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 Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 285 lbs.
College: Florida
Born: in Homestead, Fla.
Acquired: Rookie Free Agent, 2007
Pro Year: R
Year with Broncos: R
NFL Games Played/Started: 0/0
Postseason: 0/0
Steven Harris is a rookie defensive tackle who joined the Broncos as a college free agent on May 2.
He helped Florida win the Southeastern Conference championship and BCS national championship in 2006, appearing in 13 games (5 starts) and totaling 14 tackles (6 solo), 1.5 sacks and two passes defensed. In the 2006 regular-season finale against Florida State, Harris recorded season highs in tackles (4) and tackles for loss (2.5) in addition to notching his first full sack (7 yds.) of the season. In the SEC Championship Game against Arkansas, he posted three tackles (2 solo), including one stop for a 3-yard loss against Arkansas. Harris appeared in 47 career games (19 starts) for the Gators, totaling 64 tackles (38 solo), 14.5 tackles for losses, six sacks and four pass breakups. Harris started all 12 games at defensive end in 2005 and totaled 17 tackles (12 solo), 1.5 sacks and a pass defensed. He saw the second-most playing time (468 plays) among Florida defensive ends in 2004.
Harris was a three-year letterman and one-year captain as a defensive end at Coral Gables High School in Coral Gables, Fla., where he was a teammate of 49ers running back Frank Gore. Harris did not start playing football until his sophomore year of high school. He has seven borhters and sisters. Harris, who majored in recreation programming, was born on Aug. 14, 1984, in Homestead, Fla.
(source: Broncos.com)
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