Gavin Harris

Tarleton State

Sep 5 (Sat)

12 p.m.

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
High Point, N.C.
High School:
High Point Christian Academy

Bowling Green

2025 | Freshman

Enrolled early for the spring semester
Did not appear in any games

High Point Christian Academy

High Point, N.C.

• Played three years of varsity football for head coach Ryan Rocha

• Helped lead the Cougars to a 10-1 record and Big 6 conference title as a senior, notching 33 tackles, five tackles for loss, four interceptions, six pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a blocked punt on defense as well as a receiving touchdown on offense

• Earned all-state, Big 6 Conference Defensive MVP, All-Big 6 and Team Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior

• Posted 46 tackles, nine tackles for loss, two sacks, two interceptions, nine pass breakups and three fumble recoveries on defense, as well as 200 receiving yards and 196 rushing yards on offense as a junior

• Scored 10 total touchdowns as a junior (three rushing, three receiving, three fumble returns and one interception return) and setting a school record with four defensive touchdowns that season

• Named All-Big 6 as well as all-state second team as a junior

• Was a two-time team captain

• Also lettered in track & field and was a member of the 4x100 relay team as the anchor leg that won the 2024 NCISAA Division II state championship

• Earned All-Big 6 and All-State honors in track

• Member of the Beta Club for having a 3.9 GPA or higher

Personal

• Son of Clarence and Michelle Harris

• Has a younger sister, Aniya

• Father, Clarence, played football at North Carolina A&T

• Mother, Michelle, played softball and basketball at North Carolina Central and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2004, as she graduated with the fourth most steals (382) in NCAA Division II basketball history as well as the highest career batting average (.537) in Division II softball history

• Ran club track for the High Point Blaze Track Club, having finished 20th in the nation in the high jump at the 2019 Junior Olympics and also won Team Jumpers MVP that year

• Plans to major in sports management

• Favorite athlete is Jalen Ramsey

• Lists his parents, Clarence and Michelle, as his biggest influences, “because they have sacrificed so much of their time and showed me so much support throughout my journey for me to accomplish my dreams”
• Born in Salem, Va.