#22

Najee Harris

Former running back at Alabama. 2020: 1,466 rushing yards, 26 rushing TD, 43 catches.

RB · Alabama · Sr. · #22

6′2″ · 230 lb · Antioch, CA

Consensus AAPittsburgh — drafted 2021, Rd 1, Pick 24, #24 overall

Recruiting

5★

RB recruit

No. 2 nationally · Signed with Alabama

Statement game23 car · 206 yds · 5 TDat Ole Miss (FBS) · W 63-48

Top 0.1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

Najee Harris is a cheat coder/CFB game thread · ▲ 9His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Alabama. 2020: 1,466 rushing yards, 26 rushing TD, 43 catches.

  • Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2017.
  • Drafted round 1 by the Pittsburgh in 2021.
  • Named All-America (AFCA) in 2020.
His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Alabama, 3,843 rushing yards, a Consensus All-American season (2020) — drafted at #24 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201710 games

  • Signed with Alabama5-star out of Antioch

202011 games

  • All-Americafirst · 9 selectors
  • All-SECfirst
  • Doak Walkerwinner

2021

  • Drafted by Pittsburghround 1, pick 24

Career arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★★
#2 national
CFB
College
Alabama
2017–2020
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #24
Pittsburgh · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

11 honors · 2 categories
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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2020)

7 first-team selectors

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2020)

Badges

  • Top-10 Recruit

Featured in The Canon

#98
The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach
2017–2020
Nick Saban
Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 6th NFL season

#24Rd 1 · Pick 24
PittsburghEntering 6th NFL season
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