Bowling Green State University Athletics
Harris and Patton Earn All-American Honors
December 12, 2003 | Football
Dec. 12, 2003
Bowling Green, Ohio - Bowling Green State University seniors Josh Harris and Janssen Patton both earned All-American recognition this past week. Harris was named honorable mention All-American by Collegefootballnews.com and Patton was honored by Collegefootballnews.com and CNNSI.com. It marks the first time since 1959 that BGSU has had two football All-Americans in the same season (Bernie Casey and Bob ZImpfer).
Harris joins Mark Miller (1977, Argosy) as the only quarterback in Falcon history to earn All-American recognition. He threw for a school record 3,427 yards and 24 TD, rushed for 762 yards and 12 TDs and set another BGSU record with 4,189 yards of total offense.
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Patton, a cornerback, was named third team by Collegefootballnews.com and earned honorable mention status from CNNSI. He is the first player in NCAA history to pick off three passes in a game on more than once (twice this season and three times in his career) and led the league in interceptions with seven. He had 54 tackles and 12 pass deflections.
Defensive end Devon Parks also earned Freshman All-American recognition from Collegefootballnews.com. He had 46 tackles, nine tackles for a loss and five sacks.
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