TWITTER: @HarrisNOFLYZONE
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in the second round (60th overall) in the 2011 NFL Draft...signed by Texans on July 31, 2011.
2011 Houston (7/0):
Inactive for nine games of the regular season
Made his professional debut on special teams at New Orleans (9/25)
Made a special teams tackle vs. Pittsburgh (10/2)
Assisted on a special teams tackles at Indianapolis (12/22)
Made one solo tackle vs. Tennessee (1/1/12) in the season finale
Inactive for both playoff games
TWITTER: @HarrisNOFLYZONE
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in the second round (60th overall) in the 2011 NFL Draft...signed by Texans on July 31, 2011.
2011 Houston (7/0):
Inactive for nine games of the regular season
Made his professional debut on special teams at New Orleans (9/25)
Made a special teams tackle vs. Pittsburgh (10/2)
Assisted on a special teams tackles at Indianapolis (12/22)
Made one solo tackle vs. Tennessee (1/1/12) in the season finale
Inactive for both playoff games
COLLEGE:
Started 32-of-39 games, recording 132 tackles, nine tackles for loss, four interceptions, five forced fumbles, two sacks and 28 pass break-ups
Named a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s top defensive back) for the second consecutive year as a junior after starting all 13 games, recording 44 tackles and a team-high 10 pass breakups en route to a second-team All-ACC selection
Helped the Hurricanes lead the Atlantic Coast Conference and rank third in the country in pass yards, allowing just 150.5 per game
Additionally, the unit finished first in the league and fifth in the nation in pass efficiency defense (99.12 avg.)
Started all 13 games in 2009 and placed third on the team with 58 tackles (40 solos), including one sack for five yards and six stops for losses for 12 yards; and gained 10 yards on two interceptions and caused three fumbles and returned two kickoffs for 63 yards
Led the ACC and ranked second nationally with 1.3 passes defended per contest as a sophomore…also tied for second nationally in pass breakups (15) and third in passes defended (17), earning him All-American and first-team All-ACC honors
Saw action in all 13 games and started six contests at left cornerback his freshman year, finishing eighth on the team with 30 tackles (22 solos), including one sack for seven yards and two stops for losses totaling 11 yards and deflected three pass attempts and intercepted another, gaining 25 yards on the return
Earned Academic All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in his first season
PERSONAL:
Attended Booker T. Washington High School in Miami
Named Florida’s Gatorade Player of the Year, Dade County’s 6A-4A Defensive Player of the Year and the Miami Herald’s Miami-Dade County Male Athlete of the Year as a senior
Added All-American honors by Prep Star and EA Sports, and was listed as a member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 team
In 2007, the Booker T. Washington Tornadoes turned in a perfect 14-0 record and claimed the Florida Class-4A state championship title while finishing sixth in USA Today’s final national rankings
