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Lafayette College Athletics

2025 Football Roster

Rick Smith

1 Elijah Steward

  • Pos. WR
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht. 5-10
  • Weight 182
  • Hometown Galloway, N.J.
  • High School Holy Spirit
  • Major Economics

Biography

2025: Selected as a team captain...selected for the Preseason All-Patriot League Team...enters season ranked ninth in career receiving yards (1,743) and eighth in career receptions (141)...has led the team in receiving the last three seasons.

2024: Selected to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team...earned All-Patriot League Second-Team honors for a second consecutive season…started in eight games at wide receiver…caught 46 passes for 635 yards and a touchdown, averaging 79.4 receiving yards per game…set school records with 15 receptions for 244 yards against Monmouth (09/07)...longest reception of 46 yards on the season, coming against Georgetown (10/12)...selected as one of 54 Leopard players who earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll laurels after achieving a 3.43 GPA.


2023: Named an All-Patriot League Second-Team honoree, finishing seventh in the conference in receiving…started all 12 games in his second year on College Hill…led the team with 52 receptions for a team-high 738 receiving yards and five touchdowns…had touchdowns in five different games and five or more total receptions in six games…hauled in a career-long 63-yard reception for a touchdown against Bucknell (9/30)…managed five catches for a career-high 99 yards in a win over No. 11 Holy Cross (10/21)…averaged 61.5 yards per game…had nine games in which he caught three or more passes…rushed twice for 10 yards.

2022: Played in 11 games with six starts at wide receiver as a rookie...finished the season with 43 catches for 370 yards and two touchdowns to lead the team in receiving...made first career start at Penn (9/24) when he had five catches for 49 yards...secured seven passes for 74 yards (both season highs) and a touchdown vs. No. 6 Holy Cross (10/22)...racked up 81 receiving yards on four receptions vs. Georgetown (10/29). 

AT HOLY SPIRIT: All-state first-team selection who led the state in receiving touchdowns as a senior while amassing more than 1,000 receiving yards…school record holder for career receiving yards (2,079), receptions (131) and touchdowns (30)…two-year captain in football, helping to lead school to a pair of state titles…three-sport athlete who played two seasons at point guard on the basketball team and was a sprinter and jumper in track and field…garnered all-state first-team recognition in track, winning the 400m and long jump state titles (23’4”) while serving as a captain for three seasons…academic honor roll selection…worked as a camp counselor for two years.

Personal: Son of Bill and Mary Chamberlin…has an older brother, Sean Steward, and a younger brother Caleb Chamberlin...born 1/8/04.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    WR
    5'10" 165 lbs
  • 86

    2022Freshman

    WR
    5'10" 165 lbs
    86
  • 86

    2023Sophomore

    WR
    5'10" 171 lbs
    86
  • 1

    2024Junior

    WR
    5'10" 179 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2025Senior

    WR
    5'10" 182 lbs
    1