Micah Harris was a senior defensive lineman on the Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 football team.

Officials say Harris died instantly he hit a tree while driving north on Interstate 85

Interstate 85

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 in Brunswick County

Brunswick County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,419 people, 6,277 households, and 4,312 families residing in the county. The population density was 32 people per square mile . There were 7,541 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...

, Virginia

Virginia

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. He was born in Missouri

Missouri

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Micah Harris went to high school at Poland Seminary High School

Poland Seminary High School

Poland Seminary High School is a public high school in Poland, Ohio. It is the only high school in The Poland Schools district. Although the current building was built in 1972, Poland Seminary High School owes its name to an earlier institution, Poland Seminary, which was one of the first private...

 in Poland, Ohio

Poland, Ohio

Poland is a village in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 26,866 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

and graduated in the year 2001. He was well liked and excelled in academics as well as football. He was a starter on the 1999 Division III championship team with Poland Seminary.