Archbishop Curley High School As a senior at Baltimore's Archbishop Curley High School, Harris was named the 2014 Varsity Sports NetworkOffensive Player of the Year for football. He earned All-Conference and All-State honors, and was selected to the Baltimore Sun's First Team All-Metro for the 2014 football season. That same year, Harris led the Friars to the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference Championship and their first undefeated football season in school history, which included a 28-0 shutout victory over traditional MIAA "A" Conference powerhouse Loyola Blakefield, a game in which Harris amassed 206 total yards with 2 touchdowns. He recorded 2,030 yards of total offense for that season with 25 touchdowns in 10 games. He ran for 1,450 yards for the season on 130 carries with 20 rushing touchdowns. In the 2014 MIAA Championship game, Harris had 211 total yards, scoring 5 touchdowns in a 56-14 victory over St. Paul's School to win the conference title. As a junior Harris rushed for 933 yards on 86 carries for the Friars and scored a total of 18 touchdowns. His sophomore season, he went for 676 yards on 63 carries with six touchdowns.
College career
Assumption College Career Highlights:
Holds the NCAA record as college football's all-time leader for combined touchdown returns – 14
Holds the NCAA D-II Record for single-season combined touchdown returns – 8
Tied NCAA Division-II Record for single-game kickoff return touchdowns – 2
Tied NCAA Division-II Record for single-season punt return touchdowns – 5
Punts returned for touchdowns in a single game – 2
Kickoffs returned for touchdowns in a single game – 2
Punts returned for touchdowns in school history – 8
Kickoffs returned for touchdowns in school history – 6
Professional career
2019 season: Rookie year
Harris signed with the New Orleans Saints as a rookie undrafted free agent in 2019. After an impressive training camp featuring a 78-yard touchdown return against the New York Jets in the pre-season, Harris made the final cut and was named to the Saints 53-man roster. Harris made his NFL debut on Monday Night Football as the Saints primary kick returner in the season-opener against the Houston Texans. During a Week 3 33-27 road victory against the Seattle Seahawks, he scored his first NFL touchdown on a 53-yard punt return, the NFL's first punt return touchdown of the 2019 season. Harris finished his rookie year as the leader in punt returns, combined returns, and punt return yards and was selected to the Pro Bowl. He is the first undrafted Saint to make the Pro Bowl roster as a rookie. He was also just one of four players in the league to have a punt return touchdown in 2019.
