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18 Cooper Barkate

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Newport Beach, Calif.
  • High School Mater Dei
  • Position WR
  • Concentration Economics

Biography

2024

FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team... AFCA FCS Coaches All-America Second Team... FCS Football Central All-America Second Team... Phil Steele All-Ivy League First Team... Phil Steele All-America Second Team... Stats Perform All-America Third Team... AP All-America Honorable Mention... Bushnell Cup finalist... NEFW All-New England Team... All-Ivy League First Team... CSC Academic All-District... Phil Steele Preseason Second Team All-Ivy League... Played in all 10 games... Led the team in receptions (63), yards (1,084), touchdowns (11) and receiving yards per game (108.4)... Harvard single-season ranks: 2nd in receiving yards, 2nd in receiving TDs, 3rd in receptions... NCAA ranks: 2nd in receiving yards per game (1st in Ivy), 11th in receptions per game (2nd in Ivy), 12th in receiving TDs (1st in Ivy), 13th in receiving yards (1st in Ivy), 33rd in all-purpose (2nd in Ivy), 47th in total TDs (1st in Ivy), 54th in scoring (4th in Ivy)... Caught at least three passes in every game... Posted 100-yard receiving games five times... Recorded at least 76 yards in every game... Had a TD reception in seven games and two TDs four times... Finished the regular season among the top 10 in the national FCS rankings: 2nd in receiving yards per game (108.4), 7th in receiving yards (1,084), 9th in receiving TDs (11), 10th in receptions per game (6.3)... Led the Ivy League in receiving yards, receiving TDs and receiving yards per game… His single-game long reception was 19 yards or more in all 10 games and 25 or more nine times… Went for 130 yards and two TDs at Cornell... Registered 106 yards and two touchdowns vs. Princeton... Totaled 124 yards at Dartmouth... Caught 11 passes for 129 yards at Penn... Logged eight receptions for 169 yards and two TDs vs. Yale.

2023

Phil Steele All-Ivy League Third Team… Ivy League Honorable Mention… Started in nine games… Rushed 74 yards and scored one touchdown on 10 attempts… Had 40 catches for a team-high of 501 yards with three touchdowns… Returned three punts for 25 yards, including 14 yards at Princeton.

2022

Played in four games... Tallied 10 receptions and 157 yards... Averaged 15.7 yards per reception... Caught a pass in each game played (Holy Cross, at Dartmouth, Columbia, Yale)... Had a season-best five catches for 102 yards, with a long reception of 49 yards, vs. Columbia... Recorded three receptions for 26. yards vs. Yale.

Before Harvard

Attended St. Margaret’s Episcopal School before enrolling at Mater Dei… Started all four years across both schools… Guided Mater Dei to the an undefeated season in 2021, en route to the state and national titles… Named to the All-Trinity League First-Team Offense at Mater Dei in 2021… Rated as the No. 3 athlete in California by 247Sports and Rivals.com’s 10th-ranked wide receiver in the state… Was the league defensive player of the year in 2019, while at St. Margaret’s… Also recognized in 2019 as the Gatorade Outstanding Player and Orange County Register Athlete of the Week… Played one season of lacrosse at St. Margaret’s, helping the team to the CIF Southern Section championship… Father, Harold, played football at UCLA from 1984-88… Sister, Maddie, is part of Harvard Women’s Lacrosse’s Class of 2024.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2022First-Year

    WR
    6'0" 185 lbs
    18
  • 2

    2023Sophomore

    WR
    6'1" 193 lbs
    2
  • 18

    2024Junior

    WR
    6'1" 195 lbs
    18