Marcus Harris (born October 11, 1974) is an American former college football player who was a wide receiver for the Wyoming Cowboys. He was a two-time All-American, including a consensus selection in 1996, when he also won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the season's outstanding college football receiver.
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| Position: | Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 11, 1974 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Brooklyn Center (Brooklyn Center, Minnesota) |
| College: | Wyoming |
| NFL draft: | 1997 / round: 7 / pick: 232 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early life
editHarris was born in 1974.[1] He attended Brooklyn Center High School in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where he was a star running back for the Brooklyn Center Centaurs high school football team.
College career
editHarris received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Wyoming, and he played for the Wyoming Cowboys football team from 1993 to 1996. As a senior in 1996, Harris was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and won the Biletnikoff Award. He finished his career at Wyoming with 259 receptions, 4,518 receiving yards, and 38 touchdown catches. Harris was inducted into the Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame on September 24, 2004.[2]
Statistics
editSource:[3]
NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
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Wyoming Cowboys
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| Season | Receiving | Rushing | Punt Returns | |||||||||||
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| Rec | Yards | Avg | Yds/G | TD | Att | Yards | TD | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |||
| 1993 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | ||
| 1994 | 71 | 1,431 | 20.2 | 119.3 | 11 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | ||
| 1995 | 78 | 1,423 | 18.2 | 129.4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | ||
| 1996 | 109 | 1,650 | 15.1 | 137.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 187 | 9.4 | 0 | ||
| NCAA Career Totals | 259 | 4,518 | 17.4 | 98.2 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 187 | 9.4 | 0 | ||
Professional career
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump |
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| 6 ft 1+3⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
213 lb (97 kg) |
32+3⁄4 in (0.83 m) |
9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) |
4.68 s | 1.62 s | 2.72 s | 4.09 s | 7.42 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) |
He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round (232nd overall pick) of the 1997 NFL draft.[4] He is the only Biletnikoff Award winner to never play in a National Football League (NFL) regular season game and Harris never played professional football in any league.
He currently is head coach for the football team, assistant coach for boys basketball team and head coach of the girls softball team at the Breck School.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Marcus Harris". nfl.com. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ^ Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame entry Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Marcus Harris". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.