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Dwayne Harris was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 Conference USA Championship after making nine catches for 123 yards and a touchdown in ECU's 38-32 victory over Houston.
 
Dwayne Harris was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 Conference USA Championship after making nine catches for 123 yards and a touchdown in ECU's 38-32 victory over Houston.
 
 

June 6, 2010

Rivals.com's Countdown Of The Top 100 Collegiate Players

GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina senior inside wide receiver Dwayne Harris has been named Rivals.com's 88th-best player in collegiate football, the organization announced Sunday afternoon. Five Rivals.com writers selected the top 100 college players in the country. Voting was based on what players have accomplished and their potential for the 2010 season.

A year ago, Harris helped the Pirates claim their second consecutive Conference USA Championship and AutoZone Liberty Bowl berth with his Most Valuable Player performance in the league title game against Houston. He was the C-USA Special Teams Player-of-the-Year in 2009 as well as being a first-team all-league pick at wide receiver. Harris returned 37 kickoffs for 1,000 yards, including a school career and single-season record three for touchdowns. Against the Cougars in the C-USA Championship, he tallied nine catches for 123 yards and a touchdown in addition to a 69-yard kickoff return. For the season, his longest TD runback was a 99-yard scamper, tied for the second-longest in Pirate history, against UAB Nov. 21. Harris also had two touchdown receptions against the Blazers in East Carolina's 37-21 victory.

As a wide receiver, Harris hauled in 83 passes in 2009, tying him with Aundrae Allison for ECU's second-most receptions in a year. Harris' 978 receiving yards were also good for second on the school's all-time single-season list. The Stone Mountain, Ga., native, is the program's all-time leader in receptions with 167. He also sits second in receiving yards with 1,878, just 104 behind Troy Smith (1995-98).

In Conference USA history, Harris will open the 2010 campaign ranked 16th in all-purpose yards (4,092) and second in kickoff returns for a touchdown with three. Additionally, he is 22 receptions shy of entering the league's top-15 list and 46 yards short of the career return yards top-15 ledger.


 

 

Harris and the Pirates begin the season against Tulsa in newly-renovated Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Sept. 5 at 2:00 p.m. in a game that will be aired nationally on ESPN2.