2018 Football Roster
Zachery Harris
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- High School:
- Holy Cross
2018: Started in all 13 games…Captured Second Team All-American Athletic Conference honors...Earned a season-high 13 tackles on the road against Cincinnati and Houston...Led the Green Wave with 95 total in 2018…Recorded 3.0 sacks for a total loss of 19 yards this season…Caught an interception against USF for a gain of 12 yards…Recovered a fumble in the Green Wave’s season opener against Wake Forest...Closed out the year on a high note as he totaled a team-high eight tackles, 1.5 sacks and two tackles for loss against Louisiana-Lafayette in the AutoNation Cure Bowl.
2017: Played in 12 games with 10 starts…Finished the season with the team’s third-most total tackles with 69…Tallied three tackles for loss…Recorded one tackle, including 0.5 TFL vs Grambling State (9/2)…Tallied nine tackles and 1.0 TFL at Navy (9/9)…Recorded a career-high 14 tackles, including six solo, vs. Army (9/23)…Tallied three solo tackles vs. Tulsa (10/7)…Had eight stops at FIU (10/14)…Recorded seven tackles and 0.5 TFL vs. Cincinnati (11/4)…Tallied 10 tackles and one quarterback hurry at ECU (11/11)…Had four tackles and one TFL vs. Houston (11/18)…Recorded six tackles at SMU (11/25)…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.
2016: Played in nine games, including seven starts…Finished with the fifth most tackles on the team at 45 (23 solo, 22 assists)…Recorded 4.0 tackles for loss of 10 yards…Led the team with a career high 10 tackles at Houston on Nov. 12, including one tacke for loss of three yards…Led the team for the second straight week, collecting nine tackles vs. Temple on Nov. 19 - Also earned two tackles for a loss of three yards…Led the team with eight tackles at UMass on Oct. 1.
2015: Played in three games with one start before missing the remainder of the season and earning a redshirt…Started at Georgia Tech (9/6), posting three tackles (1 solo, 2 assists)…Recorded two solo stops vs. Duke (9/3)…Had a then career-best seven stops (5 solo, 2 assists) vs. Maine (9/19).
2014: Played in five games as a true freshman…Totaled six tackles (5 solo, 1 assist) with 1.5 tackles for loss…Posted first-career solo tackle vs. Georgia Tech (9/6)…Recorded a half tackle for loss at Duke (9/20)…Totaled four solo stops with one tackle for loss at Rutgers (9/27)…Suffered a season-ending injury at Rutgers (9/27)…Off the field, was named to Tulane’s 3.0 Club.
High School: Three-year letterman at Holy Cross High for coach Barry Wilson…Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com while garnering two-star status from Rivals.com and Scout.com…Received an 83 rating and listed as the No. 50 recruit in the state and No. 94 outside linebacker in the nation by 247Sports.com…Helped lead the Tigers to a combined 21-12 overall record with trips to the state playoffs his final two prep seasons and a District 10-4A title as a junior…Tallied 253 career tackles, including a career-high of 23 vs. Brother Martin on Oct. 18, 2013…Named first-team all-state, first-team all-district and all-metro while claiming District Defensive Player of the Year as a senior after tallying 161 tackles, four tackles for loss, three sacks, two pass break-ups, one interception, one fumble recovery and a forced fumble.
Personal: Born in New Orleans, La…Has two brothers and two sisters…Majoring in Marketing.
Harris’ Career Highs
Tackles for Loss 2.0, 3x, last vs. Houston, 11/15/18
Yards Lost 11 at Georgia Tech, 9/12/15
Sacks 1.5 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 12/15/18
Yards Lost 11 at Georgia Tech, 9/12/15
