M | UMass |
| 19 | Chaos | Jared Bernhardt | A | Maryland |
| 20 | Chrome | Justin Anderson | M | North Carolina |
| 21 | Archers | Conor Gaffney | FO | Lehigh |
| 22 | Chaos | Kyle Thornton | D | Notre Dame |
| 23 | Whipsnakes | Colin Squires | D | Denver |
| 24 | Redwoods | Charlie Bertrand | A | Virginia |
| 25 | Cannons | Stephen Rehfuss | A | Syracuse |
| 26 | Atlas | Gerard Arceri | FO | Penn State |
| 27 | Waterdogs | Ethan Walker | A | Denver |
| 28 | Chrome | Jackson Morrill | A | Denver |
| 29 | Redwoods | Jamie Trimboli | M | Syracuse |
| 30 | Chaos | Ryan Smith | A | Robert Morris |
| 31 | Whipsnakes | Nick Grill | D | Maryland |
| 32 | Redwoods | Charlie Leonard | FO | Notre Dame |
* via trade with Waterdogs for Eli Gobrecht