Marcus Harris was one of the best defensive plated in the dry two years ago. He always tries to prove that he belongs to the NFL.
THE Buffalo bills Signed Harris on Thursday, adding the 24 -year -old defensive tackle to a growing competition on the interior defensive line. In a corresponding decision, the Bills published the defensive platform Devin Brandt-Epps, a free agent who is not recovered from the New Mexico.
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Harris was a choice of seventh round, n ° 247 in total, by the Houston Texans In the draft of the NFL 2024. After being canceled during the reductions in the final alignment, he spent time in the Houston and New England training teams before being released by the Patriots in April.
Harris 6 feet 2 inches and 298 pounds played Kansas before transferring to Auburn, where he became one of the best defensive line players in the country. As a senior in 2023, he won the honors of the dry with 40 plated, seven bags, 11 plated for loss and a forced escape. Pro Football Focus gave him the highest defense note (87.4) of any defensive dry tackle.
Harris will wear n ° 72 with the Bills. Four of the nine defensive plated of the team entered the league in the 2024 draft class: Harris joins Dewayne Carter (Choice of Third Round), Zion Logue (signed the Atlanta training team) and Casey Rogers (claimed the exemptions last month).
Buffalo returns the veterans Ed Oliver and Daquan Jones, with Carter and Logue, but also added the free agent Larry Ogunjobi and the Recruit Tj Sanders and Deone Walker Recruit.
Harris, known for its first rapid step and its high engine, totaled 125 plated, 31 plated for the loss and 11 bags on five university seasons. At the combination of the NFL 2024, he recorded 27 rehearsals on the Bench press – seventh among the defensive line players who participated in the exercise.
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Her younger brother, Malik Bloctis also a defensive tackle of Auburn and has been appointed to ESPN first year all-year team in 2024.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: The invoices sign the old defensive platform All-Sec Marcus Harris
