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Lions’ Ivy alumni are in a league of their own

Allen Park – — Trash talk between Caraun Reid and Brandon Copeland is much different than other players in the Lions locker room.

Reid, a defensive tackle from Princeton, and Copeland, an edge rusher from Penn, are two of the 11 players from Ivy League schools that opened the 2015 season on an active roster in the NFL.

Sure, Copeland likes to note that he was undefeated in his four games against Princeton. He talked smack to Reid after Penn beat Princeton in overtime earlier this month and then to defensive quality control coach Steven Williams, who played at Harvard, when the Quakers beat the Crimson the next week.