Verity and Harris honored by the AAC as we begin Navy week....
IRVING, Texas – East Carolina senior Jake Verity has been named the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player-of-the-Week, while freshman Rahjai Harris was selected to the Honor Roll according to an announcement by the league office Monday morning.
Verity, who picked up his fourth career league player-of-the-week accolade, contributed 14 points in ECU’s 44-24 win against USF to set the school career scoring record with 309, surpassing the previous mark of 300 (Warren Harvey, 2012-14). He officially established the new standard in the second quarter on his third PAT before finishing the game 3-for-4 on field goals and 5-for-5 on PATs against the Bulls.
The Bremen, Ga. native logged his 21st multi-field goal contest (second of the season), connecting on three pointers from 29, 42 and 37 yards. He has scored double-digit points in a game 14 times and became the fifth kicker in AAC history to reach the 300-point milestone. Verity has attempted at least one field goal in 38 of 41 games (at least one made in 35 contests) and currently ranks as the active FBS leader in field goals made with 66.
Harris registered in his first career 100-yard rushing contest (and ECU’s initial triple-digit ground outing of 2020) with a game-high 115 yards on 19 carries against the Bulls. He averaged an impressive 6.1 yards per attempt and scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of 42- and 10 yards in the second quarter. The Duncan, S.C. native also turned in the Pirates’ highest single-game rushing total by a true freshman running back since 2004 (158 by Chris Johnson vs. Tulane) and caught one pass out of the backfield for seven yards.
ECU (1-2, 1-1 AAC) will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 10 when it plays host to league-leader Navy (2-2, 2-0 AAC). Kickoff is slated for 12 noon (EDT) and will be aired on ESPN+.
IRVING, Texas – East Carolina senior Jake Verity has been named the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player-of-the-Week, while freshman Rahjai Harris was selected to the Honor Roll according to an announcement by the league office Monday morning.
Verity, who picked up his fourth career league player-of-the-week accolade, contributed 14 points in ECU’s 44-24 win against USF to set the school career scoring record with 309, surpassing the previous mark of 300 (Warren Harvey, 2012-14). He officially established the new standard in the second quarter on his third PAT before finishing the game 3-for-4 on field goals and 5-for-5 on PATs against the Bulls.
The Bremen, Ga. native logged his 21st multi-field goal contest (second of the season), connecting on three pointers from 29, 42 and 37 yards. He has scored double-digit points in a game 14 times and became the fifth kicker in AAC history to reach the 300-point milestone. Verity has attempted at least one field goal in 38 of 41 games (at least one made in 35 contests) and currently ranks as the active FBS leader in field goals made with 66.
Harris registered in his first career 100-yard rushing contest (and ECU’s initial triple-digit ground outing of 2020) with a game-high 115 yards on 19 carries against the Bulls. He averaged an impressive 6.1 yards per attempt and scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of 42- and 10 yards in the second quarter. The Duncan, S.C. native also turned in the Pirates’ highest single-game rushing total by a true freshman running back since 2004 (158 by Chris Johnson vs. Tulane) and caught one pass out of the backfield for seven yards.
ECU (1-2, 1-1 AAC) will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 10 when it plays host to league-leader Navy (2-2, 2-0 AAC). Kickoff is slated for 12 noon (EDT) and will be aired on ESPN+.
