J-Shun Harris II

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 13, 2018 - wide receiver J-Shun Harris II #5 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 13, 2018 - wide receiver J-Shun Harris II #5 of the Indiana Hoosiers before the game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: John Sims/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 - wide receiver J-Shun Harris II #5 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game against the Ball State Cardinals and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By John Sims/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: John Sims/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - AUGUST 6, 2018 - wide receiver J-Shun Harris II #5 of the Indiana Hoosiers during Indiana Football Fall Camp in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Carter Waldron/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Weight:
172
Height:
5-8
Position:
WR
Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Fishers, Ind.
High School:
Fishers

Harris II graduated with a SPEA management degree in May 2018. He is tied for first on the program’s and eighth on the Big Ten's career lists with three punt return touchdowns and seventh with 426 punt return yards. The two-time honorable mention All-Big Ten selection made 58 catches for 507 yards and four TDs. Harris also returned 20 kicks for 404 yards (20.2 average).

2018 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches, media) ... Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (Ball State) ... Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year semifinalist ... Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year nominee ... IU’s Special Teams Player of the Year.

2018 (Senior): Returned 16 punts for 147 yards (9.2 average) with an 86-yard touchdown, the seventh-longest in program history and tied for the fifth-longest nationally in 2018 (1st in the Big Ten) ... average (31st nationally) and yardage ranked fourth in the Big Ten ... caught 37 passes for 325 yards and two TDs ... played in all 12 games with six starts ... tallied 103 yards, his second career 100-yarder and tied for the highest Big Ten total (T-12th nationally) in 2018, on four punts with the 86-yarder in the Ball State win (9/15) ... made seven receptions for 54 yards and one score in the victory at Rutgers (9/29) ... posted career-highs with eight catches and 104 yards, his first 100-yard game, at No. 3 Ohio State (10/6) ... hauled in a 21-yard touchdown, four receptions and 44 yards against No. 18 Penn State (10/20) ... two-time IU offensive player of the week (Rutgers, Maryland) ... IU special teams player of the week (Ball State).

2017 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches, media) ... Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (Virginia, Georgia Southern) ... Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award nominee.

2017 (Junior): Suffered his third career season-ending ACL injury in game eight at Maryland (10/28) ... appeared in seven games with one start (Maryland) ... returned 14 punts for 266 yards (19.0 average, 5th in Big Ten single-season history) and two touchdowns ... caught three passes for 14 yards ... returned one kick for 13 yards ... punt return yardage ranked third in the Big Ten and 11th nationally, and his average led the Big Ten and ranked second nationally at the time of his injury ... punt return TDs share the program single-season mark (T-5th Big Ten) with three additional Hoosiers and yardage is sixth ... finished first in the Big Ten and tied for second nationally with the two scores ... tied for the nation’s lead in 40- and 30-plus yard returns (4, 1st in the Big Ten), tied for third in 70-plus (1, T-1st) and 50-plus (2, 1st), tied for seventh in 60-plus (1, T-1st) and tied for 11th in 20-plus (4, 2nd) ... 44-yard touchdown in the win at Virginia (9/9) was the first punt return TD of his career ... totaled 109 punt return yards in the game on five returns (21.8), the most for any IU player in a single game since 1991 ... followed that up with a 70-yard score in the Georgia Southern victory (9/23), joining Rob Turner (1990) as the only players in program history to return a punt for a touchdown in back-to-back games ... carded his second 50-plus yard punt return, a 53-yarder, to set up a fourth quarter TD against No. 17 Michigan (10/14) ... finished with 74 yards on three returns (24.7) in the game ... IU special teams player of the week (Georgia Southern).

2016 (Sophomore): Suffered a season-ending ACL injury during preseason camp.

2015: Suffered a season-ending ACL injury during the summer and received a medical redshirt.

2014 Honors: 247Sports.com Big Ten All-Freshman ... honorable mention BTN.com All-Freshman ... IU’s Offensive Newcomer of the Year.

2014 (Freshman): Caught 18 passes for 168 yards with two touchdowns ... finished third on the team in yardage and fourth in receptions ... led Indiana with 19 kick returns and 391 yards, good for a 20.6 average (T-3rd among Big Ten freshmen) ... returned three punts for 12 yards ... started six times and played in all 12 games ... recorded seven catches for 68 yards, including a 22-yard TD at Bowling Green (9/13) ... collected two receptions for 43 yards with a career-long 33-yard score in the win at No. 18 Missouri (9/20) ... returned six kicks for a career-high 125 yards at Rutgers (11/15).

Prep/Personal: Wide receiver for head coach Rick Wimmer at Fishers High School ... Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 and all-state as a senior ... Indiana Associated Press Class 6A All-State ... two-time first team All-Hamilton County selection ... holds Fishers career records for receptions (133), receiving yardage (2,032), touchdown catches (17), punt returns (40), punt return yardage (768), punt return average (19.2) and punt return TDs (5) ... 2013 team captain made 62 receptions for 1,027 yards (16.6) with eight scores en route to all-conference honors ... also returned 13 punts for 318 yards (24.5) and two touchdowns ... set school single-season records for catches, receiving yardage, punt returns, punt return yardage and punt return average ... Fishers won the 2010 Indiana Class 5A state championship and claimed conference titles in 2010 and 2013 ... rated the No. 13 prospect in Indiana by Rivals ... four-year football and four-year track and field letterwinner ... parents are Art and Stephanie Peterson ... born on Nov. 24, 1995.