2012 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE - Parent Directory - NFL.com

BRANDON HARRISCORNERBACKHeight: 5-10 | Weight: 195 | College: Miami (Fla.) |Hometown: Miami, Fla. | 2nd NFL Season |2nd with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2012: 22 |Acquired: CFA-’11 | 2012 GP/GS: 7/0 |Career GP/GS: 7/0 | Teams: Houston, 2011-12 |HEADERTEXANS BIOS26TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in the second round (60th overall) in the 2011 NFL Draft...signed by Texans on July 31, 2011.2011 Houston (7/0):• Inactive for nine games of the regular season• Made his professional debut on special teams at New Orleans (9/25)• Made a special teams tackle vs. Pittsburgh (10/2)• Assisted on a special teams tackles at Indianapolis (12/22)• Made one solo tackle vs. Tennessee (1/1/12) in the season finale• Inactive for both playoff gamesCOLLEGE:• Started 32-of-39 games, recording 132 tackles, nine tackles for loss, four interceptions, five forcedfumbles, two sacks and 28 pass break-ups• Named a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s top defensive back) for the secondconsecutive year as a junior after starting all 13 games, recording 44 tackles and a team-high 10pass breakups en route to a second-team All-ACC selection• Helped the Hurricanes lead the Atlantic Coast Conference and rank third in the country in pass yards,allowing just 150.5 per game• Additionally, the unit finished first in the league and fifth in the nation in pass efficiency defense (99.12 avg.)• Started all 13 games in 2009 and placed third on the team with 58 tackles (40 solos), including onesack for five yards and six stops for losses for 12 yards; and gained 10 yards on two interceptionsand caused three fumbles and returned two kickoffs for 63 yards• Led the ACC and ranked second nationally with 1.3 passes defended per contest as a sophomore…also tied for second nationally in pass breakups (15) and third in passes defended (17), earning himAll-American and first-team All-ACC honors• Saw action in all 13 games and started six contests at left cornerback his freshman year, finishingeighth on the team with 30 tackles (22 solos), including one sack for seven yards and two stopsfor losses totaling 11 yards and deflected three pass attempts and intercepted another, gaining 25yards on the return• Earned Academic All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in his first seasonPERSONAL:• Attended Booker T. Washington High School in Miami• Named Florida’s Gatorade Player of the Year, Dade County’s 6A-4A Defensive Player of the Yearand the Miami Herald’s Miami-Dade County Male Athlete of the Year as a senior• Added All-American honors by Prep Star and EA Sports, and was listed as a member of the AtlantaJournal-Constitution Super Southern 100 team• In 2007, the Booker T. Washington Tornadoes turned in a perfect 14-0 record and claimed the FloridaClass-4A state championship title while finishing sixth in USA Today’s final national rankingsHarris’ 2011 Season StatisticsTackles Interceptions FumblesDate, Opp G GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds No Yds Lg TD PD FF FR Yds TD9/11 vs. IND INACTIVE9/18 @ MIA INACTIVE9/25 @ NO 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/2 vs. PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/9 vs. OAK 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/16 @ BAL INACTIVE10/23 @ TEN INACTIVE10/30 vs. JAX INACTIVE11/6 vs. CLE INACTIVE11/13 @ TB 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 011/27 @ JAX INACTIVE12/4 vs. ATL INACTIVE12/11 @ CIN INACTIVE12/18 vs. CAR 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012/22 @ IND 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01/1 vs. TEN 1 0 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02011 Totals 7 0 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0www.HoustonTexans.comtwitter.com/TexansPR