CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Football wide receiver Cooper Barkate has been named to the 2024 Associated Press FCS All-America Honorable Mention team. This marks the 39^th AP All-America award in program history and first since 2022, when Truman Jones '23 garnered third-team accolades.
 
A finalist for the Bushnell Cup, which recognizes the top offensive and defensive player in the Ivy League, Barkate is the first offensive player for the Crimson to capture All-America honors since offensive lineman Max Rich '17 in 2016, and the first Harvard wide receiver since Brian Edwards '05 in 2004.
 
Hailing from Newport Beach, California, Barkate enjoyed one of the best single seasons in Harvard history, finishing with 63 catches for 1,084 yards and 11 touchdowns. His performance in all three categories threatened the school-record holder, Carl Morris '03, who owns the top two single-season reception efforts (90 in 2002, 71 in 2001) and the top marks in both yards (1,288 in 2002) and TDs (12 in 2001).
 
The Bushnell Cup finalist was one of the top receivers in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The first-team All-Ivy League selection finished the regular season ranked second nationally in receiving yards per game (108.4), sixth in receiving TDs, seventh in receiving yards, 10^th in receptions per game (6.3), 32^nd in yards per reception (17.21), 33^rd in all-purpose yards (109.00), 36^th in total touchdowns (11) and 58^th in scoring (6.6).
 
When accounting for the Ivy League's delayed start compared to the rest of the FCS, Barkate's numbers were even more elite nationally. From the Crimson's first game on Sept. 21, Barkate finished the regular season ranked first in among all FCS players in receiving yards, tied for first in receiving TDs, third in receiving yards per game, eighth in receptions, tied for 17^th in total TDs, 30^th in yards per reception, and tied for 41^st in scoring.
 
Harvard finished the 2024 campaign with an 8-2 record (5-2 Ivy) and was the first team to clinch at least a share of the conference title before Dartmouth and Columbia earned a piece of the crown. The Crimson, which posted an 8-win campaign for the third time in the last four years, ended the regular season ranked No. 25 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll after rising to as high as No. 17. Harvard now has 19 Ivy League titles to its credit after winning back-to-back championships.