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Harris Receives NFF University Scholar-Athlete Award
6/1/2020 4:46:00 PM | Football
DURHAM, N.C. – Former Duke quarterback Quentin Harris was named the recipient of the University Scholar-Athlete award by the National Football Foundation's Bill Dooley Chapter.
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Harris, a quarterback from Wilton, Conn., started all 12 games for the Blue Devils in 2019 and passed for 2,078 yards and 16 touchdowns while rushing for 510 yards and seven additional scores. A two-time Academic All-ACC selection, he graduated in 2019 after majoring in public policy studies, minoring in economics and earning a certificate in innovation and entrepreneurship.
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In 35 career games, Harris completed 250-of-438 (.571) pass attempts for 2,588 yards and 24 touchdowns, while rushing 238 times for 785 yards (3.30) and 14 touchdowns. He compiled 3,373 yards of total offense and held a career touchdown responsibility total of 38. Harris accounted for multiple touchdowns in nine career games, with a career-best performance coming against North Carolina A&T in 2019 when he recorded four passing and one rushing score. He finished 19th all-time on Duke's career passing yards chart, while his career passing touchdown mark placed him tied for 10th.
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As a senior, Harris was named a Johnny Unitas Award finalist, a Campbell Trophy semifinalist and a National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society member. At the conclusion of the season, he was selected as the recipient of the program's Bob Pascal Award as Duke's top offensive back.
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Other 2020 University Scholar Athlete award recipients for the Bill Dooley Triangle East Chapter of North Carolina included Fernando Frye of East Carolina, Trenton Gill of N.C. State, Nick Polino of North Carolina and IsaiahTotten of N.C. Central.
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Past Duke winners of the University Scholar Athlete honor include Charles London (1997), Jeff Hodrick (1998), Lennie Friedman (1999), Sims Lenhardt (2000), Spencer Romine (2001), Ben Erdeljac (2002), Jaymon Small (2003), Chris Douglas (2004), Giuseppe Aguanno (2005), Brendan Dewan (2006), Eli Nichols (2007), Patrick Bailey (2008), Ryan Wood (2009), Brett Huffman (2010), Vincent Rey (2010), Bryan Morgan (2011), Matt Daniels (2012), Sean Renfree (2013), Perry Simmons (2014), David Helton (2015), Ross Martin (2016), DeVon Edwards (2017), A.J. Wolf (2017), Gabe Brandner (2018), and Ben Humphreys (2019).
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Harris, a quarterback from Wilton, Conn., started all 12 games for the Blue Devils in 2019 and passed for 2,078 yards and 16 touchdowns while rushing for 510 yards and seven additional scores. A two-time Academic All-ACC selection, he graduated in 2019 after majoring in public policy studies, minoring in economics and earning a certificate in innovation and entrepreneurship.
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In 35 career games, Harris completed 250-of-438 (.571) pass attempts for 2,588 yards and 24 touchdowns, while rushing 238 times for 785 yards (3.30) and 14 touchdowns. He compiled 3,373 yards of total offense and held a career touchdown responsibility total of 38. Harris accounted for multiple touchdowns in nine career games, with a career-best performance coming against North Carolina A&T in 2019 when he recorded four passing and one rushing score. He finished 19th all-time on Duke's career passing yards chart, while his career passing touchdown mark placed him tied for 10th.
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As a senior, Harris was named a Johnny Unitas Award finalist, a Campbell Trophy semifinalist and a National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society member. At the conclusion of the season, he was selected as the recipient of the program's Bob Pascal Award as Duke's top offensive back.
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Other 2020 University Scholar Athlete award recipients for the Bill Dooley Triangle East Chapter of North Carolina included Fernando Frye of East Carolina, Trenton Gill of N.C. State, Nick Polino of North Carolina and IsaiahTotten of N.C. Central.
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Past Duke winners of the University Scholar Athlete honor include Charles London (1997), Jeff Hodrick (1998), Lennie Friedman (1999), Sims Lenhardt (2000), Spencer Romine (2001), Ben Erdeljac (2002), Jaymon Small (2003), Chris Douglas (2004), Giuseppe Aguanno (2005), Brendan Dewan (2006), Eli Nichols (2007), Patrick Bailey (2008), Ryan Wood (2009), Brett Huffman (2010), Vincent Rey (2010), Bryan Morgan (2011), Matt Daniels (2012), Sean Renfree (2013), Perry Simmons (2014), David Helton (2015), Ross Martin (2016), DeVon Edwards (2017), A.J. Wolf (2017), Gabe Brandner (2018), and Ben Humphreys (2019).
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