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Murray State junior Pokey Harris earned consensus All-America status on Monday, when he was named to the 2015 College Sporting News Fabulous Fifty FCS All-America Team as a kick returner. Harris has now been named to four of the seven widely recognized FCA All-American teams, with the Phil Steele team remaining as the only unannounced awards.
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Harris was the top returner in FCS this season, taking back a nation-leading three kick-off returns for touchdowns and finishing seventh in the nation in yards per return at 28.8, both of which also led the OVC. In addition, Harris finished 2014 second in the OVC and 23rd in the country in all-purpose yards at 138.4 per game and first in the OVC and eighth in all of the FCS in total return yards at 920.
The Winchester, Kentucky native made history Eastern Illinois when he became the first Racer ever to return a kick-off 100 yards for a touchdown. One week later he repeated the feat at EKU, becoming the third-ever OVC player with two 100-yard returns for a touchdown and the first-ever to do it in consecutive games.
Harris earned consensus All-American status by previously being named to teams by the FCS Athletic Directors Association, the Sports Network and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. While he was not named to the Associated Press and American Football Coaches Association, being named to four of the seven major teams was enough to earn him the honor, with one still to be named.
In addition to those teams, he was also named to the Beyond Sports Network team, the College Sports Madness team and College Football Performance Awards teams.
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