Darius Harper Season 2019

CAREER HONORS
• 2020 Honorable Mention All-American Athletic Conference

2020: An Honorable Mention All-AAC honoree at tackle started 10 games for UC in 2020 ... helped bookend an offensive line which was tabbed as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award ... UC averaged an AAC-best 5.6 yards per carry this season and ran for 212.4 yards per game on the ground ... UC allowed an AAC low nine sacks during the regular season ... earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in April 2020.

2019: Played in all 14 games, earning eight starts at tackle ... made his first career start and recorded a tackle against UCF ... helped UC rank in the top half of the AAC in rushing offense as Michael Warren II became the first UC back to run for 1,000 or more yards in back-to-back seasons since 2010-11 ... team closed the 2019 season with an American Athletic Conference East Division Championship, win in the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl and the No. 21 spot in all three major polls (Associated Press, USA Today, College Football Playoff) ... named to the 2019 AAC All-Academic Team.

2018: Played in two games, making his UC debut against Alabama A&M and playing the second half at UConn.

Transferred to UC prior to the 2018 season after playing two years of basketball at Miami (OH).

PRIOR TO UC: Played in 36 games on the hardwood for the RedHawks ... three-star OT prospect who ranked as the No. 32 player in Ohio for the class of 2016 ... averaged 2.5 ppg and 1.9 RPG ... SPRINGFIELD HS: Two-year varsity starter at offensive tackle for Coach Maurice Douglass ... four-year basketball letterwinner at center ... named to Ohio District All-Star Team after helping lead team to District Championship in 2015 ... named Second-Team All-GWOC in 2016 ... averaged 10.4 ppg, 8.2 rpg and 1.8 bpg as junior.