Downingtown East RB Drew Harris up to 10 D-1 offers

Downingtown East RB Drew Harris recently crossed into the double-digits in terms of Division-1 scholarship offers.

According to Scout.com, Harris is up to 10 verbal scholarship offers, including Georgia Tech, Illinois, Miami (FL), Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers, South Carolina, Temple, Virginia Tech and West Virginia.

Scout, as well as Rivals.com, combine to list other Division-1 programs that have shown interest in Harris that includes Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Tennessee, UCLA, Southern California and Wisconsin, among others.

Scout.com ranks Harris as a four-star prospect at running back, one of 12 running backs ranked at four stars or higher from around the nation. Harris is one of two Pennsylvania backs with at least a four-star rating according to Scout – the other is Hopewell’s phenomenal senior-to-be Rushel Shell.

Harris exploded onto the scene as a sophomore, running for more than 2,000 yards and scoring 30 touchdowns as Downingtown East advanced to the District 1 AAAA semifinals. In his junior season, Harris racked up more than 1,900 yards rushing on 227 carries.

The Cougars’ feature back enters 2011 just 30 rushing yards shy of the 4,000-yard mark for his career. Downingtown East has produced a pair of quarterbacks with at least 5,000 career passing yards in its history (Pat Devlin, Trey Lauletta), but the yellow and blue have never produced a back with more than 4,000 rushing yards.

Downingtown East went 9-3 during the 2010 season, falling to North Penn in the District 1 AAAA quarterfinals, 49-33. The Cougars averaged 34.8 points per game last year and are a combined 19-6 overall (.760) the last two football seasons.