Kevin Harris on CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy Watch List
Carolina Running Back One of 42 on Preseason List
University of South Carolina junior running back Kevin Harris is one of 42 players earning a spot on the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) 2021 preseason watch list for the National Performer of the Year Trophy, it was announced today.
The 2021 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy is a 22-inch K-9 optic crystal tower with eight-inch crystal football on top. All FBS players are eligible for the award.
The 2021 CFPA National Performer of the Year will be announced January 12, 2022.
Harris has been a popular preseason pick heading into the 2021 football season. His previous recognition includes:
- Maxwell Award Watch List
- Doak Walker Award Watch List
- 2nd Team College Football America Yearbook Preseason Dream Team
- Pro Football Network 3rd Team All-America
- Athlon Sports 4th Team All-America
- Athlon Sports 1st Team All-SEC
- USA Today 1st Team All-SEC
- Phil Steele 2nd team All-SEC
- SEC Media 2nd Team All-SEC
Kevin Harris
RB | 5-10 | 220 | JR | 2L
Hinesville, Ga. (Bradwell Institute)
* 2020 First-Team All-SEC (Associated Press)
* 2020 Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches & Phil Steele)
* 2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
* 2019 Strength & Conditioning Award
Junior running back who took the league by storm in 2020, earning All-SEC accolades after leading the SEC in rushing… has appeared in 16 games over his first two seasons, making 10 starts… has 206 career carries for 1,317 yards, 31st on the school’s all-time list… is the school leader in rushing average per carry at 6.4, among those with at least 1,000 career yards… has 19 rushing touchdowns, tying for 10th on the Gamecocks’ all-time list… is one of only two Gamecocks, along with Mike Davis, to own two carries of 75 yards or longer… owns six 100-yard rushing games in his career, including a pair of 200-yard efforts… in 2020, became the first Gamecock to lead the SEC in rushing yards per game (113.8) while logging the fifth-best single-season rushing total in school history (1,138) despite playing in just 10 games, all starts… notched the 11th 1,000-yard rushing season in school history and the first since Mike Davis in 2013… his 113.8-yard average ranks fifth in school history.
