Murray State University Athletics
2011 Football Roster
Roster
Harris, Mike

Jersey Number 34
Mike Harris
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tulsa, Okla.
- High School:
- Booker T. Washington HS
- Prev School:
- Independence CC
Bio
2011 Top 10 FCS Running Backs - The Sports Network
2011 Preseason First-Team All-OVC Running Back
2010 Second-Team All-Commonwealth
2010 First-Team All-OVC Running Back
2010: Appeared in nine games, making seven starts...carried the ball 139 times for 904 yards and 10 touchdowns...added 28 catches for 166 yards and a score...ranked second in the OVC, and 21st in the FCS, in rushing yards per game (100.44)...recorded four 100-yard games, including a pair of games over 200 yards...named OVC Newcomer of the Week three times...rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown in his first start against UT Martin...added five catches for 45 yards and a score in that game...tallied 212 yards on 30 carries in a victory over Missouri State...part of first 200-yard rusher, 500-yard passer, 200-yard receiver trio in FCS history...followed it up with 159 yards and three touchdowns against Eastern Illinois...broke off a 94-yard run late in the first half on his way to a career-best 242-yard effort against Tennessee Tech...ranks as the fifth-best single-season rushing performance.
BEFORE MSU: Played the 2009 season for head coach Lamar James at Independence Community College...earned First-Team All-Jayhawk Conference honors after rushing for 859 yards and five touchdowns on 195 carries...added 16 catches for 135 yards...averaged 25.5 yards on four kickoff returns.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Antwione Jimmerson at Booker T. Washington High School...named the Tulsa World, Channel 2 and Ford Award Player of the Year as a senior after rushing for 2,107 yards and 35 touchdowns...eclipsed 1,800 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior...rushed for over 1,000 yards in helping the Hornets to the state championship game as a sophomore...finished career as the school’s all-time leading rusher with 5,027 yards...also a member of the track and field team.
PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Dion Harris...born May 9, 1989...son of Michael and Melissa Harris...has two brothers, Marquis and Anthony, and one sister, Precious...majoring in business administration.
2011 Preseason First-Team All-OVC Running Back
2010 Second-Team All-Commonwealth
2010 First-Team All-OVC Running Back
2010: Appeared in nine games, making seven starts...carried the ball 139 times for 904 yards and 10 touchdowns...added 28 catches for 166 yards and a score...ranked second in the OVC, and 21st in the FCS, in rushing yards per game (100.44)...recorded four 100-yard games, including a pair of games over 200 yards...named OVC Newcomer of the Week three times...rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown in his first start against UT Martin...added five catches for 45 yards and a score in that game...tallied 212 yards on 30 carries in a victory over Missouri State...part of first 200-yard rusher, 500-yard passer, 200-yard receiver trio in FCS history...followed it up with 159 yards and three touchdowns against Eastern Illinois...broke off a 94-yard run late in the first half on his way to a career-best 242-yard effort against Tennessee Tech...ranks as the fifth-best single-season rushing performance.
BEFORE MSU: Played the 2009 season for head coach Lamar James at Independence Community College...earned First-Team All-Jayhawk Conference honors after rushing for 859 yards and five touchdowns on 195 carries...added 16 catches for 135 yards...averaged 25.5 yards on four kickoff returns.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Antwione Jimmerson at Booker T. Washington High School...named the Tulsa World, Channel 2 and Ford Award Player of the Year as a senior after rushing for 2,107 yards and 35 touchdowns...eclipsed 1,800 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior...rushed for over 1,000 yards in helping the Hornets to the state championship game as a sophomore...finished career as the school’s all-time leading rusher with 5,027 yards...also a member of the track and field team.
PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Dion Harris...born May 9, 1989...son of Michael and Melissa Harris...has two brothers, Marquis and Anthony, and one sister, Precious...majoring in business administration.
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