Though former Dartmouth High football standout and Boston College graduate Sean Sylvia wasn’t selected earlier this month in the National Football League's draft, he’s still hopeful he can latch onto a team.

“I’ve been in contact,” said Sylvia on Monday. “I don’t know if I’m going to get activated. That’s still up in the air.”

Sylvia, a junior quarterback on the 2007 Dartmouth High football Division 1 state tournament runner-up that featured current NFLers Jordan Todman (Carolina Panthers) and Artie Lynch (Miami Dolphins), went on to play for four years of defensive back at Boston College.

The 2014-15 season was his last with the Eagles, and though he'd hoped to be drafted, he’ll remain hopeful until the NFL’s free agency period ends in August.

“It’s just a waiting game — I’m going to play it,” he said.

In the meantime, Sylvia, who graduated with a degree in communications, has been spending his days living and training up in Boston at his alma mater’s athletic facilities.

If his NFL dream does fall through, Sylvia has a backup plan — he’s already lined up a job in Atlanta as a financial advisor, a connection he made through his close friend Lynch, who played his college ball at Georgia State University.

“Once (getting signed) happens or doesn’t happen, I’m (either moving to play football or) going to move to Atlanta,” he said. “It’s a little frustrating because you don’t know. I don’t see myself playing in the (Canadian Football League) or anything like that. I’ll do the NFL. If not, I’ll pack my bags and get into some new surroundings.”

Sylvia said he still keeps in touch with Lynch almost every day, as the two grew up on the same street in town. He said he also talks to Todman once in a while, as well as several of his former Boston College teammates, some of whom have also gone on to play in the NFL.

“I made some really good friends up there (at Boston College) — lifelong friends,” said Sylvia. “It’s been good to keep in contact with them. I follow them on Sundays or wherever their jobs are taking them.”

Sylvia, who spent a year after high school at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, still comes home weekly to see his parents, Carol and Tony, and to play basketball with some former teammates, teachers and coaches at Dartmouth Middle School.

He said he's enjoyed his time spent up in Boston and at school.

“I love the city, and there’s a good campus feel (at Boston College). It’s in a nice quiet town there in Newton, but it’s five minutes from the city so it’s very nice. The work — it was difficult — it was really difficult, but it was a good school and definitely a good decision.”