Tiger Greats: J-Shun Harris II

One of the best athletes Fishers Tigers has seen is J-Shun Harris II and he amazed Tiger fans every time the ball was put in play while he was on the field.  J-Shun played for the Tigers 2010-2013, lettering all 4 years in football and track.

As a Tiger, J-Shun Harris was an as exciting a player on field we have seen. At the 2012 Anderson sectional game, "Harris completely juked and fooled a defender to make an improbable big gain catch that showed his superior ability on the field and left us in awe of his talent", said one fan privileged to witness from the visiting section on that rainy and muddy night.  That night, the Tigers would win 27-14 in tough conditions and roll onto the regional match up against Ft. Wayne Snider.

The skill to the ball and the endzone that Harris exhibited thrilled fans and we knew this compact player was able to play at any level.  Harris' career at Fishers ended holding many team records and he was spotted by Coach Kevin Wilson's IU staff for a scholarship offer that Harris accepted above other opportunities to play football at the next level.

Harris' freshman campaign at IU resulted in 18 catches for 168 yards and 2 TDs, 19 kick returns for 391 yards and a career game high of 7 cactches for 68 yards and a 22 yard TD at Bowling Green against fellow Tiger and good friend Brian Sutton, another Tiger legend to be featured here soon.

Sorry Sutty!

Harris experienced an ACL injury during spring 2015 that put him out of the season and into rehab. We understand his recovery has been exceptional and we look forward to his time on the field heading into the 2016 BigTen football season for Harris and and we know he carries the Tiger pride into every Hoosier game.  Here is a fun video recently of J-Shun catching 5 punts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdyIYZe1kiE

J-Shun during media day 8/9/2016

Records at Fishers High School

receptions in single game - 12 vs Carmel, 2013

receptions in season - 62, 2013

reception in career - 133

yards receiving in season - 1,027, 2013

yard receiving in career - 2,032

Parents:  Stephanie and Art Peterson

THANK YOU J-SHUN for being a TIGER and carrying that forward! Best of luck in the upcoming season.  IU's first home game is Sept 10th against Ball State at 4 pm.

2013 Fishers Tigers Football Preview

Hoosier Crossroads Conference

Coach:  Rick Wimmer

Pre-Season Rankings - Gridiron Digest #8, IFCA #7

Connor Christiansen

Team Strengths

Return of experience and playmakers on offense.  Coaching.

J-Shun Harris

Team Weaknesses

Heavy loss of experience on defense and need to rebuild O-line.

Top Senior Tigers

• J-Shun Harris            5'9" 160 Senior WR
• Connor Christiansen 6'2" 180 Senior QB
• Drew Broughton       6'2" 265 Senior T
• Alex Sahakian           6’0” 160 Senior K

Drew Broughton

The Tiger offense is geared up for an explosive display.  It will be very difficult for opponents to guess where the ball will be going with ultra-playmaker J-Shun Harris returning the kicks and shaking defenders on pass routes.  Harris committed IU during the summer and excelled in many offseason camps.  Likewise, his signal caller Christiansen has the ability to get the ball to him and is also a threat to get yards on the ground himself.   Christiansen also performed very well in offseason camps and has drawn attention from D-1 programs, particularly in the offense heavy MAC.  Drew Broughton is a Tiger that has held an offer from UMass for quite a while and has garnered extensive interest from D-1 programs in area in addition to the likes of Stanford.

Other Upper Classmen to Watch Closely

• Maurice Campbell     5'9" 175 Junior RB
• Harvey Allen              5’10” 185 Senior RB
• Patrick Chavis           5’11” 180 Senior RB
• Tyrone Neely             6’4” 225 Senior DE
• Charlie Chang           5’11” 215 Senior C
• Trey Henderson        5’11” Senior OG/DT
• John Graves              6’2” Senior S
• Griffin Hulecki           6’2” 200 Senior LB
• Luke Harbison           5’8” 160 Junior LB

Top Young Crew Rising

• Zach Eaton                6’0" 178 Soph QB
• Josh Inman                6’0” 230 Soph OG
• RJ Potts                     6’2” 158 Frosh S/LB

The listing above is greatly expanded due to a couple of things, the depth at running back on this year’s Tiger team the inexperience on the defensive side.  The running back trio of Campbell, Allen and Chavis are as good as any Fishers has ever seen.  Each of them can do big things with the ball.  This beneficial to slow the game up and allow the defense as much rest between reps as possible and to help Tigers staff and players coach up this defense.

Defensive Coach Jud appears to have his hands full this year figuring out which combinations and players are going to step up and take charge.  It will be interesting to see who steps up as vocal leaders and leaders by example.  The inexperience on defense has opened up the door for freshman RJ Potts, the son of former NFL running back Roosevelt Potts, to earn a possible spot on defense.

The Tigers will definitely need to win the turnover margin this season and the 2013 edition doesn’t present as a team that will give away every opportunity to score when possessing the ball.  It will be interesting to see the development on the defense and to chart which players will be stepping up this year. 

The listing above is subject to change and only represents those players that have earned early season mention by this fan.  We welcome all others that want to be thrown on the list!

Let’s go Tigers!  Strap up and play to win!

Aug 23 (7:00 PM)	at Noblesville High School
Aug 30 (7:00 PM)	vs Hamilton Southeastern
Sep 7 (7:00 PM)	Westfield at Lucas Oil Stadium
Sep 13 (7:00 PM)	at Avon High School
Sep 20 (7:00 PM)	vs Harrison High School
Sep 27 (7:00 PM)	vs McCutcheon High School
Oct 4 (7:00 PM)	at Zionsville High School
Oct 11 (7:00 PM)	vs Lafayette Jefferson
Oct 18 (7:00 PM)	at Brownsburg High School