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1 Julien Stokes

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newbury Park, Calif.
  • Highschool Grace Brethren

Biography

Career Honors
2025: Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year
2025: Unanimous First Team All-Ivy
2024: Second-team All-Ivy
2022: Phil Steele Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year
2022: First-team All-Ivy

2025: Unanimous First Team All-Ivy … Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year … Delivered a historic stretch as a returner before suffering a season-ending fibula injury at Columbia (10/18) … Through five games, he led the nation in punt return average (20.4), ranked third nationally in all-purpose yards per game (156.4), and was fifth in combined kick return yardage (491) … Despite playing just half the season, he led the Ivy League in return yards by more than 100 and was the only Ancient Eight player with a return touchdown in 2025 … Earned Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week honors in each of the first three weeks of the season, becoming just the second player in program history to win three straight weekly awards and the first to do so to open a season … Opened the year with a 63-yard punt return touchdown at Stonehill (9/20) … Had a season-high 133 kick-return yards on four returns at Lehigh (9/27), including a long of 60 … Also contributed on offense, rushing 44 times for 225 yards and a touchdown, adding four receptions for 66 yards … His 1,177 career kick-return yards rank second in Penn history.

2024: Second-team All-Ivy … Returned from injury by starting all 10 games he appeared in at wide receiver and returns … Recorded 37 receptions and 313 yards, along with two touchdown grabs … Returned 22 kicks for 550 yards (with a long of 45 yards) … Also returned nine punts for 41 yards … Picked up a season-high 91 receiving yards against Delaware (9/21) ... Followed up that performance with a seven-catch, 50-yard effort against Colgate (9/28) … Tallied a season-high tying seven receptions for 65 yards vs. Columbia (10/19) … Hauled in his first TD catch of the year at Cornell (11/9), with two catches for 16 yards … Scored a touchdown in the season finale at Princeton (11/23) … Had five kick returns for a season-high 123 yards vs. Yale (10/25).

2023: Did not see any game action.

2022: Phil Steele Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Year … First-team All-Ivy selection ... Played all 10 games and broke out in a big way, both on offense and as a return specialist … In the passing game, totaled 25 receptions for 244 yards and three touchdowns … Also ran the ball 13 times for 70 yards and a TD … Led the Ivy League in kick return yards per game (29.6) and had the second-most kick return yards (296) … Took over the main kick returning duties halfway through the season, returning 10 kicks for 296 yards and a touchdown … Against Brown (10/29), returned three kicks for 138 yards including a 97-yard touchdown return … Closed the season as the only Ivy returner with a TD.

2021: Appeared in seven games at wide receiver … Caught seven passes for 93 yards … Had two rushes for 13 yards and a TD against Brown (10/30) … Caught four passes for 54 yards versus Cornell (11/6) … Had two catches for 31 yards at Harvard (11/13). 

High School: Played both varsity football and lacrosse … His football team won Camino League championships in 2017 and 2019 … 2019 Acorn MVP … 2019 All-CIF.

Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2021Freshman

    RB/WR
    5'7" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Sophomore

    WR
    5'7" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Junior

    WR
    5'7" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2024Senior

    WR
    5'7" 180 lbs
    13
  • 1

    2025Senior

    RB
    5'7" 190 lbs
    1