2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 54
Michael Harris
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 223
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Apopka, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Maryland
- High School:
- Lake Brantley HS
X: @19Michael_H
Insta: @19Miichael
A transfer linebacker who arrived in Tampa in the summer of 2026 after three seasons and 32 games played at Maryland...a former four-star recruit out of high school...the Jamaica native came to USF with 55 career tackles and three tackles for loss.
2025 (MARYLAND): Played in all 12 games...posted 12 tackles on the year...tied his season-high with three tackles at Illinois (11/15)...recorded a tackle at Rutgers (11/8), vs. Indiana (11/1), vs. Nebraska (10/11), vs. Washington (10/3), at Wisconsin (9/20) and against FAU (8/30).
2024 (MARYLAND): Appeared in all 12 games, totaling 34 tackles (20 solo), two tackles for a loss, one sack and one forced fumble...posted two tackles at Minnesota (10/26) & at Oregon (11/9)...had a career-high 10 tackles at Indiana (9/28), including one TFL, also
forced first career fumble...logged first career sack vs. Villanova (9/21)...tied a career-best with four tackles at Virginia (9/14)....two tackles vs. UConn (8/31) and Michigan State (9/7).
2023 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in eight games...totaled nine tackles (six solo), two pass breakups, a five-yard tackle for a loss...tallied career-high four tackles (three solo) and pass breakup in win over Indiana (9/30)...broke up a pass in win over Charlotte (9/9)...recorded a five-yard tackle for loss in first game of career vs. Towson (9/3).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 Under Armour All-American...2022 Seminole Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year...ESPN300... as a senior, totaled 104 tackles, 2.5 sacks and two pass breakup...also forced three fumbles and blocked three field goals...helped Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley make the first round of Florida’s new 4M playoffs...as a junior, only appeared in six games due to and upper body injury...totaled 48 tackles...also competed in track and field, placing second as a junior in the long jump at the Florida 4A state track meet with a 22’-8.5” effort...won a district title in the event a few months prior…during 10th grade track season was a member of a 4x100 team that captured silver at the state championships … personal bests of 11.10 in the 100-meter dash, 22.60 in the 200-meter dash and 23’-2.5” in the long jump...rated a four-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports out of high school with offers from Maryland, UCF, Michigan State and Auburn...rated the 242nd-ranked player in the nation by ESPN...ranked as a top-30 linebacker in the nation.
PERSONAL: Born in Jamaica where he and his twin brother, Andrew, grew up playing soccer before moving to the United States and eventually finding the game of American football...both brothers committed to play football for Maryland out of high school.
Career Highs:
Tackles: 4 (2x, last at Virginia, 9/14/24)
Solo Tackles: 3 (Indiana, 9/30/23)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0 (2x, last vs. Villanova, 9/21/24)
Sacks: 1.0 vs. Villanova 9/21/24
Insta: @19Miichael
A transfer linebacker who arrived in Tampa in the summer of 2026 after three seasons and 32 games played at Maryland...a former four-star recruit out of high school...the Jamaica native came to USF with 55 career tackles and three tackles for loss.
2025 (MARYLAND): Played in all 12 games...posted 12 tackles on the year...tied his season-high with three tackles at Illinois (11/15)...recorded a tackle at Rutgers (11/8), vs. Indiana (11/1), vs. Nebraska (10/11), vs. Washington (10/3), at Wisconsin (9/20) and against FAU (8/30).
2024 (MARYLAND): Appeared in all 12 games, totaling 34 tackles (20 solo), two tackles for a loss, one sack and one forced fumble...posted two tackles at Minnesota (10/26) & at Oregon (11/9)...had a career-high 10 tackles at Indiana (9/28), including one TFL, also
forced first career fumble...logged first career sack vs. Villanova (9/21)...tied a career-best with four tackles at Virginia (9/14)....two tackles vs. UConn (8/31) and Michigan State (9/7).
2023 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in eight games...totaled nine tackles (six solo), two pass breakups, a five-yard tackle for a loss...tallied career-high four tackles (three solo) and pass breakup in win over Indiana (9/30)...broke up a pass in win over Charlotte (9/9)...recorded a five-yard tackle for loss in first game of career vs. Towson (9/3).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 Under Armour All-American...2022 Seminole Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year...ESPN300... as a senior, totaled 104 tackles, 2.5 sacks and two pass breakup...also forced three fumbles and blocked three field goals...helped Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley make the first round of Florida’s new 4M playoffs...as a junior, only appeared in six games due to and upper body injury...totaled 48 tackles...also competed in track and field, placing second as a junior in the long jump at the Florida 4A state track meet with a 22’-8.5” effort...won a district title in the event a few months prior…during 10th grade track season was a member of a 4x100 team that captured silver at the state championships … personal bests of 11.10 in the 100-meter dash, 22.60 in the 200-meter dash and 23’-2.5” in the long jump...rated a four-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports out of high school with offers from Maryland, UCF, Michigan State and Auburn...rated the 242nd-ranked player in the nation by ESPN...ranked as a top-30 linebacker in the nation.
PERSONAL: Born in Jamaica where he and his twin brother, Andrew, grew up playing soccer before moving to the United States and eventually finding the game of American football...both brothers committed to play football for Maryland out of high school.
Career Highs:
Tackles: 4 (2x, last at Virginia, 9/14/24)
Solo Tackles: 3 (Indiana, 9/30/23)
Tackles for Loss: 1.0 (2x, last vs. Villanova, 9/21/24)
Sacks: 1.0 vs. Villanova 9/21/24
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