Louisville football: The 50 greatest Cardinals of all time

Lamar Jackson, Louisville Cardinals. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Lamar Jackson, Louisville Cardinals. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Harry Douglas, Louisville Cardinals
Harry Douglas, Louisville Cardinals. (Photo by A. Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

There’s only one player in the history of Louisville football to record two games of 200 yards or more receiving. That player is Harry Douglas, who did so in back-to-back games against Syracuse and Kentucky in 2007.

Douglas, a 6-foot receiver and punt return specialist from Tampa, Florida was a dynamic weapon for Louisville quarterbacks from Stefan LeFors to Brian Brohm.

After a redshirt year in 2003, Douglas had a mild second year with the Cards but capped it off with a 65-yard touchdown run on a reverse in Louisville’s massive Liberty Bowl victory over Boise State.

His final play of the 2004 season may have been a premonition for things to come down the line. His career would blossom in 2005 and then skyrocket in 2006 and 2007.

Douglas became Louisville’s second all-time leading receiver with 2,924 yards and his 15 receiving touchdowns are tied for ninth all time. He was honored as a First-Team All-Big East player in his final two seasons and received a nod as an All-American in 2007.

Douglas was selected in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He went on to have a highly successful professional career, tallying 310 receptions for 3,759 yards over eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and the Tennessee Titans.