CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Football's Cooper Barkate has been named to the 2024 American Football Coaches Association FCS Coaches All-America Second Team, the AFCA announced today. This marks the fourth straight day the wide receiver has earned All-America honors.
 
A Newport Beach, California, native, Barkate garnered All-America Honorable Mention recognition from the Associated Press on Tuesday, third-team accolades from Stats Perform on Wednesday, and second-team honors from Phil Steele and FCS Football Central on Thursday. The junior is the 11^th Crimson player in program history to be named an AFCA All-American and the first wideout since Carl Morris '03 in 2002. The last time a Harvard player secured All-America accolades from the AFCA was in 2023, when both Thor Griffith '24 (DL) and Tyler Neville '24 (TE) were second-team picks.
 
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.