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Lafayette College Athletics

2024 Football Roster

8 Semaj Cross

  • Pos. DB
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht. 6-1
  • Weight 217
  • Hometown Toledo, Ohio
  • High School Toledo Central Catholic
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Saw playing time in all 12 games, making starts in 11 of them at outside linebacker…racked up 40 tackles and three tackles for loss…collected five tackles and a sack in a winning effort at Fordham (10/5)...collected his first career interception in a win over Stonehill (11/16)...tallied at least three tackles in eight contests...selected as one of 54 Leopard players who earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll laurels after achieving a 4.0 GPA.

2023: Played in 10 games, making a single start at Princeton (10/7)…finished with 21 stops on the season…collected a season-high five tackles in a win at Georgetown (10/28)…named as a recipient of the Otis Ellis '89 Scholar-Athlete Award...selected as one of 51 Leopard players who earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll distinction after achieving a 3.5 GPA.

2022: Played in 11 games with three starts early in the season...finished with 30 tackles, including 22 on running plays...made a career-high seven stops vs. Georgetown (10/29) when he also rang up his first sack.

2021 Fall: Saw action in four games, playing at safety and on special teams...made tackles in the New Hampshire, Fordham and Holy Cross contests...one of 42 Leopard selections to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after achieving a 3.75 semester GPA.

2021 Spring: Played in every game as a rookie, seeing time on special teams and in the defensive backfield...finished the season with four tackles, making at least one in each outing.

AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC: Played defensive back and free safety in two years as a starter on varsity...team went 25-2 in his junior and senior seasons, winning the Three Rivers Athletic Conference title both seasons...team claimed the regional championship in 2019 and made a final four appearance in the state...two-sport athlete who played three years of varsity basketball at shooting guard and small forward…member of the National Honor Society...earned an academic letter.

Personal: Son of Tracy and Shalonda Cross…has older sisters Mia and Rolanda and a younger sister, Traci…born 2/20/02.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020Freshman

    DB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    13
  • 8

    2021Sophomore

    DB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2022Junior

    DB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    DB
    6'1" 218 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    DB
    6'1" 217 lbs
    8