CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Football's Ty Bartrum was named an FCS Football Central All-American on Monday. The senior defensive back landed on the third team after helping the Crimson to its third straight Ivy League title.
 
Hailing from Pomeroy, Ohio, Bartrum was an All-Ivy League First-Team selection this season and finished second on the team with 83 tackles, while adding 0.5 tackles for loss, one interception, three pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and two forced fumbles. The team captain ended his season by reaching the double-figure tackle total in his final three outings, with 14 apiece vs. Penn and at Yale, and 11 at Villanova.
 
Bartrum's postseason All-America honor comes after he was named a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award (national defensive player of the year), a recipient of the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston's Bulger Lowe Award (defensive player of the year) and to the New England Football Writers Association's All-New England Team.
 
This marks the third straight season in which Harvard has placed a standout on the FCS Football Central All-America Team. Thor Griffith was a second-team defensive lineman in 2023, with wide receiver Cooper Barkate landing on the second team in 2024. Damien Henderson, meanwhile, was a Freshman All-American in 2023.
 
Harvard is coming off a year that saw it earn a national ranking for a majority of the campaign, including a top-10 mark the final three weeks of the regular season. The Crimson posted a 9-2 record (6-1 Ivy) and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA FCS Playoffs in the Ivy League's first season of eligibility.