Career: Has totaled 1,814 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns on 348 rushes (5.2 average) in 43 career games (six starts) … Returned to 2021 lineup at Louisiana in Game 6 after tearing the ACL in his right knee for the second time in his college career at Texas State on Nov. 7, 2020 … Tore same ACL in the spring of 2018 (returning nine months later to play at Georgia State in Game 10), suffered a foot injury that forced him to miss the last six regular-season games in 2019 (before returning for two postseason wins) and led the Sun Belt with 595 yards in the first six games of his injury-shortened 2020 … On Nov. 20, 2021, scored his first touchdown in more than 13 months when he reached the end zone at Troy.
2022: Despite being limited in fall camp as he moved closer to full health after a series of injuries, played in all 12 games and started one (against JMU) … Tied for third on the team with 389 rushing yards on 81 attempts (4.8 average) with four touchdowns … Scored touchdowns against Troy (19 yards), Coastal Carolina (2 yards), Marshall (1 yard after a third-and-goal reception of 26 yards from the 27) and Georgia Southern (4 yards) … Season-high 74 yards on nine rushes against Georgia Southern … Had four games with at least 48 rushing yards (with no more than 10 carries in any of those games).
2021: Played in six games, including the last four, and rushed for 196 yards and one touchdown on 46 attempts … After suffering a torn ACL in November 2020, made season debut in Game 6 at Louisiana … In Game 11, scored his first touchdown in more than 13 months when he reached the end zone at Troy on a 2-yard run early in the fourth quarter … Rushed for a season-high 71 yards on 12 carries in the Boca Raton Bowl against WKU … Posted 12 carries for 46 yards in the home win against a ranked Coastal Carolina team … Preseason All-Sun Belt second team from league coaches/media and Lindy's.
2020: All-Sun Belt third team by the league and fourth team by Phil Steele … Appeared in the first six games, starting in the last five of those, before suffering a season-ending knee injury … Was leading the Sun Belt in rushing yards per game (99.2) and rushing touchdowns (seven) before suffering the injury in the sixth game … Rushed for 595 yards in six games, averaging 5.6 yards per carry … Named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week after rushing 32 times for 211 yards and four touchdowns in a win against Campbell … At the time, four-TD rushing game was the most by a Mountaineer since Armanti Edwards against Furman in 2009 (Camerun Peoples eclipsed that in the 2020 bowl win) … Scored on runs of 17, 2, 40 and 5 yards against Campbell … Was one of just nine FBS players in 2020 to have a game with 200-plus rushing yards and at least four rushing TDs … Also had 100-yard rushing games against Arkansas State (137 yards on 18 carries) and Texas State (113 yards on 18 carries) … Opened season with two rushing TDs and 60 yards on 15 carries while coming off the bench against Charlotte … At Marshall, had a 76-yard TD run overturned by a replay that determined his knee touched the ground near the line of scrimmage … Caught two passes for 15 yards.
2019: Played in eight games, including the final three after missing six straight games with a lower-body injury … Rushed for 319 yards and two touchdowns on 50 carries for a yards-per-carry average of 6.4 … In his second game back from injury, rushed for a team-leading 89 yards on nine carries and scored on a 25-yard run in the Sun Belt title game win against Louisiana … Scored on a 22-yard run while rushing 11 times for 71 yards in a win against Coastal Carolina … Added 48 yards on just six carries in a season-opening win against ETSU.
2018: Returning from a torn ACL suffered in spring practice, appeared in two contests at running back and officially redshirted … Made his season debut against Georgia State in App State’s 10th game (ninth months after tearing his ACL) and also appeared in the New Orleans Bowl victory … Rushed for 19 yards on six attempts … Had four rushes for 16 yards against Georgia State, with a gain of 4 yards on his first carry and a long gain of 5 yards … Accounted for 3 rushing yards on two attempts in the 45-13 victory over Middle Tennessee.
2017: Played in nine games at running back as a true freshman, including the last eight games … Finished the season with 296 yards and two touchdowns on 59 carries … Was the team’s leading rusher with 118 yards on 17 carries and a 15-yard touchdown in the regular season finale against Louisiana … Rushed for his first career touchdown in a 27-6 win over Georgia Southern, carrying the ball 12 times for 44 yards … Gained 72 yards on nine carries in the bowl victory with long runs of 35 and 16 yards ... Made his first career reception at UMass and recorded his first career carry against Coastal Carolina. Made his first game appearance at Texas State but did not record any stats.
High School: Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports and a two-star recruit by Scout.com … Named region offensive player of the year following his senior season with 1,415 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns … Added first-team all-state and all-county honors … Went over 2,000 yards of total offense as a senior … Rushed for 1,527 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior … Had over 3,900 yards of total offense in his final two seasons … Also received interest from Kansas, Georgia Southern, Marshall, and Western Kentucky.
Personal: Full name is Daetrich Dymante Harrington … Son of Myesha Smith and Dietrich Harrington … Born on Sept. 9, 1998 … Father played football at the University of Kentucky.
