Harper doing well as a Duck
April 30, 2008 @ 10:32 a.m. by Joannaby joanna
Chris Harper played in the Oregon spring game last weekend and did pretty well. He was 14 of 67 rushing and 2 of 9 passing for 73 yards. He’s one of six quarterbacks that played.
I talked to him this morning — um, sorry Chris for calling at 8:15 a.m. your time! — and he’s enjoying his time in Oregon.
The biggest adjustment has been learning all the new plays, “but other than that, the speed is not too much different than I thought.”
He said he’s third on the depth chart right now, kind of. “They’re talking about me pushing for second. I’m third because I don’t really know the playbook. I have a while to learn all that stuff.”
Harper will be back May 19 for Northwest’s graduation. He said he did his course work ahead of time to finish out the semester. Oregon is on trimesters, so after moving out there in late March, he started up with a class schedule of writing, sociology, music and a billiards class. After laughing about playing pool for credit, I asked him if he was very good. Not so much, he said.
He’s handling the transition to being so far away from home, too.
“It’s really not too bad. I don’t think about it too much…. I was ready. And I’ll be back in a few weeks.”
April 30th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Thanks for the update Joanna, I think that Chris will be one heck of a college QB. Just give him a little more time, I think he will be great!
May 1st, 2008 at 6:13 am
I am very happy for Chris. He is a very athletic kid. His behavior is also outstanding. I wish Chris the best. We will hear great things from Chris. He is a class act. People just wait til he learns the playbook. The sky is the limit. Good luck to him.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:06 am
Congradulations to Chris Harper. I hope it all works out. Just another fine Wichita athlete, I hope he does well.
May 1st, 2008 at 10:39 am
I saw a couple of highlights of this game, he could end up being another Dennis Dixon
May 4th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
You called him at 8:15 a.m. Joanna? How is he supposed to pass his billiards final without plenty of sleep? Making that eight ball is tough enough….
May 5th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
i went to this game, preety good too, i used to live in wichita but now reside in oregon saw harper play at NW did good until his last game at godddard , NWhad no line but Harper will do great with the ducks