Jacory Harris

Jacory Sherrod Harris (born May 12, 1990) is a former Canadian football quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and a current firefighter in Miami for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.

Harris started for Miami Northwestern High School during his last two years; he was unbeaten (30-0) and led the team to two state championships.

He became the starting quarterback for the Northwestern Bulls football team as a junior in 2006.

That year, he would lead Northwestern to an undefeated season and its third state championship while completing 275-of-425 passes for 3,542 yards, 35 touchdowns, and six interceptions.

In his senior year, Harris broke the state record for passing touchdowns and won the 2007 High School Football National Championship.

He was named Florida's Mr. Football.

As a senior in 2007, under his leadership, the team went on to another undefeated season and state title, as well as the high school football national championship.

During his senior year, he completed 222-of-333 attempts (67% completion rate) for 3,445 yards, with 49 touchdowns and only six interceptions.

In total, Harris finished with a 30-0 record as a starting quarterback in high school.

Harris was awarded a Class 6A first-team all-state selection, the Mr. Football Award (Florida), and Class 6A Player of the Year.

Harris attended the 2007 Elite 11 football camp and was ranked as the seventh best pocket-passer quarterback in the nation.

Harris chose to attend the University of Miami, where he competed for the starting quarterback position with former Mr. Florida award winner Robert Marve for the Miami Hurricanes.

Harris and Marve split time as starters, with Marve starting 11 of 13 games.

During his freshman year of college in 2008 with the Miami Hurricanes, he split time with Robert Marve in a two-quarterback system.

After the Emerald Bowl in late December, Marve transferred to Purdue, effectively making Harris the undisputed starter for the rest of his career as a Hurricane.

During the 2008 season, Harris led Miami on two comeback drives against Duke and Virginia.

Harris finished the season with 1,195 yards, 12 touchdowns, and seven interceptions as the Hurricanes wound up 7-6.

Marve subsequently transferred out of Miami, leaving Harris the full-time starter heading into the 2009 season.

In a July 31, 2009, interview with Dan Le Batard, Harris told the world that he will pick up his Heisman Trophy wearing a pink suit and with a "pimp cup" in hand.

He also earned himself a new nickname in this interview: Afro Butterfly.

In the second game of the 2009 season versus the Yellow Jackets at home, Harris completed 20-of-25 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns—and the 20th-ranked Hurricanes snapped a four-game losing streak against #14 Georgia Tech with a 33-17 victory on September 17, 2009.

In the third game of the season against conference rival Virginia Tech, Harris struggled, throwing for nine completions out of 25 passing attempts, 150 yards, and no touchdowns in a 31-7 loss.

The Hurricanes were #9 headed into the game, but dropped to #17 in the polls.

In the fourth game versus the highly favored Oklahoma Sooners, Harris started the game off throwing two interceptions, then finished 19-for-28 with 202 yards passing and three touchdowns.

The 21-20 win brought Miami back up to #11 in the polls.

In the fifth game versus Florida A&M on October 10, Harris went 16-for-24 passing for 217 yards and two touchdowns in a 48-16 win.

The Hurricanes moved back up to #9 in the AP Poll.

In the sixth game of the season, Harris threw for 293 yards and a touchdown.

The Miami Hurricanes went on to beat the UCF Knights, 27-7.

Miami moved up one spot in the AP Poll.

In a losing effort in overtime versus the Clemson Tigers, Harris put up 256 passing yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions.

In overtime, after a 20-yard Graig Cooper run, Harris and the Hurricane offense failed to push in the possible game-winning touchdown.

The Hurricanes lost 40-37.

The loss also put Miami down to #19 in the AP Poll and out of the BCS Standings.

In an ACC matchup against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Harris went 22-for-44, 330 yards passing, three touchdowns, and one pick.

He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in May 2012.

Harris attended Miami Northwestern High School, located in Liberty City, Miami, Florida.

On a key 4th-and-16 on the Hurricanes final game-winning drive, Harris found Aldarius Johnson on a finger-tip catch which kept the drive alive.

During the first game of his sophomore season against #18 Florida State, Harris went 21-of-34 for 386 passing yards (a career-high and 10th highest in school history) with two touchdowns and also ran for a score in Miami's 38-34 upset road victory.

Harris managed just 122 of his 386 passing yards after a tough hit from FSU's blitzing cornerback Greg Reid with 11:45 left to play, which left his right arm numb until the next drive.