Top 10 Option Quarterbacks in College Football History
For his career, in three years, Harris rushed for 2,058 yards and 18 carries, averaging five yards per carry, and he threw for 5,119 yards and 41 touchdowns with only 26 interceptions while completing 55.6 percent of his passes.
And the best part is that Harris got better each year as a starter. Oh, and let’s not forget “the play” against Penn State, when Harris accidentally called the wrong play, went the opposite way of all of his teammates, but managed to fake out every Penn State defender and run in for a touchdown by himself.
Like so many other option quarterbacks, Harris was a failed NFL quarterback who never played a down despite leaving early. But he did play some in the CFL and later the AFL.
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Major Harris
1987-1989, West Virginia Mountaineers
Before there was Pat White, there was Major Harris. And he was a flat-out stud with the West Virginia Mountaineers under the leadership of Don Nehlen. Harris started for three years for West Virginia and took the Mountaineers to an 11-1 record and Top 5 finish in 1988.
He finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1989 and was an All-American as well. That season, h he threw for 2,058 yards and 17 touchdowns and ran for another 936 yards and six touchdowns.
For his career, in three years, Harris rushed for 2,058 yards and 18 carries, averaging five yards per carry, and he threw for 5,119 yards and 41 touchdowns with only 26 interceptions while completing 55.6 percent of his passes.
And the best part is that Harris got better each year as a starter. Oh, and let’s not forget “the play” against Penn State, when Harris accidentally called the wrong play, went the opposite way of all of his teammates, but managed to fake out every Penn State defender and run in for a touchdown by himself.
Like so many other option quarterbacks, Harris was a failed NFL quarterback who never played a down despite leaving early. But he did play some in the CFL and later the AFL.
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