<p>Harvard actually fields 41 varsity teams - the most of any D1 college. About 20% of the undergrads participate. They aren’t all recruited, though. 15% is probably pretty accurate for recruited athletes. And to build upon what T26E4 and Dwight said, the athletes generally need to be within one standard deviation of the mean student body academic index (gpa and test scores). So, yeah, the athletes, legacies and minorities tend to be pretty bright, too.</p>