| Player Profile | |
| John "Joey" Harrington | |
| Position: Quarterback |
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| College: Oregon | |
| Height: 6-4.0 | |
| Weight: 215 | |
| Hometown: Portland, Ore. | |
Career Notes | Agility | High School | Personal | Stats
ANALYSIS
Positives: Has the frame to carry ten more pounds of bulk with no dropoff in quickness…Moves quickly in the pocket and throws instantly at the end of his pass drop…Has a tight circle to his release, unleashing the ball quickly while maintaining focus downfield…Three-step pocket passer who hangs tough under the rush…Assertive leader with good presence under pressure…Has the mobility to escape when the pocket collapses and shows a fluid lateral movement rolling out…Makes proper reads and shows a knack for spotting his secondary targets…Shows quickness on timing patterns and is very effective at running the quarterback draw.Negatives: Needs foot technique refinement to improve his velocity…Tends to throw into coverage as he does not always scan the field properly…His adequate footwork is evident when he attempts the short tosses, as he seems to get the ball up too high…Has to learn how to vary the speed on his long ball, as he will fire the ball too hard on occasion…Lacks touch on his soft throws and will overthrow his receivers on deep routes, at times, as he tends to rush his tosses…Has a tall, rangy, slender build with adequate muscle definition.
CAREER NOTES
Few athletes in Oregon history exhibited the charisma of the three-year starter, instilling the belief among those around him of invincibility…Whether it be his willingness to accept the burden of the team's fate or the exuding of confidence he transmits to his teammates, Harrington developed into something special…He efficiently orchestrated all the weapons around him over the course of the past two seasons to produce a 25-3 record in games he started…Yet more impressive was his penchant for rallying the Ducks in the final stages of battle or from behind…Thirteen times he brought his team back from a deficit or when tied at the half, including 10 in the fourth quarter…He was unbeaten in postseason play, engineering victories against Minnesota, Texas and Colorado…A certain early first-round pick, he finished his career with 512 completions of 928 passes (55.2%) for 6,911 yards, 59 touchdowns and only 23 interceptions in 33 games…Added 210 yards and 18 scores on 145 carries (1.4 avg)…His 7,121 yards in total offense rank third in school history behind Danny O'Neil (8,124, 1991-94) and Bill Musgrave (8,140, 1987-90)…Only O'Neil (8,301) and Musgrave (8,343) threw for more yards in Oregon history.
2001 SEASON
Second-team All-American honors from The Sporting News and third-team accolades from The NFL Draft Report…Finalist for the Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm awards…Football News National Offensive Player of the Year semi-finalist…All-Pac-10 Conference first-team selection and Offensive Player of the Year…Academic All-Pac-10 pick…Recipient of the Hoffman Award, given to the team's most outstanding player…Started every game, completing 214 of 364 passes (58.8%) for 2,764 yards, 27 touchdowns and only six interceptions…Added seven scores on 55 carries for 56 yards (1.0 avg).
- Wisconsin - Completed 22 of 47 passes for 277 yards with 11 & 23-yard touchdowns to tight end Justin Peelle, adding a game-winning 2-yard scoring run with 4:03 left in a 31-28 decision.
- Utah State - Gained 261 yards on 17 of 24 tosses with a pair of scores, including a 27-yarder to Peelle and ran for a 1-yard touchdown.
- Arizona - Connected on 15 of 24 attempts for 279 yards and 3 touchdowns…Also ran for scores of 1, 2 & 2 yards.
- Stanford - Amassed 270 yards with 3 touchdowns on 22 of 41 tries and gained 20 yards on 3 runs.
Washington State…Had one of his worst games as a starter, hitting on 14 of 26 passes for only 119 yards.
- Arizona State - Bounced back to gain 319 yards on 19 of 32 attempts with 6 touchdowns, including 14, 24, 13 & 13-yarders to Keenan Howry…It was the second-straight year that he torched the Sun Devils with 6 touchdown passes.
- UCLA - Ran for a 6-yard score and hit on 13 of 23 tries for 195 yards.
- Oregon State - Struggled in a 17-14 decision, gaining only 104 yards (lowest total as a starter) on 11 of 22 attempts.
- Colorado State (Fiesta Bowl) - Redeemed himself with 28 of 42 passes for 350 yards and 4 touch-downs, including a 79-yarder to Samie Parker as the Ducks finished the year ranked second in the national polls…Also played a little defense, returning an interception 21 yards.
