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2021 Football

99 Jacob Sykes

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 277
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Kansas City, Mo.
  • High School Rockhurst
  • Position DL
  • Concentration Applied Mathematics
  • House Affiliation Winthrop

Biography

At Harvard:

2021:
First-Team All-Ivy League honors... Phil Steele All-Ivy League First Team...NFF Hampshire Honor Society... 2021 FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team selection... Played in all 10 games...Tallied two sacks on three solo tackles in win over Georgetown... Posted two tackles and a quarterback hurry in a win over Holy Cross... Recorded four total tackles in a win over Cornell...Tallied five tackles including a career-high 2.5 sacks for a total of 24 yards in a win over Lafayette... Had two tackles and a sack for an eight yard loss at Princeton... Totaled four tackles including 0.5 sacks, a forced fumble, and a quarterback hurry... Made three tackles and added a tackle-for-loss against Columbia... Had a tackle-for-loss against Penn... Two tackles in The Game at Yale...On the season, had 29 tackles, 8.0 tackles-for-loss, and a team-high 7.0 sacks. to go along with 2 quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.

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

2019: Played in all 10 games... Picked up career-high two tackles for loss against Brown including one sack, while entering the game with just 1.5 in career... Finished the game against Brown with five total tackles... Had two tackles including one for loss in season debut at San Diego... Had two tackles against Howard... Had six total tackles and a quarterback hurry against Cornell... Was second in total tackles against Holy Cross... Had four tackles and a fumble recovery against the Crusaders... Against Princeton, racked up four tackles, a half sack and blocked a kick... Had two tackles against Dartmouth including one half coming for loss... Had six tackles against Columbia including one sack and two for loss, as well as one quarterback hurry... Picked up four tackles against Penn including contributing on a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry... Recorded two tackles against Yale.

2018: Saw action in eight games ... Made one tackle against San Diego ... Had 1.0 tackle for a loss at Cornell ... Blocked an extra point and made a stop against Princeton ... Recorded a tackle against Columbia ... Collected two tackles at Penn.

Before Harvard:
Four-year letterwinner and starter for Rockhurst High School … Team captain as a senior…First freshman in school history to start a varsity football game … Voted team MVP in 2017-2018 … Collected two all-district, one first-team all-state selection…Three-year track, two-year basketball letterwinner … Two-year track captain … Won State History competition and competed at the Nationals … Qualified and attended two State Math Competitions in multiple categories … Member of National Honor Society.

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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2018First-Year

    DL
    6'3" 275 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2019Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 275 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2020Junior

    DL
    6'3" 275 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2021Junior

    DL
    6'3" 277 lbs
    99