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Palmer and Harris team up for four sacks and five tackles-for-loss.
2011: Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team selection ... played in all 11 games, with five starts at wide receiver ... tied for second on the team with 39 catches for 358 yards (9.2 avg.) ... also rushed for 21 yards on three carries ... a key contributor on special teams, with three punt returns for 23 yards and 10 kickoff returns for 207 yards (20.7 avg.) ... caught four passes for 63 yards in first career game at Eastern Illinois ... hauled in a career-high nine catches for 78 yards in second career start, while filling in for the injured Marvon Sanders at Missouri State ... had six catches for 44 yards in a win over nationally-ranked South Dakota.
2010: Redshirted.
James Madison Memorial HS: Two-year letterwinner ... caught 63 passes for 1,236 yards and caught 16 touchdowns during senior season ... also returned 17 kickoffs for 451 yards and two touchdowns ... named a first-team all-state selection by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and the Associated Press ... earned Big 8 Conference Player of the Year Award and named a first-team all-conference selection at wide receiver and as a return specialist ... inaugural recipient of the Al Toon Award as the most outstanding senior wide receiver in Wisconsin, part of the 1st Annual Wisconsin Sports Network Senior Football Awards ... helped team to a co-conference championship and a state playoff appearance while setting five school records ... caught 35 passes for 625 yards and scored 10 touchdowns as a junior ... earned second-team all-conference honors ... also competed in track and field ... was state champion in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior (37.49) and was second in the 110-meter hurdles (14.40) ... placed second in the state as a junior in the 300-meter hurdles and third in the 110-meter hurdles.
Personal: Born January 12, 1992, in Madison, Wis. ... son of Margery Overman ... the youngest of four siblings ... also a member of the ISU track and field team ... major: undeclared.