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2009 Football

17 Derrick Barker

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • Highschool Avon Old Farms

Biography

At Harvard:
2009:
Started all 10 games, compiling 28 tackes (19 solo)with an interception and 10 pass breakups ... Named PreseasonAll-America Honorable Mention by the Consensus DraftServices ... Had four pass breakups in the season opener atthen-No. 23 Holy Cross ... Had an interception and three passbreakups against Lafayette ... Had a fumble recovery and a passbreakup in a win over Princeton.

2008: Started all 10 games at cornerback ...Finished with 27 tackles, 20 of them coming as solo efforts ... Had10 pass breakups ... Intercepted a pass in the red zone at Brown... Ranked third nationally in passes defended heading into Oct. 4... Broke up two passes in a win over Columbia including one in theend zone ... Named to Ivy League Honor Roll after recovering afumble on special teams that led to the game''s only touchdown in a10-0 win over Yale.

2007: Appeared in all 10 games and made severalstarts as Harvard''s fifth defensive back ... Had 41 tackles with 33solo efforts and led the team in special teams tackles ... Third onteam with 10 pass breakups and had an interception against Brown onSept. 22 ... Had eight tackles, seven solo, at Cornell Oct. 6 withfour pass breakups in the game ... had three pass breakups againstPenn on Nov. 10 ... Major H recipient.

2006: Appeared in two games as a freshman,getting a start in the Crimson''s win against Cornell ... Had threetackles and a six-yard interception return against the Big Red,starting at cornerback for the injured Andrew Berry ... Also sawaction in the come-from-behind win against Lehigh ... Earned aMinor H award.

Before Harvard:
Three-year letterwinner and starter in football at Westlake HS ...Spent a postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms ... Captained football,wrestling and track and field teams at Westlake ... Named to FultonCounty Super 11 squad ... Helped football team to the second roundof the state tournament ... Member and coach of the school''srobotics club ... Co-founder of the financial literary club.

Personal:
Father, Derrick Sr., was a standout athlete at Morehouse ...Grandfather, Joseph, was a three-sport athlete at Prairie ViewA&M ... Plans a career in consulting.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2006First-Year

    DB
    5'9" 170 lbs
    18
  • 17

    2007Sophomore

    CB
    5'9" 170 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2008Junior

    DB
    5'9" 170 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2009Senior

    DB
    5'9" 170 lbs
    17