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42 Anthony Firkser

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 230
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Manalapan, N.J.
  • Highschool Manalapan

Biography

at Harvard:
2016:
 Tabbed to All-Ivy League first team ... Chosen as recipient of Joe Restic Award (leadership, scholarship, integrity) ... Selected to ECAC FCS All-Star team ... Finished his career tied for sixth in school history with 14 touchdowns, eighth with 1,559 receiving yards and 11th with 99 catches ... Started all 10 games ... Led the team with 7 TD catches and was second on the squad with 45 receptions for 702 yards ... Was fourth in the Ivy League with 70.2 receiving yards per game ... Made seven receptions for 111 yards and had two touchdowns vs. Rhode Island ... Caught four passes for a team-best 78 yards at Brown ... Racked up a career-high 147 receiving yards with two TDs on five catches vs. Georgetown ... Hauled in eight catches for 91 yards and a TD vs. Cornell ... Had six catches for 72 yards at Holy Cross ... Caught an eight-yard pass for a touchdown and finished with three grabs for 22 yards at Princeton ... Made one catch for seven yards at Dartmouth ... Had a touchdown and four grabs for 79 yards vs. Columbia ... Finished with five grabs for 48 yards at Penn ... Had two receptions for 47 yards vs. Yale.

2015:
Named to the All-Ivy League second team ... Saw action in nine games, making 22 catches for 372 yards and three TDs ... Caught a 60-yard pass and finished with two grabs for 78 yards at Rhode Island ... Made three receptions for 54 yards vs. Brown ... Had four grabs for 50 yards vs. Georgetown ... Had three catches for 41 yards and a TD at Cornell ... Made two grabs for 14 yards vs. Princeton ... Finished with two receptions for 40 yards vs. Dartmouth ... Caught one pass for five yards at Columbia ... Had four receptions for 61 yards and two TDs vs. Penn ... Grabbed one ball for a 29-yard catch at Yale.

2014:
 Named to the All-Ivy League second team ... Honored on CollegeSportsMadness All-Ivy first team ... Had 32 receptions for 485 yards and four TDs on the season ... Ranked tied for first on the team in touchdown grabs and was second on the Crimson in catches and yards ... Caught a five-yard TD pass and had four receptions for 60 yards overall against Holy Cross ... Made five catches for 60 yards at Brown ... Led Harvard with 80 receiving yards on two catches at Georgetown ... Had four grabs for 71 yards and a TD vs. Cornell ... Finished with two catches for 18 yards vs. Lafayette ... Made seven receptions for 86 yards, including a 42-yard TD, at Princeton ... Grabbed three passes for 72 yards and a TD at Dartmouth ... Made five grabs for 38 yards vs. Yale.

2013: Did not see game action. 

Background:
One-year captain, three-year letterwinner in football at Manalpan where he played wide receiver ... Named All-Shore Offensive Player of teh Year as a senior ... In 2012 named to the All-State Group V, All-Monmouth first team and all-state second team ... Two-time All-Shore first team selection ... Named to the All-Division first team as a junior ...  Holds Manalapan''s records in receiving years (2,118), receptions (110) and touchdown receptions (19) ... Also a two-time captain, four-year letterwinner in basketball ... Two-time member of the All-Division first team and All-Shore second team as a point guard... Member of Manalapan''s 1,000-point club ... member of the National Honor Society and Peer Leadership ... His brother, Josh, played football at Wagner College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2013First-Year

    WR
    6'3" 220 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2014Sophomore

    TE
    6'3" 220 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2015Junior

    TE
    6'3" 220 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2016Senior

    HB
    6'3" 230 lbs
    42