Monte Harrison

2025 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll 2025 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in two games before suffering a season-ending injury … Caught one pass for 29 yards … Appeared in a win over Arkansas State (Sept. 6) … Saw action in a season-opening win over Alabama A&M, registering one reception for 29 yards (Aug. 30). 2024 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 11 games … Caught two passes for 29 yards … Recovered an on-side kick and returned it 20 yards … Played on special teams during a loss at Missouri (Nov. 30) … Saw action in a win over Louisiana Tech (Nov. 23) … Played in a loss to Texas (Nov. 16) …Saw action on special teams vs. Ole Miss (Nov. 2) … Played in a win at Mississippi State (Oct. 26) … Played in loss to LSU (Oct. 19) … Saw action in a win over No. 4 Tennessee (Oct. 5) … Played in a win at Auburn (Sept. 21) … Recovered and returned an onside kick 16 yards, helping set up a drive that ended in a field goal in a win over UAB (Sept. 14) … Saw action at Oklahoma State (Sept. 7) … Became only the second player in NCAA history to record a statistic in an official FBS football game following his Major League Baseball career by catching two passes for 29 yards during his collegiate debut vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Aug. 29). HIGH SCHOOL: Starred at Lee’s Summit West (MO) HS, playing football, basketball and baseball … Committed to Nebraska to play baseball and football … Four-star football prospect according to 247Sports and the No. 7 athlete in Missouri and No. 52 wide receiver nationally … Chose Nebraska over: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and Wisconsin … As a senior, scored 25 touchdowns and gained 1,205 total yards before hitting .433 with a 1.245 OPS during the spring. PERSONAL: Selected in the 2nd round (50th overall) of the Major League Baseball Draft in 2014 by the Milwaukee Brewers … Played professionally for 10 seasons, reaching the major leagues with the Miami Marlins (2020-21) and Los Angeles Angels (2022) playing in 50 games total … Collected 12 hits, including two home runs, scoring 13 runs and driving in six to go with seven stolen bases as a big leaguer … In the minors, he played 770 games in his career slashing .240/.327/.395 with 90 home runs and 210 stolen bases … Was part of trade that sent Christian Yelich from Miami to Milwaukee … Played his final professional baseball season for the Nashville Sounds … Entered the 2021 season ranked as the Marlins’ No. 16 prospect before making his major league debut Aug. 4 at Baltimore and collecting his first major league hit Aug. 6 vs. the Orioles … Hit his first MLB home run against Atlanta Aug. 15 … Selected to play in the 2019 All-Star Futures Game but did not play due to a wrist injury … His older brother, Shaquille, played in the NBA with Phoenix, Chicago, Utah, Denver and Brooklyn from 2018-22 … Pronounced mon-TAY. BIRTH DATE: Aug. 10, 1995