Clark Harris attended Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, New Jersey where he was a three-sport athlete as a member of the football, basketball, and track teams. He threw javelin for the track team and played in the New Jersey North-South all-star basketball game. On the football team he played tight end and defensive end. He also served as the team’s long snapper. As a senior he recorded 29 tackles, 6 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries on defense while racking up 361 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns on offense. He received all-city and all-county honors and was selected to play for New Jersey in the 2002 Governor’s Bowl. He accepted a scholarship to Rutgers where he sat out the 2002 season as a redshirt. He started all 12 games the following season, totaling 18 receptions for 213 yards. As a sophomore he led all tight ends in the conference in receiving with 53 catches for 725 yards and 5 touchdowns. He was named first team all-Big East for his play as a sophomore. Harris finished his junior season with 38 receptions for 584 yards and 4 touchdowns. He was named first team all-Big East for the second consecutive season.

Clark Harris has been the starting tight end at Rutgers for the past four seasons. During that time he has been a very durable player who has started 43 consecutive games. He is a hard worker and a person of high character. He has a good combination of size and strength for a tight end. He is a big target with soft hands. He is a tough player who isn’t afraid to go over the middle and make a difficult catch in traffic. He does a good job of using his body to put himself in position to make the catch. He is a great short to intermediate range target but he lacks the speed required to stretch the field. He is able to break tackles and gain additional yardage after the catch. Harris is a reliable receiver for the most part, but he will drop catchable passes at times. He had problems with his blocking early on in his career but he has worked hard to improve in that area. This is still an area where he needs to continue to show improvement at the next level. Clark Harris isn’t an elite tight end prospect, but he does have the ability to develop into a solid starter in the NFL. He should be a mid round pick in the 2007 NFL draft.