Major Harris
Harris from The Monticola, 1992
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 15, 1968 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Pittsburgh (PA) Brashear | ||||||||||
| College: | West Virginia | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 12 / Pick: 317 | ||||||||||
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| Comp. / Att.: | 18 / 42 |
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| Passing yards: | 300 |
| TD-INT: | 3-3 |
| Comp. / Att.: | 186 / 390 |
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| Passing yards: | 2,159 |
| TD-INT: | 29-21 |
| QB Rating: | 61.05 |
| Rushing TD: | 23 |
Major Harris (born Feb 15, 1968) is a former college football quarterback for West Virginia University during the 1980s. Harris was a 1989 All-American and finished fifth and third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1988 and 1989, respectively. He was also the ECAC Player of the Year in 1988 and 1989.
He is now an assistant wide receivers coach for North Hills High School in Pittsburgh.
Harris was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
Harris played football at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (he would later be called the Brashear Bullet by West Virginia announcer Jack Fleming).
As a senior, Harris threw a game-winning, 79- yard touchdown pass on the last play of the game against Indiana High School.
Harris was named Pittsburgh's high school football player of the year after his junior and senior seasons by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a Sporting News Top 100 prospect following his final season.
Major was interested in attending the University of Pittsburgh, but the coach, Mike Gottfried, was only interested with him at defensive back. Harris took another offer at West Virginia, where coach Don Nehlen was trying to rebuild the quarterback position. Nehlen set up a football camp for two-hand touch football and stated, "The kids couldn't touch him."
Nehlen signed Florida prep quarterback Browning Nagle along with Harris and redshirted them for the season. Harris and Nagle battled it out in spring practice and Harris eventually won the job, so Nagle transferred to University of Louisville.
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