CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Football has landed eight players on the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, CSC announced on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Representing the Crimson on the squad were junior wide receiver Cooper Barkate, junior quarterback Jaden Craig, senior quarterback Charles DePrima, senior offensive lineman Austin Gentle, senior linebacker Mitchell Gonser, senior wide receiver Kaedyn Odermann, junior offensive lineman Derek Osman, and senior punter Sebastien Tasko.
 
To be eligible for Academic All-District recognition, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale, compete in 90 percent of the institution's games or start in at least 66 percent of the team's contests.
 
All eight of Harvard's players are now eligible for Academic All-America accolades.
 
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.