Quentin Harris Bio
Quentin Harris
Senior, 6-1, 214
Free Safety
Wilkes-Barre, PA/Wyoming Seminary
At SU: Four letters … Redshirted in 1997 … Ranks ninth on SU’s career interceptions record list with 10 career … His 212 interceptions return yards ranks second in SUhistory … His 144 assisted tackles ties for 10th in school history … Member of the 1998 Spring, 2000 Fall and 2001 Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Senior Year: Started all 13 games … One of 17 players to start every game and one of 35 to participate in every game … Invited to and played in the 2002 East-West Shrine All-Star Game … Led team with 126 tackles … Tied for the team lead in interceptions with four … Forced three fumbles and had 11 pass breakups … Led the team in tackles in eight of 13 games … Played on SU’s field goal and PAT defense, and kickoff coverage and return special teams units … Had eight tackles, including four solo and two for a loss, against Kansas State in the Insigh.com Bowl … Had a team-high 12 tackles, five solo, and one pass breakup in the Kickoff Classic against Georgia Tech … Led team with 14 tackles, 10 solo, forced a fumble, had an interception and two pass breakups at Tennessee … Led the team in tackles with nine, five solo, had an interception and three passes breakups against Central Florida … Posted a team-high 11 tackles, eight solo, had a fumble recovery and one pass breakup against Auburn … Had eight tackles, forced a fumble, had an interception return for 27 yards and one pass breakup against East Carolina … Posted seven tackles at Rutgers … Led the team with 14 tackles, five solo, had a 15-yard interception return, a forced fumble and two pass breakups against Pittsburgh … Recorded five tackles against Temple … Had a team-high 12 tackles, recovered a fumble and broke up a pass at Virginia Tech … Led team with 15 tackles, 10 solo and two for a loss against West Virginia … Team leader with 11 tackles, a career-high 10 assisted stops at Miami … Posted eight tackles against Boston College.
Junior Year: Started all nine games he played … Sat out games at East Carolina (shoulder) and West Virginia (knee) with injuries … Had a season-high 13 tackles and added an interception at Temple … Posted nine tackles and had a school-record 91-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Buffalo … Tallied eight tackles against Brigham Young and Pittsburgh … Broke up two passes against Brigham Young and Rutgers.
Sophomore Year: Started all 12 games … One of 28 players to participate in every game … SU’s second-leading tackler with 97 stops … Had a team-leading 13 tackles against Virginia Tech … Tied his single-game career-best with two interceptions against Tulane … Recorded four tackles and one pass break-up at Toledo … Tallied eight tackles, including one for a loss of 11 yards, against Central Michigan … Had 12 tackles, including one for a loss, versus Michigan … Recorded eight tackles at Miami … Had five tackles, one fumble recovery and one pass break-up against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.
Freshman Year: Played in 11 games, starting eight … Worked in his first college game at Michigan … Had a career-high 17 tackles vs. Florida in the Orange Bowl, including nine unassisted and two for a loss of four yards … Registered three tackles and had one fumble recovery against Rutgers … Named ECAC Rookie of the Week following his first start against Cincinnati when he led the team with eight tackles (seven solo) … Earned ECACHonor Roll honors after returning two interceptions for 81 yards at BostonCollege … Registered four tackles against Pittsburgh … Recorded 10 tackles (seven solo) and one forced fumble at West Virginia … Had eight tackles, one pass break-up and returned an interception 47-yards for a touchdown at Temple … Registered seven tackles (five solo) against Miami … High School: USA Today honorable mention … Named all-state in his junior year and all-area four times … As a senior, scored 10 touchdowns, 316 yards receiving, 45 tackles and three interceptions … Had 35 touchdowns, 1,523 receiving yards and 12 interceptions in his four-year career … Recruited by former SUassistant coach Steve Addazio … Personal: Quentin Hugh Harris … Born January 26, 1977, in Wilkes Barre, Pa. … Son of William Harris and Clinton and Yolanda Harrison … One brother … Majoring in information studies.
| Harris' Career Statistics | |||||||
| Tackles | Assists | Tot. | Int. | Sacks | FF | Fumble Rec. | |
| 1998 | 31 | 18 | 494 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 yds |
| 1999 | 57 | 40 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 yds |
| 2000 | 34 | 21 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-91 yds |
| 2001 | 61 | 65 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2-1 yds |
| Totals | 183 | 144 | 327 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4-92 yds |
