| Willie Harper |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Asheville, N.C.
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 | High School: A.C. Reynolds HS
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 | Height / Weight: 5-10 / 195
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 | Position: TB
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2007 (So.): Played in 10 of Western's 11 games, twice starting in the Catamount backfield ... Rushed 89 times for 256 yards with a pair of touchdowns ... In the win over Presbyterian, amassed a season-high 62 yards on 16 carries ... Carried 17 times against The Citadel, for a total of 52 yards ... Scored his two touchdowns in back-to-back games, with his first coming against Elon, then following up with a score against Chattanooga ... Also hauled in 12 passes for 94 yards, with a season-high four catches against No. 11 Wofford ... Averaged 7.8 yards per catch to go along with his rushing average of 2.9 yards per carry ... In WCU's annual Spring Game, amassed 95 total yards including 64 on 13 carries on the ground with a touchdown.
2006 (Fr.): Appeared in nine of the 11 games both as a running back and mostly on special teams ... Rushed nine times for 37 yards ... Posted a career-high 21 yards rushing against Chowan and a career-best four carries at Furman ... In the fifth game of the season - at Elon - made his first-ever appearance on the kickoff return team finishing with six returns for 122 yards, including an 83-yard kickoff return for his first collegiate touchdown ... Had a 26-yard kick return against Appalachian State ... Finished ranked eighth in the Southern Conference in kickoff return average at 19.7 yards per attempt, which helped WCU rank 4th in the conference and 40th in the nation in return yardage (20.5 ypg).
Prior to Western: Northwestern Conference Player of the Year ... A three-time All-Western North Carolina selection by the Asheville Citizen-Times ... Rushed for 1,796 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior ... As a junior, rushed for 1,495 yards, while tallying 1,755 yards as a sophomore ... All-time leading rusher at school with 5,046 yards ... Also as a senior, completed 2-of-3 passes for 94 yards and a score, while getting eight receptions for 110 yards and a score.