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From Allen Wallace, Chris discusses his visit to ND, his visit to Nebraska, his upcoming visit to Illinois and his consideration of visiting California, Missouri, and Kansas State.
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09-27-2007, 11:26 AM
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Scout.com: Mr. Versatility
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By Allen Wallace
National Recruiting Editor
Posted Sep 27, 2007
"My Notre Dame trip was real good," Chris Harper said. "I liked the game day atmosphere a lot and the student section is great. Even though they lost the game they all stayed until after the game and sang the fight song with the team. I loved all the chanting and singing and stuff they did. They really support the team..." Harper says that he didn't have one player host, but instead...
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10-03-2007, 09:20 AM
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From the ND site...update on Harper's feelings about ND, post-Jones transfer. Visited Illinois this past weekend and has visits scheduled to Mizzou this weekend and Cal in the near future.
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10-26-2007, 11:15 AM
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10/25
From the Mizzou site...hearing the most from Missouri, Illinois, Notre Dame, California, Kansas State and Oregon. Miami (FL) was also in to his school. Talks about his officials to ND and Illinois and will make a visit to Missouri on 12/7.
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11-07-2007, 11:20 AM
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11/7
From O&B News...still looking at California, Notre Dame, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas State and Oregon with no leader (all offered except the Ducks).
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11-08-2007, 02:16 PM
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11/8
From the Missouri site...recaps his senior season and says he has moved up his Missouri visit to this weekend.
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11-19-2007, 09:57 AM
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11/18
From the KSU site...gives a thorough account of his visit to Manhattan, KS this past weekend.
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11-26-2007, 03:16 PM
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11/26
From the Missouri site...talks about taking some time off after the end of his season and is now ready to focus on recruiting. Only talking to Oregon, Illinois, Notre Dame, Missouri and Kansas State and likely to announce on 12/17 (same day as Arthur Brown).
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11-28-2007, 11:27 AM
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Scout.com: Final Trip
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By Allen Wallace
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Posted Nov 28, 2007
Chrus Harper is taking his final official visit this weekend (Nov. 30), when he visits Oregon. "They actually just offered me earlier this month," Harper said. "They run a spread offense and want a quarterback that can run. They are looking to replace Dennis Dixon and I'm a similar style quarterback. They really fell down hard once he went down. He was a Heisman Trophy candidate..."
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12-17-2007, 11:15 AM
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12/17
By Powers...says he has not decided between Illinois, Kansas State, Notre Dame, Oregon and Missouri. Will announce tomorrow at 3:30 CST.
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12-17-2007, 06:02 PM
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Scout.com: Harper Picks Kansas State
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By Greg Powers
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Posted Dec 17, 2007
Kansas athlete Chris Harper was very methodical when trimming down his list to mostly include schools that were going to give him the chance to play quarterback, but when it came down to it he just felt the most comfortable at Kansas State...
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12-18-2007, 02:54 PM
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CJOnline - Northwest's Harper picks K-State
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The Capital-Journal
Published Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The state's highest-ranked football recruits made their college commitments Monday afternoon, one of them selecting Kansas State.
Wichita Northwest's Chris Harper chose the Wildcats over Notre Dame, Oregon, Missouri and Illinois, pulling a Kansas State hat out of a bag from underneath the podium at a press conference at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Harper, a four-star recruit and the No. 2 ranked prospect in Kansas by Rivals.com, will play quarterback at Kansas State after amassing more than 1,500 total yards and 19 touchdowns his senior season.
"I went with my gut on this," Harper said at the press conference. "It was hard to turn down the other schools because of their academics. (But staying close to home) became a bigger factor than what I thought it would be."
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12-18-2007, 07:45 PM
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12/18
By G. Powers.
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In front of a home-town crowd Chris Harper announced that he was going to sign a letter of intent with the Kansas State Wildcats as the crowd erupted with applause. Scout.com was on hand to cover the event and provides pictures, press conference video, and a video interview to show how it all went down.
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12-24-2007, 02:43 PM
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Chris decommitted from Kansas State after Coach Franklin left. He is going to reconsider Kansas State, Illinois, Missouri, Notre Dame and Oregon.
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12-31-2007, 07:45 AM
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Kansas.com | 12/28/2007 | Harper right to renege
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Chris Harper is a heavily-recruited high school football player, wooed by colleges from east to west.
It was the personal relationship he struck up with James Franklin, though, that won him over and spurred him to commit to Kansas State, where Franklin was the offensive coordinator.
Harper, a strapping quarterback from Northwest, felt good about his Dec. 17 announcement though there were other schools he thought fit his academic pursuits -- he wants to be a broadcaster -- better.
"We had a connection right off the bat," Harper said of his relationship with Franklin, who joined Ron Prince's staff at K-State shortly after Prince was hired two years ago. "Some people you just connect with and Coach Franklin was one of those people for me. He really put me over the top for Kansas State."
So imagine Harper's surprise when, just a few days after his commitment to K-State, Franklin announced he was leaving to become the assistant head coach at Maryland.
Merry Christmas.
Harper knew Franklin was being pursued by some schools, including Maryland. But he didn't expect him to leave K-State; otherwise he wouldn't have committed to the Wildcats.
Franklin's departure created an awkward situation for Harper, who has told K-State he's re-opening the recruiting process.
It brings to mind an age-old argument about recruiting: Should an athlete pick a school because of the school, or because of the people at the school?
The school, after all, will always be there. People come and go.
"I was under the impression that (Franklin) was going to be at Kansas State," Harper said. "So when I found out he was leaving I was surprised and a little mad. But I understood why. Anybody in his position would have taken that job."
Harper said he talked to Prince on Saturday, after learning about Franklin's departure, and told the K-State coach he was taking back his commitment.
"I'm still listening to what Kansas State has to say," Harper said. "But I've been around that program for so long, there's not really much new they can say."
Harper admitted Oregon has moved up to his top choice, although he's not going to be making any more commitments. People will know where he's going to college when he signs a national letter of intent in early February.
Missouri, Illinois and Notre Dame are still on Harper's radar, he said. And so is -- drum roll, please -- Maryland.
"I would say about 75 percent of Chris' decision to go to K-State was based on Coach Franklin," said LeDale Harper, Chris' father. "He's like family to us. Not only has he talked extensively with all of us here, but we have people in New York and he's talked to them. I have a sister in Washington, D.C., and he talked to her. He spent two years recruiting Chris and building that."
So is this Maryland thing to be taken seriously?
Harper won't say much, except that he's considering taking an self-paid visit to College Park to look around.
"It's kind of a wait-and-see thing," Harper said. "The only thing would be trying to get a feel for the head coach (Ralph Friedgen).
"For me, it would be dumb not to at least take a look at see what they have to offer."
Harper is adamant about at least getting an opportunity to play quarterback wherever he ends up and all of the schools, with the exception of Notre Dame, have assured him he'll get that chance.
Franklin did the best job of convincing Harper, and his family, of that and a lot of other things.
"From what we've seen," LeDale Harper said, "in recruiting you sometimes don't know where to separate what's really salesmanship and what's really genuine. I believe Coach Franklin was genuine, otherwise I would have had him leave Chris alone a while back."
Harper committed to Kansas State mostly because of Franklin and admits such.
Is he a bad guy now for backing out of his commitment?
No more so than Franklin is a bad guy for taking another job.
Two guys made decisions they think will better their lives. How do you begrudge them that?
Harper picked a man, not a school. And the man up and moved.
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