Brandon D. Harris

BTW Class of 2008

Brandon D. Harris was born on January 24, 1990 to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Harris Sr. As the second son of emerging coach “Ice” Har- ris and kid brother to an athletic older brother he followed around, Bran- don had a great foundation to build his future athletic career. Fascinated and eager t o play the game, Brandon watched his older brother closely and began to pattern his moves and develop his abilities after him. Soon Brandon through hard work and effort, developed a rhythm of his own and began to blossom into the athlete he is today.

As a student at Booker T. Washington Sr. High School, Brandon participated in football and track from 2004 until 2008. He helped win State championships in both sports along the way. As a Senior Brandon was honored as the Florida Gatorade Player of the year, after recording forty-nine (49) tackles, five (5) sacks, four (4) interceptions and two (2) touchdowns as a defensive back. As a wide receiver, Brandon also had twenty-six (26) receptions totaling 501 yards and eight (8) touchdowns. Following his 2008 graduation from Booker T. Brandon accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Miami. As a freshman, Brandon started 6 games at Cornerback and finished his season with 30 tackles, an interception and a sack. His sophomore stats (55 tackles, an interception and a sack) resulted in the honors of first team all Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection; second team All American honors from Sports Illustrated and third team All-American honors from the Associated Press. As a junior Brandon’s cornerback play remained consistent as his stats read 44 tackles, an interception, 13 starts and a second team All ACC selection.

Following his junior season at Miami, Brandon announced that he would forego his senior season and enter the 2011 National Football League (NFL) draft. And with the 60th overall pick, in the second round, Brandon was selected by the Houston Texans. With his selection in the second round, Brandon became the highest selected athlete, in any sport, in the 90 year history of BTW football and athletics.