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2025 Football Roster

5 Jariyah Sawyer

5 Jariyah Sawyer

  • Position:
    Wide Receiver
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    185
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Tampa, Fla.
  • Previous Team:
    Plant City
  • Major:
    Psychological Science

Summary

Biography

Honors 
  • Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 19, 2024)
  • 2024 Phil Steele Second Team Preseason All-Patriot League
  • 2023 Patriot League Honor Roll

Career | Career Statistics 
Games/Starts: 25/3
Colgate Debut: Sept. 24, 2022, vs. Holy Cross
First Colgate Start: August 30, 2024, at University of Maine
Career Stats: 17 receptions totaling 98 yards, long of 13 yards; 3 rushes totaling 7 yards; 18 kickoff returns totaling 394 yards (21.9 ave.), long of 48 yards

2024 (Junior) 
Games/Starts: 11/3
  • 13 receptions for 71 yards, long of 13 yards; 1 rush for -1 yards; 8 kickoff returns for 189 yards, long of 45 yards
  • Had a six-yard reception and a 16-yard kickoff return in the opener at Maine in the first start of his career.
  • Career-high three pass receptions totaling 20 yards and had a kickoff return of 18 yards at Akron.
  • Had a 2-yard reception and an 18-yard kickoff return in the win over Cornell.
  • Had a single reception for 4 yards at Penn.
  • Made a single reception for 3 yards against Holy Cross.
  • Named Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week for his three kickoff returns for 104 yards and a long of 45 in the win over Georgetown. Also caught three passes for 17 yards.
  • Started at Merrimack where he returned a kickoff 19 yards.
  • Had one catch for 6 yards at Fordham.
  • Made a single 10-yard reception against Lafayette.
  • Had one catch for 3 yards at Lehigh.
2023 (Sophomore) 
Games/Starts: 8/0
  • Made two receptions totaling 11 yards, had two rushes for 8 yards and returned 10 kicks for 205 yards.
  • Second-leading kickoff returner on the team.
  • Racked up 52 return yards against Holy Cross (Sept. 23) and had a pair of rushing attempts totaling 8 yards.
  • Against Bucknell (Oct. 28) snared his only two receptions of the season with two for 11 total yards and returned three kicks for 66 yards with a Colgate season-long 48 yard return.
2022 (First Year) 
Games/Starts: 6/0
  • Caught his first career pass against Bucknell (Oct. 29).
Before Colgate
Attended Plant City High School and Robinson High School in Florida ... Lettered as a wide receiver and defensive back for two years under head coach Craig Everhart at Robinson and for two years at Plant City with head coach James Booth. 

Personal
Born: Jariyah Sawyer in Tampa, Fla.
Family: Son of Lashonda Acree... Has three sisters.
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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2022First Year

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 175 lbs
    83
  • 19

    2023Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 175 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2024Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 185 lbs
    19
  • 5

    2025Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 185 lbs
    5