Dajuan Harris, Jr.
#3 Dajuan Harris, Jr.
Rivals.com: Player Profile
Position: Guard
Height: 6-2
Weight: 170
Class: RS-Senior
Hometown: Columbia, Mo.
High School: Rock Bridge HS
OVERVIEW:
The 2023 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year … Has started each of the last two seasons, including the 2022 NCAA National Championship team … Has played in 106 games with 77 starts at KU … Ranks 14th on the KU career assists list with 455 and tied for 15th on career steals with 165 … Has led the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio each of the last two seasons … 2022 and 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and Big 12 All-Defensive Team member … A two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Was a CSC Academic All-District honoree in 2023, which qualifies him for Academic All-America … Known for his instinct on defense and his ability to create on offense.
CAREER HONORS:
Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2023]
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team [2023]
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year [2023]
Big 12 All-Defensive Team [2023]
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention [2023]
CSC Academic All-District [2023]
Big 12 All-Defensive Team [2022]
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention [2022]
Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2022]Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2021]
2022-23 (JUNIOR):
Won the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year as voted on by the conference coaches … Led the Big 12, seventh nationally, in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.28 … Led the Big 12 in assists per game and finished sixth nationally with 6.2 … Finished the season with 320 points, 224 assists, and 78 steals … Averaged 11.5 points per game and 6.0 assists per game in the NCAA Tournament, he also notched seven boards and six steals … Stepped up his production offensively this year by scoring ten or more in 14 games … Had a season-high 11 assists versus Kansas State (1/17) … Went a perfect 5-5 from three at Texas Tech (1/3) and tied his season high of 18 points … Had a season-high six steals when Kansas played West Virginia (2/25) … Had three games with double-digit assists.
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE):
A starter on the NCAA National Championship team … Led the Big 12, 14th nationally, in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.81 … Was fifth in the conference in assists at 4.2 and eighth in steals (1.5) … 2022 Big 12 All-Defensive Team, All Big-12 Honorable Mention and Academic All Big-12 First Team … Had 32 games with three or more assists and led the team in assists 24 times … Also led the team in steals 21 times … Had 59 assists and 18 TOs in his last 14 games (3.28 assist-to-turnover ratio) … Averaged 6.5 ppg in the NCAA Tournament … Scored 12 points vs. Texas Southern (3/17) … Blocked a career-high four shots vs. Texas (3/5) … Tied his career highs with 14 points and four steals and set his career high with eight assists at Iowa State (2/1) … Recorded three steals and three assists in the national championship vs North Carolina (4/4) …
2020-21 (FRESHMAN):
Was second on the team in assists with 65 … Had 12 games with three or more dimes … Led KU in assists eight times in 2020-21 … His 29 steals were tops among non-starters … Had two or more steals in seven games and led KU in thefts eight times … Averaged 6.7 ppg and 4.3 apg in the last three games of the season … Scored a career-high 13 points with four assists and two steals vs. Eastern Washington (3/20) in the NCAA Tournament … Had six points with two assists and two steals vs. UTEP (3/4) … Recorded five points and two rebounds vs. Baylor (2/27) … Recorded five assists vs. Kansas State (2/2) … Had seven points vs. TCU (1/28) … Posted five points and four assists at Oklahoma (1/23) … Had seven points and seven rebounds in his first-career start at TCU (1/5).
2019-20 (REDSHIRT):
A redshirt who practiced with the team the second semester.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Guided Rock Bridge High School to the 2018-19 Class 5 state championship and a 25-3 record for coach Jim Scanlon … Averaged 11.4 points and 5.0 rebounds for the Bruins in 2018-19 … Scored 17 points in the 63-59 state title victory for Rock Bridge … While at Rock Bridge, the Bruins amassed a 97-15 record … Harris tallied more than 1,100 career points and ended his career as the school’s career leader in assists (560) and steals (284) … As a junior, Rock Bridge finished runner-up at state … Played AAU for MOKAN Elite which won the EYBL Peach Jam title in July 2019, its second Peach Jam title in three years … Was a teammate of KU freshman Christian Braun while on MOKAN Elite.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Dajuan Anthony Harris Jr. … Parents are Demetria and Dajuan Harris … Is the oldest and has three sisters and two brothers … Enjoys playing video games and hanging out with friends … Plans on being a coach after his basketball career … Liberal Arts and Sciences major … Plans to graduate in May of 2023.