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2021 Football

26 DeMarkes Stradford

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 179
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Waxhaw, N.C.
  • High School Charlotte Latin School
  • Position WR
  • Concentration Economics
  • House Affiliation Kirkland

Biography

At Harvard:

2021:
Phil Steele All-Ivy League Second Team... Played in 9 games... Returned one kickoff for 20 yards in a win over Holy Cross... Led the team in receiving catching four passes for 37 yards in a win over Lafayette... Caught a pass for 15 yards and returned three kickoffs for 62 yards for an average of 20.6 and a long on 25 at Princeton... Caught one pass for two yards and returned the opening kickoff of the second half 89 yards for a touchdown against Dartmouth...On the season, returned 10 kickoffs for 259 yards and a touchdown, caught nine passes for 60 yards.

2020: Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League

2019: Played in nine games... Finished tied for second nationally with one punt return touchdown... Ran for five yards on one carry against Brown... Had career highs in carries (six), yards (108) and rushing touchdowns (two) vs. Howard... Added one blocked punt vs. the Bison, and returned one for a touchdown, the Crimson''s first since 2015 ... With Devin Darrington, a part of two 100-yard rushers in a home game for first time since 2011 vs. Howard ... Named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week Oct. 7... Had one kickoff return for 14 yards against Cornell while adding a carry fo seven yards... Had first career receptions (5) against Princeton for 22 total yards... Had one carry for five yards against Dartmouth... Recorded one catch for eight yards against Penn... Picked up one tackle against Penn.

2018: Saw action in three games.

Before Harvard:
Four-year letterwinner and starter at running back for Charlotte Latin School … Named team captain as a senior … Won the state championship as a junior and the Division 2 state championship as a senior … Set the single-game school record for most yards (343) and touchdowns (six) … NCISAA All-State selection in 2016 and 2017 … Garnered NCISAA All-Conference honors in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … Recipient of the 2017 Offensive MVP Award … Also ran track for four years, elected as team captain during his senior campaign … Three-time all-conference and all-state selection in track … Named 2017 Track and Field MVP … Two-year member of Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) and four-year member of Black Student Alliance (BSA) … Mother, Alice, ran track for Appalachian State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2018First-Year

    RB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2019Sophomore

    RB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2020Junior

    RB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2021Junior

    WR
    5'10" 179 lbs
    26