{"id":13169,"date":"2017-03-13T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=13169"},"modified":"2017-04-26T17:23:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T21:23:48","slug":"charles-harris-2017-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/03\/13\/charles-harris-2017-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Harris 2017 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview
\n<\/strong>Position<\/strong>: Edge\u00a0defender
\nHeight<\/strong>: 6\u20193\u201d
\nWeight<\/strong>: 253 pounds
\nSchool<\/strong>: Missouri Tigers<\/p>\n

Combine Performance Data
\n40-yard dash<\/strong>: 4.82 seconds
\nBench press<\/strong>: 21 reps
\nVertical jump<\/strong>: 32 inches
\nBroad jump<\/strong>: 9 feet, 1 inch
\nThree-cone drill<\/strong>: 7.47 seconds
\n20-yard shuttle<\/strong>: 4.42 seconds (fourth among defensive linemen)<\/p>\n

Charles Harris 2017 NFL Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Charles Harris<\/a><\/strong> comes from a long line of standout edge rushers from the Missouri football program. Sheldon Richardson<\/a><\/strong>, Aldon Smith<\/a><\/strong>, Shane Ray<\/a><\/strong>, Kony Ealy<\/a><\/strong>, Markus Golden<\/a><\/strong> and more have made a name in the NFL coming as sack masters from Missouri. It appears as though Harris will be just another name in that long list of studs.<\/p>\n

It can speak to the coaching and ability that Missouri has to produce these talents when you look at the recruiting page for Harris. Harris was a two-star recruit coming out of prep school in Kansas City, Missouri. He played just two seasons of football before receiving his lone scholarship offer from his home state university in Missouri.<\/p>\n

With his inexperience, and Ray, Golden and Michael Sam<\/a><\/strong> on the roster, the Tigers coaching staff decided to redshirt Harris. In his redshirt freshman season he still rotated in behind Ray and Sam. He put up two sacks, four tackles for loss, and a forced fumble with his limited work.<\/p>\n

As a redshirt sophomore, he finally took over the rotation as a starter. He showed off everything he learned in the previous two seasons, and saw his stats shoot up. Harris recorded seven sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles. He was named second team All-SEC and it was safe to say that Harris was on the map.<\/p>\n

His redshirt junior year saw the same success, and then some. He increased in sacks, up to nine. While he dropped in tackles for loss from 18.5 to 12, he did increase in tackles from 56 to 61, and forced two fumbles while deflecting two passes. Harris again was named second team All-SEC, and with two strong seasons of success, he decided to test the waters of the NFL draft. Given his reputation, and the production to match it, he will be a valued prospect. The question now is how high will he go?<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/h3>\n