'08 KS ATH Chris Harper (Oregon Verbal; transfer to KSU)

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Wichita (KS) Northwest

Ht: 6-foot-2
Wt: 231 lbs
Forty: 4.45 secs

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Football: Harper, the two-sport star, was named to the Greater Wichita Ahletic League All-City Special Teams and All-State Honorable Mention. In his junior season he received passes for over 600 yards and returned three kickoffs for touchdowns.

Harper runs a 4.45 forty-yard dash time.

Coach Weston Schartz says of Harper, "Chris is a special young man. I have coached for a long time around Wichita, Kansas and this is the most athletic player I have ever coached. Chris is just an amazing kid to coach he works hard and leads by example."

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Played previously at Wichita Collegiate before moving to Northwest. Was named the most valuable player of the class 6A basketball tournament in his sophomore season.

Rated the #2 player in Kansas by Rivals.
Rated the #26 ATH in the country by Rivals.

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7/10

From the Mizzou site...talks at length about his visit to Missouri. Likes Missouri because they are recruiting him to play QB. Due to visit ND and Michigan this week and Florida and LSU next week.

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7/13

From the ND site...talks about his unofficial to ND, who is not talking QB, although he says that won't be a huge factor. Mentions having offers from the likes of Nebraska, Texas A&M, Cal, Kansas State, Kansas, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma State and thinks ND is close to offering.

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7/16

From the ND site...talks about his visit to South Bend last week...the ND staff has told him they are close to offering.

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7/25

From the K-State site. Harper lists a top five which includes Kansas State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Michigan, and Illinois and talks about each one.

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8/13

From the ND site...recently made unofficial visits to Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and others. No top 5 but is still talking to ND.

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8/14

By Crabtree...Notre Dame has officially offered.

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8/20

From the Kansas site...will be at KU for their home opener. KU wants him as a WR. Claims no favorites but discusses his interest in KSU and ND.

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8/20

From the ND site...a bit misleading title...he does not claim a favorite school but instead claims a favorite position...quarterback. ND has not told him where they want him as of now.

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Scout.com: Lots of Options

By Allen Wallace
National Recruiting Editor
Posted Aug 29, 2007

Although Chris Harper denies a leader, he says he's close to setting up an official visit to Notre Dame, which he says offered him about three weeks ago. "I've been talking to them recently about setting up a trip," he said. "The coaching staff says that I'd have a chance to get on the field early. They see me as an athlete and say that I'm the kind of player that gives them a lot of options..."

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Kansas.com | 09/01/2007 | Northwest runs over Kapaun Mount Carmel

Posted on Sat, Sep. 01, 2007

BY JOANNA CHADWICK
The Wichita Eagle

Kapaun Mount Carmel coach Dan Adelhardt knows that when he and his coaching staff watches video from Friday's season opener at Northwest, they'll see their defensive players in perfect position to stop Northwest. Which will only make the Crusaders' poor tackling even more glaringly obvious.

They'll see how Kapaun let Northwest quarterback Chris Harper and running backs Demarcus Robinson and TJ Shine slip through tackles and bounce off defenders for big gains.

"We didn't tackle real well. We have to tackle. Football is simple -- blocking and tackling." Adelhardt said.

Kapaun failed to stop Northwest's running game, which had 447 rushing yards in a 42-20 season-opening victory.

Harper finished with 190 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 15 carries, while Robinson, a sophomore, had 164 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. Shine added 70 yards and one score on nine carries, and fullback Sam Bautista had 23.

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9/4

From the KU site...talks about his team's opening win. Made an unofficial to Kansas for their win against CMU on Saturday.

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9/7

From the ND site. Harper has set up an official visit to Notre Dame for the Michigan State game. Notre Dame and Cal are recruiting him as an ATH, while the others are recruiting him as a QB.

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Kansas.com | 09/08/2007 | Northwest hammers Southeast

Northwest hammers Southeast
BY LEVI WOLTERS
Wichita Eagle correspondent

It was projected to be a showcase of offensive juggernauts.

Northwest and Southeast combined to score 90 points last week, so the meeting between the two Friday night at Northwest was supposedly a surefire shootout.

Problem was, only one team fired.

Hoping Southeast would stack eight or more defenders against the run, Grizzlies coach Weston Schartz told his quarterback, Chris Harper, he was going to test his arm.

The senior was on target, completing 6 of 8 passes for 91 yards and a touchdown as Northwest cruised to a 30-8 victory.

"Chris has worked hard all summer improving his throw," Schartz said."... Yes, Chris can throw. I mean, Chris Harper is Chris Harper."

Harper's ability to get himself out of jams was remarkable.

Early in the third quarter, with Northwest at the Southeast 31, Harper was flushed from the pocket. He danced and dodged, ending up all the way back at the Northwest 49 where he was sacked.

On the next play, Harper threw a perfect lob to Nic Farrar, who was tackled at the 1.

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9/10

From the KSU site...talks about being at the KSU game and talks about how difficult the process has been for him. Going to ND in two weeks and then likely to Cal.

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Kansas.com | 09/21/2007 | Northwest builds up to big win over South

Highly touted Northwest quarterback Chris Harper was held in check, for the most part.

Though his numbers were low, he managed to find the end zone once on a short run in the first half and again on an interception return in the game's final minute.

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9/25

By Crabtree...talks about the visit he and his mother made to South Bend last weekend and says the 0-4 start doesn't bother him.