Norfolk State University Athletics

2019 at NSU (Senior)
Played in the final nine games of the season … Started six of the last seven games of the year … Was sixth on the team with 57 tackles, which included four tackles for loss and half a sack … Intercepted one pass and broke up one more … Had 11 tackles, half a sack and a pass breakup in the win at Howard … Made a season-high 13 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss at Bethune-Cookman … Posted four tackles and intercepted a pass which he returned for 32 yards in the shutout win over Morgan State … Logged 10 tackles in each of the final two games of the year, against Delaware State and S.C. State.

At Idaho State (Junior)
Played in 10 games and amassed 16 tackles on the year for Idaho State … Had seven tackles at Idaho.

At Glendale CC (Sophomore)
Spent the 2017 season at Glendale Community College in Arizona … Posted 33 tackles, one for loss, in eight games played.

2016 at NSU (Freshman)
Played in all 11 games and made 22 tackles on the season … Had six tackles, 1.5 for loss, with one forced fumble and one pass breakup in the win at S.C. State … Made a career-high 14 tackles in the season finale, a win at Hampton.

Prep/Before NSU
Attended Fork Union Military Academy in 2014, finishing as the second-leading tackler on the post-graduate team … Spent the fall 2015 semester at Garden City Community College in Kansas, but redshirted.

High School
Was an all-district wide receiver as a senior at Goochland in 2013 … Was also district champion in the 300-meter hurdles and a three-time all-state track performer for the Bulldogs … Was also an all-district basketball player as a senior.

Personal
Cephas Blake-Lee Harden was born on Sept. 25, 1996 … Son of Karen Harden … Plans to major in mass communication.

Harden’s Career Highs
Tackles: 14 (at Hampton, 11-19-16)
TFL: 2.5 (at Bethune-Cookman, 10-19-19)
Sacks: 0.5 (at Howard, 10-12-19)
FF: 1 (at S.C. State, 11-12-16)
INT: 1 (vs. Morgan State, 11-2-19)
PBU: 1 (2x, last at Howard, 10-12-19)