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Nick Harwell

Position Wide Receiver
Height 6'1''
Weight 193 lbs.
Class Senior
Hometown Missouri City, Texas
High School Elkins HS
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Career Honors: 2013: Show Team Offensive Player of the Year. 2012: Second Team All-MAC. 2011: First Team All-MAC… Sports Illustrated honorable mention All-American… Biletnikoff Award Watch List. 2010: Second Team All-MAC… MAC East Offensive Player of the Week (at Bowling Green) and (at Buffalo).

2013 (Sr.): Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules… Earned Show Team Offensive Player of the Year honors.

2012 (Jr. at Miami): Second on the team with 68 receptions and first with 870 receiving yards… Led the MAC with 7.6 receptions per game and 96.7 receiving yards per game… Finished the season ranked 13th in the NCAA in receptions per game and 14th in receiving yards per game… Tied with Martin Nance for the most 100-yard receiving games in Miami history with 15… Recorded 122 receiving yards on 10 catches against Kent State, including a 12-yard touchdown catch… Caught 10 receptions for 62 yards and three touchdowns against Buffalo… Totaled 136 yards on eight catches against Ohio, including a 50-yard touchdown reception… Caught eight passes for 120 yards at Ohio State, including grabs of 42 and 44 yards, the latter a touchdown… Earned Second Team All-Mid-American Conference honors.

2011 (So. At Miami): Played in 11 games, picking up 10 starts… Named as an honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated… Earned first team All-MAC honors and was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List… Caught a Miami-record 97 passes for 1,425 yards and nine touchdowns… Broke the Miami single-game receptions and receiving yards records against Temple (Nov. 9) with 15 catches for 229 yards and two touchdowns… Finished the season ranked third in the NCAA in receiving yards per game (129.5) and fourth in receiving yards (1,425).

2010 (Fr. at Miami): Over a span of his last nine games of the season, the freshman was one of the nation’s premier receivers, catching 62 passes (6.9 rpg) for 856 yards (95.1 ypg)… Season totals included 64 catches for 871 yards, which ranked ninth among MAC receivers and T-69th nationally… His 11 catches for 219 yards vs. Ohio was Miami’s single-game record for yardage… Earned second-team All-MAC honors in 2010 and twice was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week: at Bowling Green (10 catches for 125 yards, one TD) and at Buffalo (8 for 97 yards, two TDs)… Tallied seven catches for 86 yards and one TD in Miami’s bowl-game victory over Middle Tennessee State.

High School: Recorded 50 receptions for 690 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior… Hauled in 36 catches for 490 receiving yards and seven TDs during his junior season… Caught eight passes for 87 yards and one touchdown in the 2008 Bayou Bowl, both Bayou Bowl records… Also played in the Space City Classic… Played for coach was Robert Crivellari at Elkins High School.

Personal: Son of William and Carla Harwell.