98 days to WCU Football Kickoff - #98 Christian Harris

Welcome to the eleventh annual Catamount Football "100 days to Football Kickoff Countdown". During the countdown, we'll highlight the player whose number corresponds to that day in the countdown. 

Since the official 2021 Catamount Football roster has not yet been published, we'll use the 2021 Catamount Football Preseason Roster for jersey numbers, until the new roster is posted, at which point we'll switch to the official roster for the remainder of the countdown. 

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It's now 98 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, September 4th, 2021, against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, in E.J Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field, Cullowhee, NC. 

To help pass those long summer days, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, and knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the football countdown each day until kickoff day.

#98  Christian Harris

POSITION Defensive Tackle 

HEIGHT 6-3 

WEIGHT 260

CLASS Redshirt Freshman 

HOMETOWN Raleigh, N.C. 

HIGH SCHOOL Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.) School

2019 (Freshman): Played in three games as a defensive substitution and on special teams at the end of the season, remaining eligible for a redshirt … Did not record any official statistics … Made his collegiate debut against ETSU (Nov. 9) … Additionally saw action against Samford (Nov. 16) and at Alabama (Nov. 23) ... Named to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll. 

Prior to Western Carolina: Four-year letter winner including one season at Ravenscroft HS and three at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn. … Two-time All-Region and twice named All-City as a junior and senior … Named Dynamite Dozen as a senior … Listed as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and a two-star recruit by Rivals.com … Was invited to the All-American Army Bowl, Hawaiian Bowl, and Top Elite All-American Bowl … Had over 30 offers to play college football ... Was a three-sport standout as a prep, playing football, basketball, and track & field ... High school coach was Phil Massey.

Personal: Full name is Christian Xavier Harris … Is the son of Lisa Harris … Has a younger brother, Caleb.