He&rsquo;ll start out this fall likely on the scout team, and then it will remain to be seen whether he becomes Bill Snyder&rsquo;s next great dual-threat quarterback.</p><p>But it&rsquo;s official &mdash; Chris Harper, a former Wichita Northwest star who ran, caught and threw for a touchdown as a college freshman, is transferring to Kansas State. He will redshirt this season, and he&rsquo;ll have three seasons of eligibility for the Wildcats.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m all set,&rdquo; said Harper, adding he&rsquo;ll be under scholarship. &ldquo;I talked to Coach Snyder, Coach (Del) Miller, Joe Bob (Clements) &hellip; I talked to my family a while back about this, but I didn&rsquo;t want to talk to (the media) about it.&rdquo;</p><p>Harper, 6 feet 2 and 230 pounds, spent last season at Oregon, where he was used in a variety of roles.</p><p>He rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown in his college debut against Washington. He replaced the Ducks&rsquo; injured quarterback and led a game-winning scoring drive in overtime at Purdue. This year, he might have been one of the Ducks&rsquo; starting receivers &mdash; he caught five passes for 85 yards and a touchdown at Arizona State &mdash; but he sensed opportunity in Manhattan.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m definitely going to be a quarterback,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>To meet that goal, the work has already begun. Harper was in Tulsa, Okla., over the weekend for a camp. He received instruction from Darin Slack, who runs a quarterback academy in Orlando, Fla. Harper said he didn&rsquo;t throw with any consistency after slightly tearing his rotator cuff upon arriving in Eugene. As a result, he tinkered with his delivery, dropping to sidearm, a la Vince Young.</p><p>Not anymore.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a whole new philosophy,&rdquo; Harper said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m trying to get to a point where my arm doesn&rsquo;t hurt. I have to get more comfortable with the motion, but it works. It just has to become more natural. </p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m throwing more with my entire body. I can throw it 20 yards on a line, and I just learned it. </p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve just started, and after I incorporate my legs &hellip; I&rsquo;m going to keep working with these guys all summer.&rdquo;</p><p>Harper&rsquo;s athletic gifts are abundant. His ability to throw, however, has been questioned. But once word began to circulate he was coming home, the well-wishers were everywhere, all eager to see him in purple and white.</p><p>&ldquo;There are a lot of people excited, a lot of people saying, &lsquo;We need you,&rsquo; &rdquo; Harper said. &ldquo;One of the guys at Northwest, someone who has watched me all through high school, said he felt like he had a part in shaping me, and now this gives him something to look forward to, a reason to start attending K-State games.&rdquo;</p><p>Once Harper is eligible, he&rsquo;ll join a growing list of quarterbacks.</p><p>Junior Carson Coffman emerged from spring practices as the leader to start in 2009, but Snyder did not announce him the starter entering fall workouts. South Florida quarterback Grant Gregory transferred to K-State last week and is eligible this season, his final year of eligibility.</p><p>Also on the roster this fall are redshirt freshmen Joseph Kassanavoid and Collin Klein, as well as incoming junior-college transfer Daniel Thomas.</p><p>Harper&rsquo;s addition could provide Snyder and his staff a boost regarding recruiting inroads in Wichita.</p><p>&ldquo;This might give (K-State) a little more pull here,&rdquo; Harper said. &ldquo;I saw Joseph Randle at the camp over the weekend, and I talked to him. He didn&rsquo;t know I was going back to K-State &mdash; he thought it was just a rumor. </p><p>&ldquo;I think there are a few guys I can impact.&rdquo;