I saw mention of him in Andy Bitter's article on Running Back depth.
I googled and found out he played at ASA Jr College for a year and then had signed a letter of intent to UMASS.
So, I searched the UMASS roster and he wasn't on it.
href="http://247sports.com/Article/UMass-Rounds-Out-2014-Class-29063763" target="_blank">http://247sports.com/Article/UMass-Rounds-Out-2014-Class-29063763
"Recruited heavily out of high school in 2012 by the likes of Michigan, Penn State, Georgia and others, he is one of most highly-touted recruits – if not the most highly-touted – to ever come to UMass.
At 6-foot-1, 230 pounds and with the requisite speed and athleticism that comes with being a 4-star prospect, Harris is someone fans can get excited about. He's classified as a sophomore and will be in the conversation to start at running back from day one."
Then I found this:
http://umass.247sports.com/Article/Report-Drew-Harris-Leaves-Program-30389645
Looks like he joined UMASS in July 2014 and was gone by mid-August 2014. No sign of him since....
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Here's an example of why we need to get to kids earlier in life, and not just those kids who play sports. He did choose the right school, you got to give him that. If he had made it to Tech, he might have been a contender. Wish him the best in whatever he does.
Not at UMass....
So maybe he's still available?
Combing the desert for Drew Harris' arrival at VT...
I hereby nominate this gif as the official TKP gif and reply of Drew Harris and Stephen Curry comments. Does anyone else agree?
But dude Alum just think if Steph woulda come here! Think about it man! Damnit Weaveberg!
He is coming in the fall once he is academically qualified, duh!
Fall of 2035 I heard.
Him and Todd Nolen are coming in this summer......
ahh yes, Todd Nolen.... VT's next greatest receiver!
He's just around the riverbend!!
with all the good RBs on VT's roster and more coming in the summer, I have long moved on from Drew.
What is he like 30 now?? I kid I kid....Sad that he didn't pan out in a time when we really needed a workhorse running back. Him not getting here really hurt us in the that department. However, since he's not at another school tearing it up and it's been a few years, I'm not too sad about it. Hope he finds what he's looking for and on that note.....maybe he's right there with U2......
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No way man. You need to read more about his situation. I wish he found another school and was tearing it up. Harris was phucked over by his high school and the NCAA clearinghouse. Total bullshit that derailed what may have been a great career.
Sadly he spent so much time and effort trying to work through the bullshit that he probably didn't have the heart for football anymore.
I remembered the last time we all talked about this, you or someone else was talking about how he really had a tough road to hoe because of some admin bull crap with the clearinghouse and his high school.
Glad you brought that back up. I think all in all it was a really unfortunate situation.
I thought the admin bullshit was requesting the wrong paperwork and transcripts and then trying to fix it all in the 11th hour?
That whole situation seemed to me to be miscommunication and bad handling of paperwork between all parties involved and trying to fix everything last minute. He didn't qualify academically the first time, barely did after going to Fork Union, then went to a JUCO. It probably also didn't help that he reopened his recruitment every 5 minutes.
It seemed like all the pinging around got the whole mess more complex than most transfers and things needed to be stayed on top of more than usual which wasn't done.
from his dad:
They have been given bad advice after bad advice and have been trying to make up for it and keep getting caught. The NCAA clearinghouse and it's dumbassery helps no one.
Article is here: http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-05-08/sports/dp-spt-tech-drew-harris...
it also speculates on VT's interest waning when FSU offered and he took notice of it. But in terms of his academic issues it really bothers me. I am all for kids needing to reach a certain level academically to play, but I hate that the clearinghouse has arbitrary timelines for making it's decisions that hurt kids trying to understand what to do. I hate that kids can't use the NCAA as a resource to verify what they should be doing will work, rather than only getting after the fact judgments. The Harris' made some bad decisions and they are to blame for those decisions but in the end the one that gets hurt is a young kid trying to get a leg up.
Anyway, all the best to him.
Ah, that might have been one of them I was thinking of. It was just the general thread was that the clearinghouse was mostly to blame. He basically ran into the academic clusterfuck anyone who transfers schools a lot does which was probably compounded because he might not have been able to test out of anything.
But they made a lot of bad decisions and they have to face the consequences. Sure the kid gets hurt a little but it's not really that much different than if I had terrible grades in High School and had to go to a community college for a few years and botched my final transcripts. The only difference between his situation and many others' is that he would have played football.
Nope. Believe me.... the only fucking over he received was from his "parents". I know personally that he never completed many of his courses in high school. I doubt he did after either, given his upbringing.
So you're saying he would have been better suited at UNC?
similar to what I heard. something about his dad thinking he knew better than what the VT coaches had been telling him in regards to him qualifying.
wow, that would suck. Never read anything about that, but either way I hope he finally finds success wherever he ends up
He enrolled this week and is majoring in Sasquatch migratory habits
You can get a PHd in that at UNC
He wanted to be a Hokie, so I support him whatever he does.
First time I read that I was like 1,230 pounds?!? He could wear a 4 digit number on his jersey. He must have the biggest leg muscles in the world to be able run at that weight.
Then I realized the space (1, 230) and was like ahhhhhh, that makes more sense. Still a pretty big back.
at 1,230 lbs he would probably have his own zip code
That big and he'd have his own gravitational pull.
Well technically everything has its own gravitational pull... What? Why are you glaring at me?... I'll see myself out...
Yeah, I can only see this going well if I say it to my wife.
I'll try it tonight and report back.
Been nice knowing you.
Best of luck and may your death be quick and painless
Science, it will get after ya!
this has me dying!!! the guys on the 3rd floor like they are going to catch it!!
