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Kansas Basketball Sensation Selected for Prestigious Award Watch List

The Jayhawks will once again be led by one of college basketball's most talented and experienced point guards.

Rich Cirminiello

Oct 18, 2024; Lawrence, KS, USA; Kansas Jayhawks guard Dajuan Harris Jr. (3) celebrates after a scrimmage during Late Night in the Phog at Allen Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
Oct 18, 2024; Lawrence, KS, USA; Kansas Jayhawks guard Dajuan Harris Jr. (3) celebrates after a scrimmage during Late Night in the Phog at Allen Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images / Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
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Dajuan Harris Jr., Kansas' decorated sixth-year senior, continues to stack offseason accolades as the 2024-25 season quickly approaches.

Harris is one of 20 players named to the Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list. The Cousy Award, named in honor of legendary Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, has recognized the top point guards in college basketball since 2004.

Harris has been a mainstay with the Jayhawks since arriving from Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, MO. He was a starter on the 2022 NCAA National Championship team and is a three-time Big 12 All-Defensive Team honoree.

Last season, Harris ranked second in the Big 12 and 12th in the country with 6.5 assists per game. He also led the Jayhawks with 50 steals. Harris is a sticky on-ball defender and court general who can drain threes when needed.

Additionally, Harris was recently ranked No. 37 on ESPN's list of the top 100 returning players in college basketball.

Last year, Harris was a midseason addition to the watch list for the Cousy Award, which was ultimately won by Kansas State's Markquis Nowell. Harris will have a chance to join Frank Mason III in 2017 as the only Jayhawks to ever win the Cousy Award.

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Rich Cirminiello
RICH CIRMINIELLO

I've been the VP of College Awards for the Maxwell Football Club since 2008. I oversee and manage all aspects of the Maxwell Award (CFB Player of the Year), Bednarik Award (Defensive POY) and Munger Award (CFB Coach of the Year), including creating watch lists, steering the selection committee and choosing players of the week. I appear weekly on SportsGrid TV to discuss college football, both as a guest and a co-host of various live shows. I oversee and manage two additional college awards, outside the purview of the Maxwell Football Club - former Seattle Seahawk RB Shaun Alexander's Freshman of the Year Award & the Buddy Teevens Award, which was created by Peyton Manning, Archie Manning and Omaha Productions in honor of the late Dartmouth coach. I'm contracted out each May by Phil Steele to help edit the magazine and write select articles leading up to the publication of his annual College Football Preview in June.

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