Christian Harris with the Houston Texans, 2022
With the Houston Texans, 2022. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Alabama, 2019–⁠21

Christian Harris

Number
No. 8
Height
6′2″
Weight
232 lb
Class (2021)
Junior
Hometown
Baton Rouge, LA
Born
Jan 16, 2001, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Christian Harris played linebacker at Alabama (2019–⁠21). He led the 2020 national champions in tackles. The Houston Texans took Harris in round 3, No. 75 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
79
Tackles, 2021 (Alabama, 13–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 75
Round 3, 2022 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

11tackles, career highvs. Kentucky, 20203sacks, career highvs. Georgia, 2021

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2020; SEC champions, 2020 and 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2019Alabama63297.50015
2020Alabama734874.5126
2021Alabama7945135.5034
Career21512227.5101615

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Alabama8LBFr.
2020Alabama8LBSo.
2021Alabama8LBJr.6′2″232

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Alabama 15 games, 79 tackles, 5.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4vs.MiamiW 44–⁠13522100
Sep 11vs.MercerW 48–⁠14841000
Sep 18atFloridaW 31–⁠29631000
Sep 25vs.Southern MissW 63–⁠14540001
Oct 2vs.Ole MissW 42–⁠21311000
Oct 9atTexas A&ML 38–⁠41430000
Oct 16atMississippi StateW 49–⁠9520.50.500
Oct 23vs.TennesseeW 52–⁠24540.5000
Nov 6vs.LSUW 20–⁠14610.50.502
Nov 13vs.New Mexico StateW 59–⁠3650000
Nov 20vs.ArkansasW 42–⁠35531000
Nov 27atAuburnW 24–⁠22541000
Dec 4vs.GeorgiaW 41–⁠24530000
Dec 31 ✦vs.CincinnatiW 27–⁠6410.50.500
Jan 10 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 18–⁠33754300
2020 Alabama 12 games, 73 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 26atMissouriW 38–⁠19662100
Oct 3vs.Texas A&MW 52–⁠241080000
Oct 10atOle MissW 63–⁠48850.5000
Oct 17vs.GeorgiaW 41–⁠24200001
Oct 24atTennesseeW 48–⁠171091000
Oct 31vs.Mississippi StateW 41–⁠0220000
Nov 21vs.KentuckyW 63–⁠31181100
Nov 28vs.AuburnW 42–⁠13840001
Dec 5atLSUW 55–⁠17710.50.500
Dec 19vs.FloridaW 52–⁠46322200
Jan 1 ✦vs.Notre DameW 31–⁠14––––1–
Jan 11 ✦vs.Ohio StateW 52–⁠24630000
2019 Alabama 13 games, 63 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.DukeW 42–⁠3620000
Sep 7vs.New Mexico StateW 62–⁠10100000
Sep 14atSouth CarolinaW 47–⁠23430000
Sep 21vs.Southern MissW 49–⁠7611.5000
Sep 28vs.Ole MissW 59–⁠31721.5000
Oct 12atTexas A&MW 47–⁠28221000
Oct 19vs.TennesseeW 35–⁠13831000
Oct 26vs.ArkansasW 48–⁠7640000
Nov 9vs.LSUL 41–⁠46100000
Nov 16atMississippi StateW 38–⁠7620.5000
Nov 23vs.Western CarolinaW 66–⁠3530000
Nov 30atAuburnL 45–⁠48220000
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 35–⁠16952001

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2022
Height6′0½″
Weight226 lb
Arm length32⅛″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan76¾″W
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.54 sW
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump11′0″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 40 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2022Houston Texans126611
2023Houston Texans169320
2024Houston Texans31910
2025Houston Texans71100
2026 (so far)Atlanta Falcons2200
NFL career4019141

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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