North Texas Mean Green | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks coach | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | May 22, 1985 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Brownwood, Texas | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Ennis (TX) | ||||||||||||
College: | Texas Tech | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||||
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Pass Attempts: | 4 |
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Completions: | 2 |
Percentage: | 50.0 |
Passing yards: | 20 |
TD-INT: | 0-0 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Graham Stanton Harrell (born May 22, 1985) is an American Football assistant coach and former American football and Canadian football quarterback. He is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the North Texas Mean Green. He had been an assistant for the Washington State Cougars for the previous two seasons and had also worked for Oklahoma State in a quality control position . He played college football at Texas Tech University, where he was an All-American quarterback, Heisman Trophy finalist in 2008, and set school, conference and national records for passing yards, attempts, completions, and touchdown passes. Harrell was signed into the National Football League in 2010 by the Green Bay Packers. He won Super Bowl XLV with the Packers over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was also a member the New York Jets. Prior to his time in the NFL, he was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2009 as an undrafted free agent in the Canadian Football League.
Harrell was born to Sam and Kathy Harrell in Brownwood, Texas, where his father was an assistant under legendary Texas high school football coach Gordon Wood. His father was hired as Head Coach at Ennis High School in Ennis, Texas. Harrell played at EHS under his father's coaching. He was the starting quarterback for three seasons and led the Ennis Lions to a state Class 4A title as a sophomore in 2001. He also played in the 2004 Oil Bowl, receiving the offensive MVP award. Harrell set Texas high school records in the following categories: