Rahjai Harris Named To Doak Walker Award Watch List

DALLAS, Texas – East Carolina senior Rahjai Harris is one of 87 running backs nationally named to the 2024 Doak Walker Award Watch List the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced Tuesday. For Harris, it's the second time he has been selected to the preseason list following his selection in 2021.

Rahjai Harris (Career and 2023 Biographical Sketch)
Graduate student with one year of athletic eligibility remaining … Four-year letterman who has appeared in 37 career games making 16 starts … Rushed for 1,930 yards on 489 carries (3.9 ypr) with 18 ground scores (4/2020, 4/'21, 5/'22, 5'23) … Rushing TD breakdown (2/USF '20, 1/Navy '20, 1/CIN '20, 1/MAR '21, 1/TLN '21, 1/USF '21, 1/MEM '21, 1/NCSU '22, 1/ODU '22, 2/CAM '22, 1/USF '22, 2/ASU '23, 1/GW '23, 1/Rice '23, 1/TLS '23) … Hauled down 46 passes for 307 yards with four additional touchdowns (4 yards/TLS '20, 3 yards/TLN '21, 3 yards/ODU '22, 11 yards/GW '23) … In all, has tallied 2,237 all-purpose yards (60.5 ypg) … Has registered five career 100-plus yard rushing performances (19-115/South Florida '20, 22-172/Navy '20, 21-118/Tulsa '20, 22-100/South Florida '21, 21-145/Tulsa '23) … Scored multiple touchdowns in a game five times (2/USF '20, 2/ODU '22, 2/CAM '22, 2/ASU '23, 2/GW '23) … Ninety-two of 489 runs have gone for seven or more yards … Racked up 70 or more yards on the ground in 10 of 37 career contests … Tallied 100-plus all-purpose yards in a game six times (3/'20, 2/'21, 1/'23) ... Targeted 62 times in his career making 46 grabs … Earned American Athletic Conference Rookie-of-the-Year and first-team all-league honors as a true freshman in 2020 … Named a First Team Preseason All-AAC selection by Phil Steele Magazine in 2024 ... Second Team All-AAC pick by Athlon Sports in 2024 ... Third-Team All-AAC honoree by College Football Network ... Named a NFF (National Football Foundation) University Scholar-Athlete … Two-time Doak Walker Watch List Candidate (2021, 2024).

2023: Named one of five team captains at ECU's annual end of the year banquet … Returned from season-ending injury from 2022 to appear in all 12 games making 11 starts … Led the team in rushing with 485 yards on 129 carries (3.8 ypr) … Scored a team-best five rushing touchdowns … Caught seven passes out of the backfield for 43 yards (6.1 ypc) with one score … In all, tallied 528 all-purpose yards … Ranked second on the team in scoring with 36 points … Registered for fifth career 100-plus game with 145 yards on 21 carries with a score against Tulsa (Nov. 25) … During three-game span (Sept. 16-30) scored five total touchdowns (4 rush, 1 rcv) … Had a pair against Appalachian State (2 rush), two against Gardner-Webb (1 rush, 1 rcv) and one against Rice (1 rush) … Twenty-two of 129 carries went for seven or more yards … Had a 41 and 50-yard run against Tulsa with the last going for a score … Tallied 50 or more grounds in a game four times (56/ASU, 64/GW, 52/TLN, 145/TLS) … Had seven games with double-digit carries ... Caught at least one pass in seven contests … Fully cleared to participate in fall camp on July 20, 2023 after suffering an injury against South Florida in 2022 … A 2023 Second-Team Preseason All-AAC pick by Athlon Sports (RB/AP) ... Named to the 2023 Doak Walker Award Watch List (nation's top running back) ... Named to the 2023 College Football Comeback Player-of-the-Year Award Watch List as selected by CSC (formerly CoSIDA), AP & Fiesta Bowl.

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