2015 Football Roster
Roster
Grant Harris
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 273
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bolton, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Clinton HS
2018 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
CAREER: Veteran defensive lineman who added quality depth at tackle … Played in 37 career games with one start … Made 32 career tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack … Graduated from MSU in December 2018 with a degree in business administration.
2018 SENIOR SEASON: Saw action in all 13 games and started once … Collected 12 tackles, including a half tackle for loss … Started at defensive tackle on Senior Day vs. Arkansas (11/17) … Logged multiple tackles in five different games … Had a half tackle for loss in the season opener vs. Stephen F. Austin (9/1) … Posted a season-high three tackles on Homecoming vs. Louisiana Tech (11/3).
2017 JUNIOR SEASON: Appeared in all 13 games as a backup defensive lineman … Totaled 14 tackles, including his first career sack … Notched a tackle in 10 of 12 contests played in during the season with four multi-tackle performances … Two of his multi-tackle outings came on the road in conference play at No. 11 Georgia (9/23) and at No. 13 Auburn (9/30) … Lone tackle versus Ole Miss (11/23) was the first sack of his career for a total loss of 10 yards.
2016 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Appeared in six games on the year, including the final four conference games (No. 4 Texas A&M, at No. 1 Alabama, Arkansas and at Ole Miss) … Recorded two solo tackles in the season-opener against South Alabama (9/3).
2015 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in five games during the 2015 campaign, making his first-career appearance in a 62-13 victory against Northwestern State … Recorded a career-high two tackles against Troy (10/10) … Notched a tackle in two of five games played during the season.
2014 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON: Redshirted during his first year on campus.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year player for head coach Judd Boswell’s Arrows ... A three-star recruit according to ESPN.com, Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports ... The 19th-best player in the state and the 56th-best defensive end according to ESPN.com ... Tabbed by Rivals.com as the 16th-best prospect in Mississippi ... Selected to The Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen, becoming just the fourth Clinton player to make the list, joining Dontae Walker (1998), Clarence McDougal (2000) and CoCo Hodge (2000) ... Named to the Clarion-Ledger All-Metro First Team ... A member of the MaxPreps 2013 Mississippi Preseason All-State Football Team ... Selected to the 2013 All-Gridiron First Team by the Mississippi Gridiron ... Earned a spot in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic and the 10th Annual Max Emfinger All-American Bowl ... Named to the 2013 247Sports All-State All-Prospect Second-Team Defense ... Booked 92 tackles during senior year, including 10.0 stops for lost yardage and six sacks ... Added a pair of pass breakups and two forced fumbles ... Selected as the Sept. 13 MaxPreps Defensive Player of the Game after booking 11 tackles against Meridian ... As a junior, tallied 71 hits, 13.0 TFL and 6.0 sacks while forcing one fumble and recovering another ... A second-team All-State selection by the Mississippi Association of Coaches following junior campaign … Tallied 40 tackles, 8.0 hits for lost yardage and 3.0 sacks during sophomore season ... Did not start playing football until high school after being home schooled prior to eighth grade.
PERSONAL: Born Grant Everett Harris on Oct. 7, 1995 … Father, Reggie, was a two-year starter at linebacker for Hinds Community College before transferring to Delta State ... Reggie was inducted into the Hinds Community College Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 ... Uncle played football at Southern Miss ... Mother is Angela … Twitter handle is @GrantH_9
HARRIS’ CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 3, vs. Louisiana Tech (11-3-18)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0, vs. Ole Miss (11-23-17)
Sacks: 1.0, vs. Ole Miss (11-23-17)
