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Pittsburgh Steelers 2021 NFL Draft Thursday, April 29 – Saturday, May 1 Najee Harris Running Back Alabama 6-2, 230 Antioch, California Antioch High School 1st Round – 24th Overall 2020 SEASON One of the nation's top running back prospects who passed up on the NFL Draft to return for his senior season ... the Crimson Tide's all-time leader for total TDs in a career with 57 (46 rushing, 11 receiving) ... Alabama's career leader for rushing scores with 46, surpassing the previous record of 42 by Mark Ingram and Derrick Henry ... totaled 3,843 career rushing yards to rank atop the Alabama all-time list ... amassed 4,624 all-purpose yards for his career, a total that is second all- time at UA ... averaged 6.0 yards per carry for his career to rank third in Crimson Tide history (minimum 400 carries) ... contributed 342 career points to finish fourth in UA annals ... recorded 13 games of 100-plus rushing yards in his career, including six as a junior and six in his final season (206 at Ole Miss; 152 vs. Georgia; 119 vs. Mississippi State; 145 at LSU; 178 vs. Florida; 125 vs. Notre Dame) ... Doak Walker Award winner, presented annually to the nation's top running back ... unanimous first-team All-American (AFCA, Associated Press, FWAA, The Sporting News, Walter Camp) ... also earned first-team All-America honors from CBS Sports and ESPN.com ... second- team All-America selection by Pro Football Focus and USA Today ... selected as a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award ... first-team All-SEC honoree by both the AP and the league coaches ... named to the SEC Community Service Team ... finalist for the Jason Witten Man of the Year ... led the nation in total TDs (30) and rushing TDs (26) in addition to scoring (180) ... finished second for single-season rushing scores by a UA back with 26 as a senior ... totaled two or more rushing TDs in nine of 13 contests with at least one score in 11 games ... led the SEC and finished third in Division I for rushing yards at 1,466 ... added 43 receptions for 425 yards and four TDs to his senior totals ... totaled 1,891 all-purpose yards in 2020, good for sixth in UA records for a single season ... named a second-team Preseason All-American by four separate outlets, including the AP, TSN, USA Today and Walter Camp ... tabbed to the Doak Walker Award Watch List ... also selected to the Maxwell Award Watch List ... Maxwell Player of the Week honoree following Ole Miss ... also picked up offensive player of the week accolades from the SEC and Walter Camp following the matchup with the Rebels ... the 2020 SEC Championship Game MVP ... earned offensive player of the week recognition from the Alabama coaches for his play at Ole Miss, against Auburn, at LSU and against Florida in Atlanta. 2019 SEASON Stepped into the starting role as a junior ... earned honorable mention All-America honors from Pro Football Focus ... selected to the All-SEC second team by the Associated Press and league coaches ... totaled 2,377 career rushing yards, good for 15th all-time by an Alabama runner ... recorded seven 100-plus yard games in his career, including six as a junior ... contributed 20 scores as a junior (13 rushing, seven receiving) to tie for fourth in single-season ranks for TDs scored ... his seven receiving TDs are the most by a Crimson Tide running back in program history and tie for ninth in the single-season receiving ranks ... accumulated 1,224 yards and 13 rushing TDs on 209 carries - all team-high and career-best marks ... added 27 receptions for 304 yards and seven scores in the passing game ... totaled a first down or a TD on 81 of his rushes with 12 of his receptions moving the chains or crossing the goal line ... tabbed as a second-team Preseason All- American by Athlon ... named in the preseason to the Doak Walker, Maxwell and Walter Camp Player of the Year watch lists ... selected as one of the Alabama coaching staff’s offensive players of the week for his efforts against South Carolina, Southern Miss, Texas A&M, Tennessee, LSU and Auburn. Page 1 of 2 2018 SEASON Expanded upon his breakout performance in the 2018 national title game to rank second among the Tide running backs with 783 yards, carrying 117 times and adding four scores ... averaged a team-high 6.7 yards per carry with 18 of his carries going for 12-plus yards and 37 of his rushes resulting in a first down or a TD ... his 6.7 yards per carry ranked as fifth all-time in Alabama single- season records (minimum 100 carries) ... added four receptions to his sophomore stats ... earned offensive player of the week recognition from the UA coaches for his play against Arkansas State. 2017 SEASON Saw time in all 14 games, rushing 61 times for 370 yards with three TDs and a long rush of 35 yards ... finished ninth in the SEC among freshmen for rushing yards despite limited carries ... added six catches for 45 yards. HIGH SCHOOL A January 2017 early enrollee who was tabbed as the No. 1 overall prospect in the country by Rivals, Scout and PrepStar ... unanimous five-star recruit by every major recruiting outlet ... the consensus top-rated player in the state of California ... the third-best prospect overall and No. 2 running back according to 247Composite ... ranked ninth in the Top247 ... No. 11 in ESPN 300 and the second-best running back nationally ... played in the 2017 Army All-American Bowl ... invited to participate in Nike's "The Opening" in 2015 and 2016 ... named MVP of the 2016 Rivals 100 Five- Star Challenge ... 2017 first-team Parade All-American ... 2016 Bobby Dodd National High School Running Back of the Year ... 2015 and 2016 first-team All-USA selection by USA Today ... finished his career with 7,948 career rushing yards, the fourth-most in California high school football history ... rushed for 2,776 yards and 36 TDs during his senior season ... ran for 2,744 yards and 36 TDs as a junior in 2015 ... rushed for 2,263 yards and 23 TDs in his sophomore campaign ... 2015 Cal- Hi Sports Mr. Football State Player of the Year ... named the All-Metro Player of the Year by The San Francisco Chronicle in both 2015 and 2016 ... played for head coach John Lucido at Antioch ... chose Alabama over Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, UCLA and USC. CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS YEAR GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/A AVG/G 2017 14 61 370 3 35 6.1 26.4 2018 15 117 783 4 32 6.7 52.2 2019 13 209 1224 13 31 5.9 94.2 2020 13 251 1466 26 53 5.8 112.8 Total 55 638 3843 46 53 6.0 69.9 CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS YEAR REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 2017 6 45 0 22 0.4 7.5 3.2 2018 4 7 0 4 0.3 1.8 0.5 2019 27 304 7 42 2.1 11.3 23.4 2020 43 425 4 26 3.3 9.9 32.7 Total 80 781 11 42 1.5 9.8 14.2 CAREER SCORING STATISTICS YEAR TD Rush REC TOT AVG/G 2017 3 3 0 18 1.3 2018 4 4 0 24 1.6 2019 20 13 7 120 9.2 2020 30 26 4 180 13.8 Total 57 46 11 342 6.2 Page 2 of 2 .