Nyck Harbor

2025 Steve Spurrier Most Valuable Player – Offense
2025 SEC Community Service Team
2025 Community Service Award
2025 Most Improved – Offense
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Wide receiver who has spent three seasons in Columbia… has all the measurables, notably his world-class speed… appeared in 36 of 37 games with 24 starts over the past three seasons… owns 68 catches for 1,189 yards and 10 touchdowns… posted a pair of 100-yard receiving games… ranks fourth in school history in career yards per reception at 17.5… has also been a member of the South Carolina track & field team as a sprinter, but did not compete in 2025 to focus on football… was invited to the 2024 USA Track & Field Olympic trials… is the only player to be ranked No. 1 on Bruce Feldman’s annual “Freaks List” two years in a row.

2025 (Junior)
Junior wide receiver who put together his best season to date… recognized following the season as the Steve Spurrier Most Valuable Player for Offense… was also the choice for the Community Service Award and was the Gamecocks’ representative on the SEC’s Community Service team… started all 11 games in which he played, missing the Coastal Carolina game due to injury… caught 30 passes, second on the squad, for a team-leading 618 yards with a team-high six receiving touchdowns… his 20.6-yards per reception ranks third in school history… a big-play threat, had 11 receptions of 20+ yards including five of 47 yards or more that all went for touchdowns… had 99 yards on just three catches in the season-opener against Virginia Tech, including a 64-yard score… finished the season with back-to-back 100-yard receiving days – the first of his career – against Texas A&M (102) and Clemson (a career-high 115 yards on a career-high six catches)… had an 80-yard score against the Aggies and a 53-yard TD catch against the Tigers… logged a TD catch in each of his last five games.

2024 (Sophomore)
Second-year wide receiver who showed solid improvement as he continued to learn the position and gain experience… played in all 13 games making eight starts… took the most snaps (627) of any of the wide receivers on the squad… ranked fourth on the team with 26 catches for 376 yards, the team’s second-highest total, with three touchdowns… became more of a threat as the season progressed, catching 15 passes for 272 yards and two scores over the final five games… season bests were 69 yards on two catches against Missouri and four receptions for 61 yards in the Citrus Bowl against Illinois… had TD catches against Alabama, Missouri and Wofford… did not participate in spring drills as he competed with the Carolina track & field team… finished fifth at the SEC indoor track & field championships with a 20.87 clocking in the 200 meters and posted a 6.73-second 60 meter dash to place eighth… recorded best times during the outdoor season of 10.11 in the 100m dash and 20.20 in the 200, earning second-team All-America honors in both events… earned co-SEC Freshman of the Week accolades after posting the third-fastest 100 meters in school history… earned a spot on the CSC Academic All-District team and was named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll… named No. 1 on Bruce Feldman’s “Freaks List” for the second-straight year.

2023 (Freshman)
True freshman who joined the team in the summer and saw his playing time increase as the season progressed… played in all 12 games, starting the final five… Caught a dozen passes for 195 yards, an average of 16.3 yards per catch, with one touchdown… also rushed twice for 10 yards… his touchdown came from seven-yards out against Furman on his first career pass reception… best game came at Texas A&M when he set season highs with six receptions for 59 yards… longest reception went for 45 yards against Florida… ranked No. 1 on Bruce Feldman’s annual preseason “Freaks List”… named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-sport athlete at Archbishop Carroll High School in the nation’s capital… graduated in 2023… played both tight end and defensive end and doubled as sprinter on the track… was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in the District of Columbia, a two-time DSCAA Football Class AA Player of the Year and a two-time all-conference honoree… named the co-Defensive Player of the Year in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Metro Division as a senior… offensively, he caught 15 passes for 439 yards and five touchdowns while helping the Lions to a conference championship and an appearance in the state semifinals with a 10-3 mark in 2022… recorded 45 tackles including 16.5 tackles for loss with 5.5 sacks on defense, also forcing five fumbles and blocking two punts… as a junior in 2021, he caught 16 passes for 290 yards and five scores and racked up 17 sacks, six forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and two blocked punts… the Lions went 13-1 and captured the DSCAA state championship at Class AA in 2021… coached by Robert Harris… participated in the Under Armour All-America Game following the season… was a two-time Gatorade Boys Track & Field Player of the Year in the District of Columbia (2021-22)… swept the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the 2021 and 2022 state meet, and is the state record-holder in both events… 247Sports Composite ranks him as the best player in D.C., the top “athlete” in the country and No. 19 in the nation overall… rated the top player in the District of Columbia, the No. 1-rated “athlete” in the country and No. 19 overall in the On3Consensus… Rivals considers him the top player in D.C., the No. 1 tight end in the country and the 26th-best player overall… ranked as the top player in the nation’s capital, the No. 1 “athlete” in the country and No. 39 overall on the ESPN300.

PERSONAL
Nyckoles N. Harbor was born July 5, 2005… is a public health major… father, Azuka Jeanard Harbor, played soccer for the United States men’s national team.