User:Lion1407/sandbox/Harrison Stewart (Football Player)

Harrison Stewart is an American Football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played for the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions from 2013-2015, starting for six games in the 2013 season, and all of the 2015 season. He previously played at the University Of Nevada and spent time on the Junior College Level playing for Chaffey College and Grossmont College. In 2015 He led A&M-Commerce to an 8-4 record, a Lone Star Conference Championship, and an appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs to go along with All-Conference and All-American honors.

Early Years and High School
Stewart was born in Yucaipa, California to Harry and Sheree Stewart. He attended Yucaipa High School in Yucaipa, California from 9th to 11th grade. He originally played the tight end position, but was moved to quarterback late in his Junior year. His first action at the quarterback position was against a Centennial High School squad led by future University of Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez. His Senior year, his family moved to nearby Upland, California where he nabbed the starting spot for the Upland High School Football team and helped lead the Highlanders to the California State Championship in 2009. He was recruited by The University of Nevada, Sacramento State University, and Azusa Pacific University. He took a scholarship offer to play for Nevada under coach Chris Ault.

University of Nevada
Stewart redshirted at Nevada his first year. He competed with future NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and fellow California high school standout and future WAC Offensive player of the year Cody Fajardo. After a semester in Reno, he decided to transfer to another school to find an offense more conducive to his strengths as a passing quarterback.

Grossmont College
Stewart transferred to Grossmont College in El Cajon, California for the 2011 season. He saw action in two games where completed 6 of 10 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown. After the season, Stewart decided again to transfer to be closer to his family and for the possibility of more playing time.

Chaffey College
For the 2012 season, Stewart joined the team at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He was the starting quarterback for the 2012 season for the Panthers. He completed 133 passes out of 271 attempts for 1,875 yards and 15 touchdown passes.

2013 Season
Stewart was recruited by Texas A&M-Commerce Lions coach Colby Carthel and offered a scholarship to play for the Division II school in North Texas. Stewart accepted and battled with current Arena League Quarterback Tyrik Rollison and current Canadian Football QB Deric Davis. He was named the primary back up going into the 2013 season. He saw action in all 12 Lion games as he ran the Lions goal line offense, but became the starter after Rollison injured his ankle in a 41-28 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville. Stewart got his first start against McMurry University, throwing for 370 yards and a touchdown en route to a 65-43 Lions win, the most points scored in a game by TAMUC in almost 30 years. He completed the season by completing 139 passes out of 259 attempts for 1,843 yards, 18 Touchdown passes, and 2 rushing touchdowns. The Lions played in the 2013 LiveUnited Bowl, the Lions' first postseason appearance since the 1995 NCAA Division II playoffs, a 44-3 loss to Harding University.

2014 Season
Due to sitting out of school for a semester in the Spring of 2013, Stewart was granted a Red-Shirt season while Rollison and Davis helped lead the Lions to a Lone Star Conference championship in 2014, the first for TAMUC since 1990.

2015 Season
Stewart was named the starting quarterback for the 2015 season as well as team captain. Starting all 12 games his Senior year, he completed 206 passes out of 374 attempts for 3,173 yards and 30 touchdowns. He led the Lions to an 8-3 regular season record and the Lions captured their second straight LSC title, going 6-0 in conference play. The Lions were selected for the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time since 1995, where they were defeated by a second ranked Ferris State University team 48-30. Stewart was Second Team All-Lone Star Conference and Honorable Mention All-American by the USA College Football publication. He led the Lone Star Conference in passing also.

Statistics and records for Texas A&M-Commerce:
 * Fourth in single season passing yards (3,173 yards)
 * Third in Touchdown passes in a season (30)
 * Third in career touchdown passes (48)
 * Sixth in career passing yards (5,016)

Professional Career
Stewart was scouted by and offered a tryout with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, but was not drafted into the CFL.

Personal
Stewart graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce's College of Business in 2016 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. He moved back to Southern California and currently resides there and works in the industrial supply industry. He has two other brothers, one is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno and the other is in the United States Armed forces.