Harris Named All-American

For the seventh time in as many seasons, a Murray State Racer has been named as a FCS All-American. On Wednesday, it was announced that junior Pokey Harris received first-team All-American honors from the FCS Athletic Directors Association as the Top Collegiate Return Specialist and from the Walter Camp Football Foundation as a return specialist. In addition, he was named as the Special Teams Player of the Year by Beyond Sports Network and was a first-team All-American selection at kick returner from both Beyond Sports Network and College Sports Madness.

Harris was the top returner in FCS this season, taking back a nation-leading three kick-off returns for touchdowns and finishing seventh in the nation in yards per return at 28.8, both of which also led the OVC. In addition, Harris finished 2014 second in the OVC and 23^rd in the country in all-purpose yards at 138.4 per game and first in the OVC and eighth in all of the FCS in total return yards at 920.

The Winchester, Kentucky native made history at EIU when he became the first Racer ever to return a kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown. One week later he repeated the feat at EKU, becoming the third-ever OVC player with two 100-yard returns for a touchdown and the first-ever to do it in consecutive games.

Harris' selection now keeps a string of seven straight years with at least one MSU player earning All-American status and three with a first-team honoree. He is officially the 39^th All-American in MSU history and 13^th first-team selection.

All-Tim Murray State Football All-Americans

1933    Cecil Kent, B
1936    Bill Thompson, B
1937    Elmer Cochran, G
           Dale Diebert, E
           C.W. Hardin, C
           Bill Thompson, B
1938    Dale Diebert, E
           Pete Gudauskus, T
           Claude McRaven, B
1955    Al Giordano, G/LB
1956    Al Giordano, G/LB
1962    Gary Foltz, E
1973    Don Clayton, TB
1977    Eddie McFarland, DB
1979    Terry Love, DB
           Glenn Jones, LB
1980    Glenn Jones, LB
1983    Dane Coleman, DE
           Herbert Jones, S
           Jim Piercefield, DE
1984    Dane Coleman, DE
           Colby Schreckengost, OT
1985    Lee McCormick, WR
           James Yarbrough, DB
1986    Willie Bester, DE
           Stanley Howard, WR
           Charlie Wiles, G
           Tony Woodie, OLB
1993    Anthony Hutch, DL
1995    Derrick Cullors, RB
           William Hampton, DB
           Anthony Hutch, DL
1996    William Hampton, DB
           Rob Hart, K
           Reggie Swinton, WR
1997    Ronnie Merritt, LB
1998    Marcus Stepp, DL
1999    Brian Bivens, P
2001    Shane Andrus, K
2008    Austen Lane, DE
           Nathan Williams, LB
2009    Austen Lane, DE
2010    Marcus Harris, WR
           Dontrell Johnson, PR
2011    Casey Brockman, QB
2012    Casey Brockman, QB
           Walter Powell, AP
2013    Walter Powell, AP
2014    Pokey Harris, KR

First-Team All-America selections in bold

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