LaRon Harris

[The Spaz]

The Bills have signed DT LaRon Harris. Apparently this guy is quite athletic and also quite an underachiever, has great potential though.

He was one of the biggest players in Tennessee's 2002 football signing class. He also proved to be one of the biggest disappointments. After two seasons as an overweight underachiever, he flunked out of school.

http://tennessee.scout.com/2/633388.html?refid=400

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=7&p=8&c=1&nid=1404397

[Night Train]

Re: LaRon Harris

They had a NY Times article on this guy a couple weeks back.

He was up around 370 and was solid. Showed him doing one handed hand stands and back flips. A rare physical freak that is a wise gamble as a FA. Nothing to lose and his athleticism is off the charts. DT prospect.

Glad we were the team that got him signed. No risk and possible great reward.

[Jan Reimers]

Re: LaRon Harris

They had a NY Times article on this guy a couple weeks back.

He was up around 370 and was solid. Showed him doing one handed hand stands and back flips. A rare physical freak that is a wise gamble as a FA. Nothing to lose and his athleticism is off the charts. DT prospect.

Glad we were the team that got him signed. No risk and possible great reward.

If we could get this guy's head screwed on straight, we might have something.

[jdbillsfan]

Re: LaRon Harris

They had a NY Times article on this guy a couple weeks back.

He was up around 370 and was solid. Showed him doing one handed hand stands and back flips. A rare physical freak that is a wise gamble as a FA. Nothing to lose and his athleticism is off the charts. DT prospect.

Glad we were the team that got him signed. No risk and possible great reward.

I think that is a different guy. Walter Harris or something. Played at a community college.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: LaRon Harris

I'll bet you $1,000 that he makes the roster and plays this year.

Jason Peters II!!

[Bulldog]

Re: LaRon Harris

I think that is a different guy. Walter Harris or something. Played at a community college.

Walter Thomas. Any way to find out if somebody has signed him?

[Slim]

Re: LaRon Harris

He's better than Tim Anderson.

[mysticsoto]

Re: LaRon Harris

Laron Harris is a likely PS candidate who will need to develop and refine, and lose some lbs - how bad does he want it will now come into play! However, that gives us good time to evaluate what we have and see who needs to be dumped next year. McCargo needs to step it up. Another injury can be costly for him. The same goes for everyone...barring injuries, that defensive line might get the most scrutinized this year - and could have implications toward who we draft early on day 1 next year!

[OpIv37]

Re: LaRon Harris

this seems like this year's Constantine Ritzman or Lionel Gates- a guy we all like in pre-season who ends up not making the roster.

[ShadowHawk7]

Re: LaRon Harris

Just make sure we get some decent competition and WR and CB.
Jackie battle is still out there too.

[oak tree 12]

Re: LaRon Harris

The Bills have signed DT LaRon Harris. Apparently this guy is quite athletic and also quite an underachiever, has great potential though.

He was one of the biggest players in Tennessee's 2002 football signing class. He also proved to be one of the biggest disappointments. After two seasons as an overweight underachiever, he flunked out of school.

http://tennessee.scout.com/2/633388.html?refid=400

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=7&p=8&c=1&nid=1404397

i cant find it anywhere where he is signed,wgr just reported 7 signings and said nothing about him,dont know if i believe it!!!!!!!!!!!

[gr8slayer]

Re: LaRon Harris

Never heard of him.

[Ickybaluky]

Re: LaRon Harris

ESPN had a puff piece on him recently, written by Elizabeth Merrill, in case you are interested in reading it.

With nothing but a bed and a bagful of clothes, a man can stare at a ceiling at night and ponder just about everything. Sometimes, LaRon Harris wondered if he'd ever make a name for himself. And he wondered what name that would be.

"That's what you stand on, your name," Harris' mentor, Earl Lester Jr., used to say. "People remember you by your name and first impressions. You just have to make the best of both of them."

It is late March, a long time removed from the day he left Tennessee for his last shot at football at Northwestern Oklahoma State, and Harris is trying to stand on his own. The gigantic kid who yearned to get noticed by the NFL scouts has rabid message-boarders typing "LATE-ROUND STEAL" and "Draft LaRon Harris now!"

The hulking nose tackle with the once-wandering work ethic is leaner and works out twice a day. Harris is finally in control, it seems, and then he pulls out his driver's license and eyes a name he doesn't know.

It says LaRon Moore.

MORE...

[Mr. Miyagi]

Re: LaRon Harris

this seems like this year's Constantine Ritzman or Lionel Gates- a guy we all like in pre-season who ends up not making the roster.

Martin Lance

[Bulldog]

Re: LaRon Harris

Hey NE39, a little while back there was a thread about Walter Thomas. Any idea if he got drafted or signed?