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Position | Running back |
Class | ![]() |
Personal information | |
Born: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) |
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career history | |
College | |
Bowl games | |
High school | Edgewater ( Orlando, Florida) |
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Robert "RJ" Harvey Jr. is an American football running back for the UCF Knights. He previously played for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Harvey was born in Orlando, Florida. [1] He began playing football at age five. [2] He attended Edgewater High School in Orlando and played three varsity football seasons as a dual-threat quarterback. [2] Although the team lost every game in his sophomore year, he helped them rebound with a 9–3 record and district championship the following season. [2] As a senior, Harvey threw for 42 touchdowns and 1,815 passing yards and ran for 1,350 yards and 22 scores as the team reached the state playoffs with a 12–2 record. [3] He also maintained a 4.3 grade-point average (GPA) off the field. [3] Harvey was ranked a three-star recruit and the 39th-best dual-threat quarterback nationally, committing to play college football for the Virginia Cavaliers. [4]
As a true freshman at Virginia in 2019, Harvey was the third quarterback on the depth chart and redshirted, not seeing any playing time. [5] [6] He then entered the NCAA transfer portal and transferred to the UCF Knights. [5] In 2020 at UCF, after transferring to running back he appeared in five games and ran twice for three yards as a backup. [7] He had a chance to be a starter entering the 2021 season, but suffered a torn ACL in preseason camp and missed the entire year. [7]
Harvey returned in 2022 and appeared in 13 games with three starts, being named second-team All- American Athletic Conference (AAC) by Pro Football Network (PFN) while running 118 times for 796 yards and five touchdowns, in addition to 22 receptions for 215 yards. [8] He entered the 2023 season as the team's top running back. [9] Starting on October 7 against Kansas, he had five consecutive games with over 100 rushing yards, the longest streak at the school since 2007. [9] Against 15th-ranked Oklahoma State, he ran for 206 yards and three touchdowns, helping UCF win 45–3 in an upset. [10] He was named a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award as best running back nationally and became the first UCF player to run for over 1,000 yards in a season since 2018. With 1,416 yards & 16 TDs, Harvey had the sixth-highest amount of running yards and rushing touchdowns in the nation. [11]
UCF Knights – No. 7 | |
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Position | Running back |
Class | ![]() |
Personal information | |
Born: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) |
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career history | |
College | |
Bowl games | |
High school | Edgewater ( Orlando, Florida) |
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Robert "RJ" Harvey Jr. is an American football running back for the UCF Knights. He previously played for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Harvey was born in Orlando, Florida. [1] He began playing football at age five. [2] He attended Edgewater High School in Orlando and played three varsity football seasons as a dual-threat quarterback. [2] Although the team lost every game in his sophomore year, he helped them rebound with a 9–3 record and district championship the following season. [2] As a senior, Harvey threw for 42 touchdowns and 1,815 passing yards and ran for 1,350 yards and 22 scores as the team reached the state playoffs with a 12–2 record. [3] He also maintained a 4.3 grade-point average (GPA) off the field. [3] Harvey was ranked a three-star recruit and the 39th-best dual-threat quarterback nationally, committing to play college football for the Virginia Cavaliers. [4]
As a true freshman at Virginia in 2019, Harvey was the third quarterback on the depth chart and redshirted, not seeing any playing time. [5] [6] He then entered the NCAA transfer portal and transferred to the UCF Knights. [5] In 2020 at UCF, after transferring to running back he appeared in five games and ran twice for three yards as a backup. [7] He had a chance to be a starter entering the 2021 season, but suffered a torn ACL in preseason camp and missed the entire year. [7]
Harvey returned in 2022 and appeared in 13 games with three starts, being named second-team All- American Athletic Conference (AAC) by Pro Football Network (PFN) while running 118 times for 796 yards and five touchdowns, in addition to 22 receptions for 215 yards. [8] He entered the 2023 season as the team's top running back. [9] Starting on October 7 against Kansas, he had five consecutive games with over 100 rushing yards, the longest streak at the school since 2007. [9] Against 15th-ranked Oklahoma State, he ran for 206 yards and three touchdowns, helping UCF win 45–3 in an upset. [10] He was named a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award as best running back nationally and became the first UCF player to run for over 1,000 yards in a season since 2018. With 1,416 yards & 16 TDs, Harvey had the sixth-highest amount of running yards and rushing touchdowns in the nation. [11]