2011 (Redshirt Freshman): Made three starts and played in 11 games, missing two with a foot injury ... was fifth on the team with 35 receptions, but ranked third with 497 receiving yards ... caught five touchdown passes, which are the most by a Bulldog freshman in the last 10 seasons ... averaged 14.2 yards per catch and had eight receptions of 20 or more yards, including a long of 49 yards at Idaho, Sept. 24 ... caught a touchdown in each of his first two games against California and at No. 10 Nebraska ... set season-bests with eight receptions for 75 yards against No. 5 Boise State, Oct. 7 ... hauled in a 23-yard touchdown pass at San Diego State to close out the season ... caught two or more passes in 10 out of the 11 games he played in.
2010 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Played multiple positions in high school, including wide receiver, safety, running back, punt returner and kick returner ... racked up 164 receptions for 2,669 yards and 28 receiving touchdowns in his high school career ... had 67 receptions for 1,024 yards, 10 touchdowns and snagged five interceptions his junior season ... impact returner averaging an amazing 19.6 yards per punt return ... had a career-high 10 catches for 216 yards and three touchdowns and 120 rushing yards against Los Banos ... named all-state underclassmen in both football and basketball his junior year ... was first team junior all-state team ... multipurpose, first team all-league ... MVP Nike Camp Palo Alto as a wide receiver ... first team all-section as a wide receiver ... second team all-state by Max Preps and third team Cal-Hi Sports All-State as a defensive back ... named first team All-Nor-Cal wide receiver, first team all-area wide receiver, All-TCAL Most Valuable Player and All-TCAL offensive player of the year his senior season.
Personal: The son of Willie and Roxane Harper ... born on Dec. 1, 1991 in San Jose, Calif. ... father played linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers and at Nebraska ... youngest of nine children ... has six brothers, Terrell, Matthew, Marcus, Sig, Johnny and Willie, and two sisters, Whitney and Qiava ... sister, Qiava, works for the Oakland Raiders ... brother, Matthew, played for Oregon and is currently on their coaching staff ... hobbies include music, basketball and video games ... chose Fresno State because he liked the atmosphere around the players, students and for the academics ... also recruited by Cal, Arizona, Arizona State, Nevada, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Washington State.
Josh Harper's Career Stats
RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G
2011 11 1 -2 0 0 -2.0 -0.2
TOTAL 11 1 -2 0 0 -2.0 -0.2
TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Total Avg/G
2011 11 -2 0 -2 -0.2
TOTAL 11 -2 0 -2 -0.2
RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2011 11 35 497 5 49 3.2 14.2 45.2
TOTAL 11 35 497 5 49 3.2 14.2 45.2
SCORING G TD Rush Pass Retn PAT 2PAT FG Total Avg/G
2011 11 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 30 2.7
TOTAL 11 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 30 2.7
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G
2011 11 -2 497 0 0 0 495 45.0
TOTAL 11 -2 497 0 0 0 495 45.0
