Andrew Harris

Physical Profile

Listed between 6-1/6-2 and 235-240 pounds, Harris is a college-ready body right now — On3 actually classifies him as an EDGE while South Carolina is deploying him at linebacker, which tells you the frame carries legitimate power-position mass. The trait that separates him is speed for that size: he ran an 11.48 100-meter as a sophomore, and that track-verified burst at 235-plus pounds is the foundation of his TFL production. He's a compact, dense, downhill build rather than a long, rangy one, so his best work will always come moving forward rather than covering grass sideline-to-sideline.

Play Style

Harris is a downhill hammer who wins with anticipation and burst. On film he keys and triggers fast, shoots gaps before linemen can climb, and finishes with power — the 25-TFL senior season is the statistical signature of a player who lives in the backfield rather than reading and reacting from depth. He rushed off the edge frequently at Weddington, and his sack production shows bend and closing ability as a blitzer. He plays with an edge-setter's physicality against the run and has the track speed to run down perimeter plays from the back side. The projection question is not motor or violence — it's whether the instincts translate when he's asked to play in space at 240 pounds.

Strengths

• Elite backfield production — 25 of his 81 senior tackles came behind the line of scrimmage with 7 sacks, a nearly 31% TFL rate that reflects genuine snap-anticipation and trigger, not clean-up volume
• Positional versatility as a true EDGE/LB hybrid — On3 evaluates him as an edge while South Carolina recruited him as an off-ball linebacker, giving the staff a blitz-package chess piece who can rush from a two-point stance or stack the box
• Verified athleticism for his mass — an 11.48 100m at roughly 235 pounds translates to real closing speed in pursuit and juice as a pressure player
• Pedigree and program readiness — a January 2026 early enrollee who already has spring practice banked, coming from a Weddington program that plays deep playoff football annually against North Carolina's best competition

Areas to Improve

• Off-ball coverage refinement — his high school production came overwhelmingly as a forward-attacking player, so zone-drop discipline, route recognition, and matching backs/tight ends in man will be the swing skill that determines whether he's an every-down SEC linebacker or a two-down/pressure specialist
• Playing laterally with the same violence he plays downhill — at his build, stack-and-shed mechanics and scrape-exchange discipline against SEC zone-run schemes need development so he isn't washed when he can't shoot gaps

College Projection

Harris profiles as a WILL/blitz-package linebacker in Clayton White's defense, which has consistently manufactured pressure with hybrid second-level players. The January enrollment matters: with spring drills already banked, he should carve out special-teams and sub-package pass-rush snaps as a true freshman in 2026, with a realistic path to a rotational role by midseason and a starting job in Year 2 as veterans cycle out. His floor is a designated pressure player; his ceiling is a three-down SEC starter by his redshirt-sophomore season if the coverage development comes.

NFL Outlook

Legitimate draft trajectory if the three-down projection materializes. The NFL increasingly values exactly his archetype — sub-240 hybrid backers who can rush from multiple alignments — and his TFL rate plus verified speed are the traits scouts anchor to. Realistic outcome band: Day 3 pick as a pressure/teams specialist, climbing into Day 2 conversation if he proves he can cover at the SEC level. Three seasons of SEC production against the Georgia/Alabama/LSU offensive lines he'll face will give evaluators a clean answer.

Best Fit

An aggressive, pressure-heavy 4-2-5 or multiple front that blitzes its linebackers — which is precisely what he signed up for at South Carolina under Clayton White, whose defenses have produced NFL edge/LB hybrids. Any scheme asking him to attack forward maximizes him; a static two-high, read-and-react system that parks him at depth in coverage minimizes his best traits. The added intangible: he arrives packaged with his twin brother Aiden on the defensive line, and twin tandems historically stabilize each other through the development curve.