Holy Cross Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
Program's all-time leader in touchdown receptions (31)
Program's all-time leader in receiving yards (2,715)
Single-season program record for touchdown receptions (15, 2023)
Walter Payton Award Finalist (2023)
Stats Perform FCS All-America First Team (2023)
Associated Press FCS All-America First Team (2023)
FCS Football Central FCS All-America First Team (2023)
Two-time All-Patriot League First Team (2022, 2023)
Two-time All-New England (2022, 2023)
All-ECAC (2023)
Gold Helmet Award (10/2/22)
Two-time Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (10/3/22, 9/18/23)
HERO Sports Sophomore All-America (2021)
All-Patriot League Second Team (2021)
Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League Second Team (2022)
Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League Third Team (2021)
Rick Carter Memorial Award (2023)

AS A SENIOR IN 2023:

• Led nation and set single-season program record with 15 touchdown receptions. 
• Earned All-America first team honors from Stats Perform, the Associated Press and FCS Football Central.
• Finalist for the Walter Payton Award; he was the only wide receiver to finish in the top 10 in voting. 
• All-ECAC honoree.
• All-New England selection. 
• Named to All-Patriot League first team. 
• Started all 11 games at wide receiver.
• Totaled 1,040 yards, ranking eighth in FCS, on 59 receptions.
• Caught four passes for 136 yards and a touchdown in the season opening win against Merrimack (9/2). 
• Hauled in nine receptions for 124 yards and three touchdowns in the victory at Yale (9/16).
• Posted seven catches for 57 yards and two touchdowns in a win against Colgate (9/23).
• Finished with a 7/181/2 line with a career-high 181 receiving yards and set the program career record for touchdown receptions against #24 Harvard (9/30).
• Caught a touchdown and finished for 96 yards receiving at Bucknell (10/7). 
• Became the program's all-time leader in receiving yards with a 49 yard and one touchdown performance against Lafayette (10/21). 
• Caught a touchdown and had 102 receiving yards in the win at Fordham (10/28).
• Reeled in two touchdowns with 98 recieving yards in the comeback win at Lehigh (11/4).
• Recorded a TD with 7 catches for 54 yards at Army West Point (11/11).
• Named the Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (9/18). 
• Earned team's Rick Carter Memorial Award, which is presented to the senior whose sportsmanship and dedication to the game of football represent the highest ideals of athletics and who, through uncommon leadership, has positively influenced his teammates and brought great credit to his family, his team and the college.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022: 

• Received All-New England honors. 
• Named to All-Patriot League First Team.
• Gold Helmet Award recipient in Week 5 (10/2).
• Selected as the Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (10/3).
• Named to Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League second team. 
• Started 12 contests at wide receiver.
• Caught Hail Mary touchdown pass in win vs. FBS foe Buffalo, totaling 147 yards and two touchdowns on four receptions (9/10).
• Threw a 36-yard touchdown vs Yale (9/17).
• Recorded a single game career-high 10 receptions for 164 yards at Harvard (10/1).
• Totaled seven touchdown receptions in his first six contests. 
• Pulled in a single game high three receiving touchdowns vs Fordham (10/29).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021: 

• Received HERO Sports Sophomore All-America honors. 
• Named to All-Patriot League Second Team.
• Selected to Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League Third Team.
• Started all 13 games at wide receiver. 
• Led Crusaders with 51 receptions for 691 yards. 
• Tallied four touchdowns on the year. 
• Caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown against Monmouth (9/25). 
• Had five receptions for 110 yards against Georgetown (10/16). 
• Caught a touchdown at Lehigh (10/30). 
• Had 76 yards on six receptions, including a touchdown, in Patriot League Championship-clinching game at Fordham (11/13). 
• Caught game-winning touchdown with 14 seconds remaining against Sacred Heart for first FCS playoff victory in program history (11/27).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020: 

• Appeared in three games, with a pair of starts at wide receiver. 
• Tied a team high with 72 receiving yards and a touchdown on the season.
• Had two receptions for 33 yards and a touchdown against Fordham (3/27). 
• Caught a 34-yard pass in Patriot League Championship Game at Bucknell (4/17). 
• Shortened season played during Spring 2021 due to COVID-19.

• Played for head coach Paul Barnes at Potomac Falls High School in Sterling, Va.
• Team captain during senior season.
• Earned second team all-state and first team all-region honors.
• Caught 89 passes for 1,622 yards and 18 touchdowns during his high school career, while totaling 169 tackles and 12 interceptions on defense.
• Also a member of the basketball and track teams.

• Son of Jamal and Jenny Coker
• Has one brother (Jaxon) and one sister (Jemma)
• Majoring in psychology.