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Harris Earns Back-To-Back OVC Specialist Honors
11/16/2014 2:08:00 PM | Football
For the second time in as many weeks, Pokey Harris has been named as the adidas® OVC Specialist of the Week for games played on November 15, 2014, the league office announced on Sunday.
The junior from Winchester, Kentucky began the game with a rocketing start for Murray State as he returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, giving the Racers an early 7-0 lead. The score marked the second straight week in which Harris has returned a kickoff the full 100 yards for a touchdown. He finished the game with one additional return for 16 for a total of 116 yards.
He is now the third player in OVC history with two 100-yard kickoff returns for a touchdown, the second player to have two in the same season and the first-ever to do it in consecutive games. The touchdown was his third of the season on a kickoff return which ties the OVC single-season record and currently leads not only the FCS, but all four levels of NCAA football. He also leads the OVC in kickoff returns and is fifth in the nation with 28.8 yards per return.
Entering the season only nine OVC players had ever returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score, but it has now happened in each of the last three weeks, the last two coming from MSU's Harris who took the opening kickoff against nationally-ranked Eastern Kentucky and put his team up 7-0. Harris is now one of just three players in OVC history to return two kicks 100 yards, joining Eastern Kentucky's Leon Brown (1989 and 1992) and Tennessee State's Avion Black (both in 1999). He is the only player in the FCS and one of two players in Division I (UAB's JJ Nelson) to return two 100-yard kickoffs this season.Â
On Saturday, the Harris and the rest of Racers will return home for their final game of the season against Tennessee State. Kick-off between Murray State and the Tigers at The Track is set for 1 p.m.
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The junior from Winchester, Kentucky began the game with a rocketing start for Murray State as he returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, giving the Racers an early 7-0 lead. The score marked the second straight week in which Harris has returned a kickoff the full 100 yards for a touchdown. He finished the game with one additional return for 16 for a total of 116 yards.
He is now the third player in OVC history with two 100-yard kickoff returns for a touchdown, the second player to have two in the same season and the first-ever to do it in consecutive games. The touchdown was his third of the season on a kickoff return which ties the OVC single-season record and currently leads not only the FCS, but all four levels of NCAA football. He also leads the OVC in kickoff returns and is fifth in the nation with 28.8 yards per return.
Entering the season only nine OVC players had ever returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score, but it has now happened in each of the last three weeks, the last two coming from MSU's Harris who took the opening kickoff against nationally-ranked Eastern Kentucky and put his team up 7-0. Harris is now one of just three players in OVC history to return two kicks 100 yards, joining Eastern Kentucky's Leon Brown (1989 and 1992) and Tennessee State's Avion Black (both in 1999). He is the only player in the FCS and one of two players in Division I (UAB's JJ Nelson) to return two 100-yard kickoffs this season.Â
On Saturday, the Harris and the rest of Racers will return home for their final game of the season against Tennessee State. Kick-off between Murray State and the Tigers at The Track is set for 1 p.m.
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