Jacory Harris Jacory Sherrod Harris ( born May 12 , 1990 ) is an American football quarterback who is currently signed with the Edmonton Eskimos . Harris started for Miami Northwestern High School during his last two years ; he was unbeaten ( 30 - 0 ) and led the team to two state championships . In his senior year , Harris broke the state record for passing touchdowns and won the 2007 High School Football National Championship . He was named Florida ' s Mr . Football . During his freshman year of college in 2008 with the Miami Hurricanes , he split time with Robert Marve in a two - quarterback system . After the Emerald Bowl in late December , Marve transferred to Purdue , effectively making Harris the undisputed starter for the rest of his career as a Hurricane . He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in May 2012 . High school . Harris attended high school at Miami Northwestern High School , located in Liberty City , Miami , Florida . He became the starting quarterback for the Northwestern Bulls football team as a junior in 2006 . That year he would lead Northwestern to an undefeated season and its third state championship while completing 275 - of - 425 passes for 3 , 542 yards , 35 touchdowns and six interceptions . As a senior in 2007 , under his leadership , the team went on to another undefeated season and state title , as well as the high school football national championship . During his senior year , he completed 222 - of - 333 attempts ( 67 % completion rate ) for 3 , 445 yards , with 49 touchdowns and only six interceptions . In total , Harris finished with a 30 - 0 record as a starting QB in high school . Harris was awarded a Class 6A first team all - state selection , the Mr . Football Award ( Florida ) , and Class 6A Player of the Year . Harris attended the 2007 Elite 11 football camp and was ranked as the seventh best pocket - passer quarterback in the nation . Collegiate career . 2008 season . Harris came to University of Miami to compete for the starting quarterback position with former Mr . Florida award winner Robert Marve . Harris and Marve split time as starters , with Marve starting 11 of 13 games . Marve subsequently transferred out of Miami , leaving Harris the full - time starter heading into the 2009 season . During the 2008 season , Harris led Miami on two comeback drives against the Duke Blue Devils and the Virginia Cavaliers . Harris finished the season with 1 , 195 yards , 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions as the Hurricanes wound up 7 - 6 . In a July 31 , 2009 , interview with Dan Le Batard , Harris told the world that he will pick up his Heisman trophy wearing a pink suit and with a " pimp cup " in hand . He also earned himself a new nickname in this interview : Afro Butterfly . 2009 season . During the first game of his sophomore season against # 18 Florida State , Harris went 21 - of - 34 for 386 passing yards ( a career high and 10th highest in school history ) with two touchdowns and also ran for a score in Miami ' s 38 - 34 upset win on the road . Harris took a beating in the slugfest as he managed just 122 of his 386 passing yards after withstanding a tough hit from FSU ' s blitzing cornerback Greg Reid with 11 : 45 left to play , which left his right arm numb until his very next drive . In the second game of the 2009 season versus the Yellow Jackets at home , Harris completed 20 - of - 25 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns — and the 20th - ranked Hurricanes snapped a four - game losing streak against No . 14 Georgia Tech with a 33 - 17 victory on September 17 , 2009 . In the third game of the year versus rival Virginia Tech , Harris struggled , throwing for nine completions out of 25 passing attempts , 150 yards , and no touchdowns in a 31 - 7 blowout loss . The Hurricanes were # 9 headed into that game , but dropped to # 17 in the polls . In the fourth game versus the highly favored Oklahoma Sooners , Harris started the game off slowly throwing two interceptions , then finished 19 - for - 28 with 202 yards passing and three touchdowns . The 21 - 20 win brought Miami back up to # 11 in the polls . In the fifth game versus Florida A & M on October 10 , Harris went 16 - for - 24 passing for 217 yards and two touchdowns in a 48 - 16 win . The Hurricanes moved back up to # 9 in the AP Poll . In the sixth game of the season , Harris threw for 293 yards and a touchdown . The Miami Hurricanes went on to beat the UCF Knights , 27 - 7 . Miami moved up one spot in the AP Poll . In a losing effort in overtime versus the Clemson Tigers , Harris put up 256 passing yards , two touchdowns , and three interceptions . In overtime , after a 20 yard Graig Cooper run , Harris and the Hurricane offense failed to push in the possible game - winning touchdown . The Hurricanes lost 40 - 37 . The loss also put Miami down to # 19 in the AP Poll and out of the BCS Standings . In an ACC matchup against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons , Harris went 22 - for - 44 , 330 yards passing , three touchdowns , and one pick . On a key 4th - and - 16 on the Hurricanes final game - winning drive , Harris found Aldarius Johnson on a finger - tip catch which kept the drive alive . Johnson also went to Miami Northwestern High School with Harris . Harris sealed the 28 - 27 victory for " The U " off a 13 yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin . The Hurricanes moved up to # 16 in the polls . Game nine brought a refreshing change for the BCS 17th - ranked Hurricanes , as a tenuous 24 - 17 halftime lead against the Virginia Cavaliers broke into a dominant second half . Miami outscored Virginia 28 - 0 to defeat the Cavaliers 52 - 17 . Harris went 18 - of - 31 with 232 yards , two TD passes , and one interception . The previously - struggling Miami defense was not to blame for the allowed points , however , as two special teams miscues leading to two blocked punts brought 14 points to Virginia . The tide - turning play : a 66 - yard punt - return by sophomore WR Thearon Collier that brought seven points for the Hurricanes . Harris and the rest of the Miami Hurricanes went up to Chapel Hill to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels . Harris went 28 - for - 50 , 319 yards , one touchdown and four interceptions in a disappointing performance . The Hurricanes lost 33 - 24 and went from # 14 to # 21 and out of contention for the ACC Championship and a BCS bowl game bid . In the final game at home for the Hurricanes against the Duke Blue Devils on November 21 , Harris went 25 - for - 43 , 348 yards passing , two touchdowns , and one interception . The Hurricanes exploded in the 2nd half by scoring three unanswered TDs . Linebacker Darryl Sharpton sealed the win with a 73 yard interception return . Miami won the game , 34 - 16 . As a sophomore , Harris led Miami to a 9 - 4 record and a # 19 ranking from the AP poll while having his finest season ever by throwing for 3 , 352 yards , 24 touchdowns , and a pass efficiency rating of 140 . 09 . 2010 season . For the University of Miami , the 2010 season turned out to be a year of complete turmoil as the 13th - ranked Hurricanes had to face a brutal schedule that included monster games in September such as their September 11 matchup with preseason nationally ranked No . 2 Ohio State . Quarterback depth wound up being a detriment as the slender 6 - 4 Harris would have to handle the load at that position without the services of his former teammate Robert Marve who had transferred to Purdue two seasons before . As a junior , Harris managed to start the first eight games of the year before a concussion sidelined him for three games forcing untested true freshman Stephen Morris to pick up the slack . The Miami Hurricanes finished with a disappointing record of 7 - 6 as their head coach , Randy Shannon , was fired near the season ' s end on November 27 , 2010 . Harris opened that season with a solid performance going 12 - of - 15 passing for 210 yards and three touchdowns as the Hurricanes defeated Florida A & M , 45 - 0 , on September 2 . He shined in Miami ' s 31 - 3 win over Pittsburgh on September 23 by completing 21 - of - 32 passes for 248 yards and two touchdowns . Harris had a fine outing in Miami ' s 28 - 13 road win on October 16 over Duke as the Hurricanes ' signal caller was 17 - of - 34 passing for 224 yards with a touchdown pass and another score off a 13 - yard run . Harris enjoyed more success a week later as Miami fell behind 10 - 7 in the 2nd quarter at home against the North Carolina Tarheels . He was resilient in this 30 - 10 comeback win by directing the ' Canes to 23 unanswered points as Harris completed 21 - of - 32 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns in the contest . 2011 season . On August 25 , 2011 , Harris was ruled ineligible to play the first game of the 2011 season for his involvement with the Nevin Shapiro scandal . Quarterback Stephen Morris started the season opener , a loss to Maryland on September 5 , 2011 . Harris did return after the suspension and threw two touchdown passes along with two interceptions in a 24 - 6 win against Ohio State . In Harris ' s final collegiate game , he threw four interceptions in a 24 - 17 loss to Boston College . Despite Miami being eligible for a bowl game with a 6 - 6 record , the university forfeited their bowl bid after having to deal with all that came from the fallout of the Nevin Shapiro scandal . Harris ended his senior season completing 195 - of - 300 passes ( 65 . 0 percent ) for 2 , 486 yards , 20 touchdowns , and nine interceptions . For his career at Miami , he had 8 , 826 passing yards , 70 touchdowns , and a pass efficiency rating of 135 . 0 . Some of Harris ’ s finer performances during his senior season included the games that were played against Kansas State , Virginia Tech , North Carolina , Virginia , Duke , and Florida State . Many of those games were hard fought as new head coach Al Golden ' s Hurricanes just came up short in several of them . Harris threw for 271 yards on September 24 , 2011 against the nationally ranked No . 15 Kansas St . Wildcats in a losing effort , 28 - 24 , as he completed 21 - of - 31 passes for two touchdowns . Harris was stopped short of the goal line on a quarterback sneak as the game clock expired . On October 8 , Harris went toe - to - toe with 17th - ranked Virginia Tech as the Hurricanes came up short , 38 - 35 . Harris was 13 - for - 21 passing the ball for 267 yards with three touchdowns which included a 77 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Travis Benjamin against the Hokies . Harris really came alive against a 5 - 1 North Carolina Tarheel team on October 15 as the Hurricanes jumped out to a 27 - 10 halftime lead only to survive two Tarheel touchdowns in the fourth quarter to claim a 30 - 24 victory in Chapel Hill , N . C . The senior quarterback completed 20 - of - 30 passes for 267 yards with three touchdowns in this contest . Harris ’ s success against teams in the state of North Carolina carried over as on November 5 , he had a field day against the Duke Blue Devils by completing 14 - of - 20 passes for 202 yards and three touchdowns . He also had 22 yards on four rushes as Miami coasted past Duke , 49 - 14 . And finally , in a 28 - 21 loss to Virginia ( the Cavaliers finished 8 - 5 in 2011 ) , Harris put up solid numbers going 21 - of - 30 for a season best 311 passing yards and three touchdowns that included one of those going for 51 yards to wide receiver Tommy Streeter in the third quarter . The dual threat quarterback also rushed six times for 22 yards in this October 27 matchup with the Cavaliers . The November 12 loss to ACC rival Florida St . had Harris playing heads - up football as Miami came up short , 23 - 19 . He went 20 - for - 31 passing the ball for 225 yards with one touchdown . Harris also rushed six times for 31 yards against the 23rd - ranked Seminoles . Professional career . Harris was not drafted in the 2012 NFL Draft . After the draft , he received an invitation to the Miami Dolphins ' training camp . He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles on May 11 , 2012 , but was waived on May 21 .