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Jersey Number 99
Jacob Sykes
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 277
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- High School:
- Rockhurst HS (Harvard)
Bio
UCLA
Enrolled at UCLA in June of 2022.
2022
Saw action in all 13 games with six starts (Colorado, Washington, Utah, Oregon, Cal, Pittsburgh) ... credited with at least one tackle in each game, with multiple tackles in eight contests ... had a season-best of five tackles against Arizona ... added four tackles against Utah ... made 0.5 sacks against Utah, USC and Pittsburgh ... named third-team all-conference by Pro Football Focus.
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 ... two tackles and a quarterback hurry in a win over Holy Cross ... recorded four total tackles in win over Cornell...tallied five tackles, including a career-high 2.5 sacks for a total of 24 yards, in 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 cancellation for pandemic by the Ivy League.
2019
Played in all 10 games ... picked up career-high two tackles for loss and five total tackles against Brown, including one sack ... had two tackles, including one for loss, in the season debut at San Diego ... had two tackles against Howard ... six total tackles and a quarterback hurry against Cornell ... had four tackles and a fumble recovery against Holy Cross ... against Princeton, racked up four tackles, a half sack and blocked a kick ... 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 … twice selected all-district ... named first-team all-state …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.
Personal
Son of Dan and Tamara Sykes … has one older brother and one older sister … his biggest sports thrill to date was getting 3.5 sacks in a game against Lafayette ... lists LeBron James as the athlete he most admires ... loves to travel.
Enrolled at UCLA in June of 2022.
2022
Saw action in all 13 games with six starts (Colorado, Washington, Utah, Oregon, Cal, Pittsburgh) ... credited with at least one tackle in each game, with multiple tackles in eight contests ... had a season-best of five tackles against Arizona ... added four tackles against Utah ... made 0.5 sacks against Utah, USC and Pittsburgh ... named third-team all-conference by Pro Football Focus.
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 ... two tackles and a quarterback hurry in a win over Holy Cross ... recorded four total tackles in win over Cornell...tallied five tackles, including a career-high 2.5 sacks for a total of 24 yards, in 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 cancellation for pandemic by the Ivy League.
2019
Played in all 10 games ... picked up career-high two tackles for loss and five total tackles against Brown, including one sack ... had two tackles, including one for loss, in the season debut at San Diego ... had two tackles against Howard ... six total tackles and a quarterback hurry against Cornell ... had four tackles and a fumble recovery against Holy Cross ... against Princeton, racked up four tackles, a half sack and blocked a kick ... 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 … twice selected all-district ... named first-team all-state …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.
Personal
Son of Dan and Tamara Sykes … has one older brother and one older sister … his biggest sports thrill to date was getting 3.5 sacks in a game against Lafayette ... lists LeBron James as the athlete he most admires ... loves to travel.
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