Major Harris

 Quarterback
 Height: 6'1
 Weight: 205
 College: West Virginia
CAREER STATS:
 Career Stats Passing Rushing  
 Year Team G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Int Rtg Rsh Yds Avg TD FM FR
 1999 Steel Valley 14 290 488 59.4 3,799 22 7 93.1 57 362 6.4 1 4 1  
 2000 Duluth 3 37 56 66.1 532 3 3 92.3 8 17 2.1 0 0 0  
  Fargo 11 212 355 59.7 2,696 14 4 91.9 33 34 1.0 1 4 1  
 2001 Lincoln 14 279 414 67.4 3,441 17 6 100.5 46 127 2.8 0 5 1  
 2002 Lincoln 14 246 347 70.9 3,049 17 8 104.5 50 164 3.3 2 2 1  
 2003 Lincoln 14 300 440 68.2 3,180 15 8 92.8 39 210 5.4 0 2 0  
 2004 Lincoln 14 309 464 66.6 3,521 16 6 95.3 43 204 4.7 2 4 0  
 2005 Lincoln 14 169 261 64.8 1,972 10 6 90.7 41 188 4.6 0 8 0  
 2006 Lincoln 14 14 24 58.3 248 1 0 107.6 3 6 2.0 0 0 0  
 2007 Mississippi 14 9 15 60.0 93 0 0 79.3 1 8 8.0 0 0 0  
 2008 Steel Valley 14 53 84 63.1 718 2 1 93.3 12 40 3.3 0 0 0  
 10 Seasons 140 1918 2948 65.1 23,254 117 49 95.5 333 1,360 4.1 6 29 3

PROFILE:

FIFL Experience: Guided the Steel Valley Smash to the Conference Finals in 1999... Harris has been unlucky when it comes to ownership... Traded to Duluth in 2000 in a trade for QB Josh Luedtke... New ownership in Duluth could not get along with the vocal Harris, so he was soon traded to Fargo... At the end of the 2000 season, and with a new owner in Fargo, Harris was once again traded to the dismal Lincoln Lightning franchise. Has averaged 17 touchdowns and 3,200 yards during his first 3 seasons... All-time leading rushing QB with 1,320 yards... One of two QB's with 20,000 career passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards (Monte Christo is the other).

Professional Experience: Drafted in the 12th round by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1990 NFL Draft, but later released...Before the 1990 AFL season, Bob Gries, the son of a Cleveland Browns minority shareholder, purchased the Tampa Bay Storm from the AFL and Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. He immediately went after college-standout Major Harris. Gries offered Harris a contract that would be one of the highest even today, but the West Virginia QB rejected and went to the CFL....Harris played in the CFL in 1990 playing for the B.C. Lions...Harris was 18 of 42 for 300 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions...also ran for 145 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries...Played rookie season of AFL in 1991 for the Columbus Thunderbolts...In 1991, Harris set the AFL record for rushing yards in a single season as he ran for 429 yards...Harris played for Columbus/Cleveland Thunderbolts from 1991-92, and in 1994...In 2001, he was in the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals camp competing with Akili Smith for the quarterback position and last year, he was in several AFL team camps.

College: Played at West Virginia from 1987-1989, earning team MVP each season...Finished third in the Heisman Trophy in 1989 behind QB Andre Ware and RB Anthony Thompson...named to the schools All-Century team...lead the Mountaineers to an 11-0 record in 1988...In 1988, led the Mountaineers to an 11-0 record before losing to Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl...then, in Harris' senior year, they were 8-2-1 before losing to Clemson in the Gator Bowl.

Personal: Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.