What a year for the North Carolina Central Quarterback Walker Harris.
He came off a record-breaking season by calling it a high signal call Meac Offensive Player of the YearHe made the announcement Tuesday during the National Football Foundation Awards at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Harris, who spent several seasons as a backup quarterback before becoming the starting quarterback in 2024, is the first NC Central football player to become just the third since joining Jefferson Inmon in back-to-back wins behind Richard in 2022 and 2023.
Not bad company to keep.
It’s easy to see why Harris earned the nod. The first-team all-star led NCCU to an 8-4 season while rewriting the school’s record book. A program-best 3,214 yards and 24 touchdowns, making him one of the nation’s top passers. For context, only two Eagles have ever quartered the 3,000-yard mark — Harris back in 1985.
Today, NFF press freshman Meac Opoy Walker Harris talks about what the moment and honor means to him and his experiences playing in the conference.#Meacpride #Meacfb pic.twitter.com/njroq0n0m3
– Mideast Athletic Conference (@meacsports) December 9, 2025
Across the FCs, Harris ranks fifth in yards and yards per game and is tied for 15th in touchdowns. Within the conference, he was the league leading meac quarterback with 1,000 yards and the conference lead at 274.3 yards per game.
Harris was a multi-touchdown powerhouse with eight touchdowns in eight games, including a remarkable seven-game streak between September and November. He lit up Howard with four touchdowns by racking up 387 yards against Fayetteville State, followed by 380 at rival North Carolina A&T the following week.
By the end of the season, Harris not only brought home hardware, but also entered the record books – he now sits fifth all-time at NCCU with 5,777 career passing yards.
Not a bad way to end an endurance season.
