2014 Football Roster
Roster
Harris, Pokey

Jersey Number 5
Pokey Harris
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 173
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Winchester, Ky.
- High School:
- George Rogers Clark HS
Bio
2015: Named to 2015 Preseason All-OVC team... Named to First Team Preseason All-America teams by STATS, Phil Steele, College Sporting News, Athlon Sports, College Sports Madness and Football Gameplan...
Spring 2015: Played in 41 games as a member of the baseball team, making 24 starts... Batted .198 with 19 runs, five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 17 RBIs... Was a perfect 6-for-6 on the base paths... Made just one error in 58 chances in the outfield...
2014: Appeared in all 12 games and made 10 starts... Was named as an All-American kick returner by eight different outlets including the FCS Athletics Directors Association, the Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Sports Network... Earned first team All-OVC honors as a return specialist... Was the top returner in FCS, 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... Finished second in the OVC and 23rd 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... Made historyat Eastern Illinois when he became the first Racer ever to return a kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown... Returned a kick-off 100-yards for a touchdown at EKU, becoming the third-ever OVC player with two 100-yard returns for a touchdown and the first to do it in consecutive games.
Spring 2014: Appeared in 13 games as a member of the baseball team...used primarily as a pinch runner...hit .250 with an RBI and two runs scored...delivered an RBI single against North Dakota State.
2013: Appeared in all 12 games, making four starts...finished season with 15 catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns...averaged 20.6 yards on eight kickoffs...hauled in a pair of passes and returned a kickoff 50 yards against Campbellsville...caught first touchdown pass against Eastern Ilinois...followed it up with another touchdown against Tennessee State.
Spring 2013: Appeared in 10 games as a member of the baseball team...went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base...stole a base in his debut against Central Arkansas...delivered an RBI single against Mid-Continent in first collegiate at bat...singled and scored against Alabama A&M.
2012: Appeared in all 11 games...had 18 carries for 74 yards...led the team in rushing against Florida State and Austin Peay...rushed nine times for 27 yards in his first collegiate game against FSU...had season-high 28 yards on just two carries against APSU...also added three tackles on special teams...rushed for 11 yards on his only carry against Eastern Kentucky...finished season with five tackles on special teams.
High School: Played for head coach Paul Columbia at George Rogers Clark High School...rushed 250 times for 1,943 yards and 18 touchdowns...led Kentucky Class 6A in rushing...earned third-team all-state honors from the Louisville Courier Journal...honorable mention all-state honoree from the Associated Press...named the District 8-6A Player of the Year by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association...played in the 2011 Best of the Bluegrass All-Star game.
Personal: Full name is Justin Kenyale Harris...born Nov. 21, 1992...son of Joseph Isreal and Donna Harris...has two brothers, Ty and Nehemiah Isreal, and two sisters, Jasmine Harris and Tenesha Isreal... Majoring in television production.
Spring 2015: Played in 41 games as a member of the baseball team, making 24 starts... Batted .198 with 19 runs, five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 17 RBIs... Was a perfect 6-for-6 on the base paths... Made just one error in 58 chances in the outfield...
2014: Appeared in all 12 games and made 10 starts... Was named as an All-American kick returner by eight different outlets including the FCS Athletics Directors Association, the Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Sports Network... Earned first team All-OVC honors as a return specialist... Was the top returner in FCS, 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... Finished second in the OVC and 23rd 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... Made historyat Eastern Illinois when he became the first Racer ever to return a kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown... Returned a kick-off 100-yards for a touchdown at EKU, becoming the third-ever OVC player with two 100-yard returns for a touchdown and the first to do it in consecutive games.
Spring 2014: Appeared in 13 games as a member of the baseball team...used primarily as a pinch runner...hit .250 with an RBI and two runs scored...delivered an RBI single against North Dakota State.
2013: Appeared in all 12 games, making four starts...finished season with 15 catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns...averaged 20.6 yards on eight kickoffs...hauled in a pair of passes and returned a kickoff 50 yards against Campbellsville...caught first touchdown pass against Eastern Ilinois...followed it up with another touchdown against Tennessee State.
Spring 2013: Appeared in 10 games as a member of the baseball team...went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base...stole a base in his debut against Central Arkansas...delivered an RBI single against Mid-Continent in first collegiate at bat...singled and scored against Alabama A&M.
2012: Appeared in all 11 games...had 18 carries for 74 yards...led the team in rushing against Florida State and Austin Peay...rushed nine times for 27 yards in his first collegiate game against FSU...had season-high 28 yards on just two carries against APSU...also added three tackles on special teams...rushed for 11 yards on his only carry against Eastern Kentucky...finished season with five tackles on special teams.
High School: Played for head coach Paul Columbia at George Rogers Clark High School...rushed 250 times for 1,943 yards and 18 touchdowns...led Kentucky Class 6A in rushing...earned third-team all-state honors from the Louisville Courier Journal...honorable mention all-state honoree from the Associated Press...named the District 8-6A Player of the Year by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association...played in the 2011 Best of the Bluegrass All-Star game.
Personal: Full name is Justin Kenyale Harris...born Nov. 21, 1992...son of Joseph Isreal and Donna Harris...has two brothers, Ty and Nehemiah Isreal, and two sisters, Jasmine Harris and Tenesha Isreal... Majoring in television production.
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