TEMPE -- Sun Devil Football junior wide receiver N'Keal Harry announced his decision today to forgo his senior season and enter the 2019 NFL Draft.
"I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has supported me throughout this journey," Harry said. "These past three years have been filled with unforgettable memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life. It has truly been an honor to represent Arizona State University."
Harry is third in program history in both career receptions (213) and career receiving yards (2,889). That latter tally is within 50 yards of second in program history, despite the fact that seven of ASU's 10 all-time leading receivers did so in four seasons.
At 5.76 receptions per game in his career, Harry is third among the NCAA's active career leaders in the category. His 78.7 career receiving yards per game are fifth among all active players.
His 213 career receptions are 7th among all active players but first among players that are not seniors. All six players ahead of him in the category are seniors. Similarly, Harry's 22 career touchdown receptions are 10th among active players but third among players that are not seniors. With 22 career receiving touchdowns, Harry is tied for 5th in ASU school history and needs just two more to move into fourth.
The junior out of Chandler, Ariz., has demonstrated his versatility throughout the season, scoring touchdowns receiving, rushing and on punt return this season and being responsible for numerous game-changing plays all across the football field. Harry is averaging 104.2 all-purpose yards per game (top-10 in the Pac-12 and Top-75 nationally) and has played 800 snaps this season - second among Pac-12 receivers and 9th-most among all Power Five receivers - and has at times handled direct snap-taking duties in the team's Sparky formation.
N'Keal Harry has a reception in all 37 games of his career at Arizona State - tied for the 10th-longest active streak among all current FBS players – and is on pace to join school record holder D.J. Foster (53 straight games with a catch) as the only other Sun Devil to log a reception in every game of their career.
Harry posts an 83.9 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, among the Top-15 highest graded wide receivers nationally and the 7th-highest graded offensive player in the Pac-12 – regardless of position. The junior ranks in the Top-30 nationally in receiving touchdowns (9/21st), receiving yards (1,088/15th), receiving yards per game (90.7/18th) and receptions per game (6.1/24th).
Harry has a 119.0 Pro Football Focus QB rating when targeted this season, good for 13th nationally among receivers that have logged at least 50 percent of their team's targets. He has forced 17 missed tackles this season, which is good for 9th-most among Power Five receivers.
Harry's ability to make plays pivotal situations has been a staple of his career. In 2018, he is 5th among all FBS receivers in receiving yards in the fourth quarter of games (325) and tied for 6th with four fourth quarter touchdown receptions. His 12 first down grabs in the fourth quarter of games are 8th nationally. That ability has kept ASU in striking distance of games as well as Harry is 10th in the nation with 318 receiving yards when the Sun Devils are trailing by a touchdown or less with 16 first-down grabs (third nationally).
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