Well hell, what'd you expect from a sociology major?
Ran into Drew the other day....
He was six-foot-one and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Was he a Man at Work?
Perhaps Drew Harris is no one at all.
We've been catfished!
Whatever happened to Drew Harris...
Drew Harris is enrolled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - they are Division 2
http://www.iupathletics.com/news/2015/2/4/FB_0204155650.aspx
Indiania U of PA isn't too far from me, went there to take my GREs.
Also, I read that link as "I U Pathetics"
what are you trying to say about people that hang out on a VT sports blog feverishly refreshing in the hopes of something interesting being posted to sustain us in the cold dark months of the off season?
I'm saying I'm one of them.
Out of curiosity, how were the GRE's? I almost took them before it came to my attention that ODU prefers the GMAT.
In my experience, not bad at all. Helps to be a good test-taker, but as long as you cram for a few weeks prior to taking them you should be fine. I took them at the end of winter break last year and it worked perfectly for me.
So easy. I had to take them for PSU Engineering, did well in all respects. Writing section was easy with a simple lookup online of what a top scoring paper looked like compared to the others. Math wasn't hard at all, no calculus from what I recall, but geometry. I'm not a math genius my any stretch but scored in the mid-90s percentile. So you had to be proficient in 8th/9th grade math at least. Reading was pretty fundamental, but I no speak no good English and PSU didn't care at all, I realized why when I walked into class and saw my whole class was pretty much Chinese. Side note, the department didn't even require the writing section so I could have saved myself the effort.
Dude, wait.
You took the GRE for Engineering grad school and there was no calculus?
The GREs are just the post-college SATs. They aren't overly challenging as long as you study up and have a basic understanding of math and the English language. The vocab is more advanced, but the math is all stuff most should have learned in high school and maybe early college.
The hardest part about the math section for me was just recalling some of the geometric identities that I used to know like the back of my hand. I hadn't taken a math class in years, and I admit I focused more on vocab for GRE prep (because there's nothing you can do but memorize) as math is my stronger point. Did well enough.
I also focused more on the vocab. I'm pretty sure in the 6 weeks of prep that I did, 5 weeks and 4 days were just doing vocab and practice reading comprehension exams. The last 3 days were reviewing those math identities you are talking about.
GRE subject tests are not always required. The GRE general test is not nearly as hard as the subject tests and requires only high school-level math.
My suspicions have been confirmed. Reading through everyones comments, it definitely seems like the GRE is easier than the GMAT, like I expected.
Yeah, that's kind of what I was surprised about. I thought a graduate engineering program would have at least required the math subject test. But it's been 10 years since I even looked at engineering grad school.
I dislike standardized testing in general (won't go on a rant about that), but I think the applicant's transcript is a much better indicator of the applicant's abilities than a single test in a high-pressure, time-limited situation. So the generally low use of subject tests is understandable. A lot of times, applicants will voluntarily take them to try to boost their profile. I'd much rather hear about an applicant's research experience in chemistry over the course of an undergraduate career than a single number on the chemistry subject test.
Those tests are a giant racket, although the SATs have merit for out of state applicants due to the wide variety or rigor in high schools. I also think a lot of schools are starting to realize that and how the tests are just a way to make College Board oodles of money for an almost worthless service. I'm sure they might help for someone who hasn't been in academia for years, but fresh out of college with a degree? The transcript, school, and interview should give the program all they need to know if they want the person or not.
My mom made me take a few subject tests for Tech because they appealed to her paranoia of me not getting in, which was unfounded, and in the end it didn't matter to anyone I applied to and just cost my parents hundreds of dollars.
Preach. I agree about the SATs; the applicant pool at that level is much larger and there are disparities. The GRE is just foolish, to me, for exactly the reasons you've stated.
The SAT II's (which were around) actually did have some effect. I was able to place out of 1st semester english b/c my grades were decent and I took the SAT II Writing (now a part of the SAT). The joke is, I scored in the 42nd percentile and they still let me skip it. I write good now though.
Not that I recall. If there was, it was probably something simple, like elementary chain rule or something, nothing to cause anyone any level of stress. I did stress out about it quite a bit before taking it, though, but as it turns out, stress was unwarranted.
apparently along with his brother
I usually prefer Miami of Ohio over Indiana University of Pennsylvania....but California University of Pennsylvania is my favorite.
Considering Miami University existed prior to the city in Florida being named or settled, and even before Fl became a state, I'd say its name isn't that odd. Interestingly enough, with were taken from local Indian tribe names although different tribes.
Miami of Ohio is not the name, it's Miami University and I agree with Osu78 that the name is appropriate and not odd. The University of Miami in Florida came second.
Last I heard Drew has settled down and started a family...
While everyone is wondering what ever happened to Drew Harris, I've been wondering about predictability, the milkman, paperboy, evening t.v.
Finally!
I was waiting for this comment. This song has been stuck in my head for a couple days now...
I knew my old familiar friends were waiting just around the bend!
DREW HARRIS SIGHTING.Looks like I'm drinking. I wonder how my professor will feel about me drinking during the crime scene measurements today.
http://www.iupathletics.com/news/2015/2/4/FB_0204155650.aspx
So this makes school number three he has enrolled in. He is so close to being ready for the incoming VT class of 2020.
Did you notice Jay Harris (WR) also enrolled? From the same town/high school. One year behind. Similar problems, signed with Michigan State, parted ways and went to ASA.
Younger brother?
Alter Ego
Wondered that as well. If so, maybe the problem isn't with the NCAA or VT admissions....
At one point, I think I heard that his high school or parents really screwed up in getting documentation submitted in time to get him cleared...
sounds like that might not have been an isolated incident