2019 Football Roster
Roster
De'Michael Harris
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Vicksburg, Miss.
- High School:
- St. Aloysius HS
- Prev School:
- Hinds CC
2019 (Senior): Named C-USA honorable mention and was voted a member of the 11-person C-USA All-Academic team with a 3.644 in Exercise Science...Played and started in 12 games, only missing the season opener with injury…Ranked second on the team in rushing with 541 yards to go along with five touchdowns…Converted from WR to RB after injuries forced him into that role during the early going of the season…Added 34 catches for 3346 yards and three touchdowns…Returned kickoffs and had a 100-yard return to his credit against LA Tech on the opening play of the game…Finished the year with 10 returns for 282 yards and a touchdown…Posted a career-high 121 yards rushing to go along with two running scores, from 56 and 33 yards, in road victory at UTSA…Held both 100-yard rushing games for the Eagles and had four touchdowns of 50 yards or longer in 2019, including two rushing, one receiving and one kickoff return....Other 100-yard rushing game came against North Texas (10/12) with 103 yards on 14 carries with a pair of touchdowns...Posted 1,802 career all-purpose yards (587 receiving, 621 rushing and 594 kick returns).
2018 (Junior): Appeared in all 11 games and earned a start against Charlotte ... Served as a welcomed offensive weapon ... Had 27 catches for 241 yards and two scores, including a 74-yarder against Rice via a shovel pass ... Scored on 17- and 43-yard catches against UTEP and Charlotte, respectively ... The latter was a wide-open strike downfield from Tate Whatley ... Also rushed nine times for 80 yards with a season-long of 29 against Marshall ... Served as the primary kickoff returner, taking 13 kicks for 312 yards, including a Southern Miss, season-long 79-yarder against UTSA.Hinds CC: Was the team leader in all-purpose yards in each of his two seasons (97, then 105 ypg) as the squad improved from 2-7 to 6-3 ... Caught 29 passes for 259 yards, including one for 40, as a sophomore ... Was also the team's top kick returner (20 attempts, 612 yards) with its only special teams touchdown of the year ... Also had 23 rushes for 71 yards ... As a freshman, ranked second on the team with 18 catches and had 218 yards ... Again, was the team's main kick returner (23 attempts) with a touchdown as well.
High School: Had a celebrated track career at St. Aloysius, winning the MAIS state title in the 100 (10.55), 200 (20.8) and 400-meter (47.96) ... In 46 career games, he rushed 362 times for 3,649 yards and 47 touchdowns ... Added 30 catches for 377 yards and five touchdowns ... Notched 5,368 all-purpose yards ... Named first-team all-state by the Mississippi Association of Coaches as a junior.
