For the fifth time this postseason, Pokey Harris has been named as a first-team All-American, this time by the Sports Network. The media outlet, which provides comprehensive FCS coverage throughout the season and sponsors the major FCS postseason awards, named Harris as its first choice for kick returner on Tuesday.
Harris was the top returner in FCS this season, taking back a nation-leading three kick-off returns for touchdowns and finishing seventh in the nation in yards per return at 28.8, both of which also led the OVC. In addition, Harris finished 2014 second in the OVC and 23rd in the country in all-purpose yards at 138.4 per game and first in the OVC and eighth in all of the FCS in total return yards at 920.
The Winchester, Kentucky native made history Eastern Illinois when he became the first Racer ever to return a kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown. One week later he repeated the feat at EKU, becoming the third-ever OVC player with two 100-yard returns for a touchdown and the first-ever to do it in consecutive games.
Prior to Tuesday, Harris had been named to four other All-Americans teams. Previously he had earned first-team honors from the FCS Athletic Directors Association, the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Beyond Sports Network and College Sports Madness.
Harris is well on his way to consensus All-American status having now been named to three of the seven major All-American teams. The post-season awards will wrap up in January with the Phil Steele teams in the early part of the month and the College Sporting News teams following the FCS Championship game on Jan. 10.
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