Chris Harper

Height:
6-1
Weight:
234
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wichita, Kan.
High School:
Oregon

CAREER: An athletic wide receiver who has been a big-time playmaker since transferring from Oregon... Started 32 of his 39 career games at K-State, including a streak of 17 straight to end his career.

2012 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): A Second Team All-Big 12 performer by the league’s coaches and earned honorable mention honors from the Associated Press... Also earned Third Team All-Big 12 accolades from Phil Steele... Finished the 2012 regular season tied for seventh in school history with 12 receiving touchdowns, while he was ninth in career receptions with 115 and 10th in career yards at 1,663… Hauled in three passes for 28 yards and a touchdown in the season opener against Missouri State… Caught five passes for 78 yards against North Texas… Led the team with four receptions against Kansas for 69 yards and made another four catches for 51 yards against Iowa State… Carded 96 receiving yards and one touchdown while tying his career high with six catches at West Virginia… Narrowly missed a 100-yard game against Texas Tech with 99 yards on five receptions… Led team with 89 receiving yards against Oklahoma State on five catches… Hauled in a 62-yard reception at TCU; Carded 11 catches - the seventh most in school history - for 123 yards and a touchdown against Baylor.

2011 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Led the team in receptions (40), receiving yards (547) and touchdown receptions (5)... Began the season with four catches for 61 yards, including a 33-yard game-winning touchdown... Caught three passes for 24 yards and a touchdown against No. 15 Baylor... Hauled in a three-yard touchdown on a fade pattern at Texas Tech... Carded a career-high 134 yards on four catches against Texas A&M, including a career-long 53-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter, the longest by a Wildcat in 16 games... His 134 yards were the most since 2009... Recorded two receptions for 27 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown, at Texas.

2010 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games, starting seven... Totaled 25 catches for 330 yards and four touchdowns... Caught five passes against Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl... Had his best game as a Wildcat at Colorado as he caught four passes for a K-State career-high 74 yards and one touchdown... Also had a season-long reception of 38 yards against the Buffaloes, bettering a 35-yard catch at Kansas... Tied his season high in catches at Colorado that he originally set at Baylor... Previous season high in receiving yards was 56 at Baylor... Was on the receiving end of a seven-yard touchdown pass at North Texas with five seconds remaining in the first half, while he also had a 29-yard rush against the Mean Green... Hauled in his first touchdown as a Wildcat against Nebraska.

2009: Redshirted after transferring from Oregon.

2008 (Oregon): Became Oregon's first player in eight years to run, pass and catch a touchdown in the same season... Converted from quarterback to wide receiver after the first five games, catching two passes for 25 yards and a touchdown against UCLA in his first game of full-time duty at the position... Oregon's fifth-leading rusher and receiver ran for a season-high 60 yards and one TD in his collegiate debut vs. Washington and caught five passes for 85 yards and another score at Arizona State... His 62-yard touchdown catch against the Sun Devils proved to be the team's seventh-longest offensive scoring play of the season... Enjoyed his best day as a passer by completing 4-of-6 passes for 40 yards and one touchdown vs. Utah State... Replaced injured QB Justin Roper in overtime at Purdue and engineered the winning scoring drive.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a PrepStar All-American and Rivals.com four-star recruit... Ranked the second-best overall prospect in the state of Kansas and the No. 14 player in the country at his position... Ranked 97th on the ESPN 150 ledger among all prep seniors... Completed 55 percent of his passes while accumulating 761 yards and eight passing touchdowns... Also rushed for 506 yards and 10 scores his senior year for the Grizzlies, who ended the year with a 7-3 record and advanced the first round of the state playoffs... Passed for nearly 500 yards ran for 1,000 yards in 2006, combining for 20 total TDs... Led Northwest to the Class 6A state basketball title as a sophomore... Ran for more than 1,000 yards as a prep freshman running back at Collegiate High School before transferring to Northwest for his final three seasons.

PERSONAL: Christopher Deon Harper was born Sept. 10, 1989, in Wichita, Kan... Son of William Jr. and Paula Harper... Has one brother, William Harper III... Has graduated with a degree in communications.