2000 SEASON
All-Pac-10 Conference second-team and Academic All-Pac-10 first-team pick…Winner of the team's Hoffman Award…Semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award…Started every game, completing 214 of 405 passes (52.8%) for 2,967 yards and 22 touchdowns…Third on the team with 66 carries for 124 yards (1.9 avgt) and seven touchdowns…Averaged 257.6 yards per game in total offense.
1999 SEASON
Overcame the frustrations of beginning the year in a reserve role…After coming off the bench for token appearances in two of the first six games, he rallied the Ducks to come-from-behind wins over Arizona and Arizona State..He went on to start four of eight games he played in…Completed 84 of 158 passes (53.2%) for 1,180 yards, ten touchdowns and only three interceptions…Added 24 carries for 30 yards (1.3 avg) and four scores.
1998 SEASON
Only appeared in one game…Stepped on to the field for one play the entire year, taking an Akili Smith pitch in the third quarter vs. Southern California and watching his halfback option pass fall incomplete after being leveled by Chris Claiborne…Underwent anterior decompression surgery on his right biceps to relieve tightness in November.
1997 SEASON
Redshirted as a freshman.
AGILITY TESTS
4.89 in the 40-yard dash…2.82 in the 20-yard dash…1.71 in the 10-yard dash…4.21 in the 20-yard shuttle…7.0 in the three-cone drill…32-inch vertical jump…9'4" broad jump…297-pound power clean…410-pound squat…31 ½-inch arm length…9 3/4-inch hands…Right-handed…32 Wonderlic score.HIGH SCHOOL
Tabbed as the nation's eighth-best prep quarterback by SuperPrep and selected first-team 4A All-State signal-caller and second-team All-State punter (44.8 avg.) by The Oregonian at Central Catholic (Portland, Ore.) High…Threw for 2,151 yards and 28 touchdowns his senior year while completing better than 55 percent of his aerials (111-200)…In addition, ran for 585 yards and seven more scores while throwing only five interceptions…Accorded honorable mention All-American honors by USA Today, and ranked second on the Tacoma News Tribune's Northwest Nuggets aggregation…Collected over 4,200 yards and 50 touchdowns while starting final 26 games over his last three seasons.PERSONAL
Business Administration major, earning Pac-10 Conference academic honors with a 3.34 grade average…Son of Valerie and John Harrington…Born John Joseph Harrington on 10/21/78 in Portland, Ore.STATS
| PASSING STATS | |||||||||||
| YEAR | ATT | COMP | PCT | YARDS | TD | YD/ATT | YD/CMP | INT | I/PCT | LG | GM/AVG |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 00.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1999 | 158 | 84 | 53.2 | 1180 | 10 | 7.47 | 14.05 | 3 | 1.90 | 52 | 147.50 |
| 2000 | 405 | 214 | 52.8 | 2967 | 22 | 7.33 | 13.86 | 14 | 3.46 | 71 | 247.25 |
| 2001 | 364 | 214 | 58.8 | 2764 | 27 | 7.59 | 12.92 | 6 | 1.65 | 79 | 230.33 |
| TOTAL | 928 | 512 | 55.2 | 6911 | 59 | 7.45 | 13.50 | 23 | 2.48 | 79 | 209.42 |
| RUSHING STATS | |||||||
| YEAR | GP | GS | NO | YARDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
| 1998 | 01 | 00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 08 | 04 | 24 | 30 | 1.3 | 4 | 19 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 124 | 1.9 | 7 | 31 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 56 | 1.0 | 7 | 41 |
| TOTAL | 33 | 28 | 145 | 210 | 1.4 | 18 | 41 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE | ||||||||
| YEAR | GM | PLAYS | PASS | RUSH | YARDS | TDR | P/AVG | GM/AVG |
| 1998 | 01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1999 | 08 | 182 | 1180 | 30 | 1210 | 14 | 6.65 | 151.25 |
| 2000 | 12 | 471 | 2967 | 124 | 3091 | 29 | 6.56 | 257.58 |
| 2001 | 12 | 419 | 2764 | 56 | 2820 | 34 | 6.73 | 235.00 |
| TOTAL | 33 | 1073 | 6911 | 210 | 7121 | 77 | 6.64 | 215.79 |
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