Former MLB player Monte Harrison plans to walk on to

• Kyle Bonagura, ESPN

  • Staff WriterMay 7, 2024, 06:09 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12.
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Baseball player Monte Harrison is headed back to school … to play football.Less than 2 years removed from his last MLB look with the Los Angeles Angels, he prepares to walk on at Arkansas as a receiver with the Razorbacks, an Arkansas spokesperson verified to ESPN. Harrison, 28, was a four-star hire who dedicated to the Nebraska Cornhuskers as part of the class of 2014, however after the Milwaukee Makers drafted him in the 2nd round of the 2014 MLB draft, he launched a profession in expert baseball.Editor’s Picks

1 Related Harrison reached the majors in 2020, when he debuted for the Miami Marlins, hitting.170 with one home run and 6 taken bases across 32 games. He played 9 more games for the Marlins in 2021 and another nine for the Angels in 2022, before capping his career last season with the Nashville Sounds, the Makers’ Triple-A affiliate.In 57 career MLB at bats, Harrison hit.176 with 2 crowning achievement. In 10 seasons across all levels of professional baseball, Harrison struck.242 with 97 home runs and 230 stolen bases.As a senior at Lee’s Top(Missouri)West High in 2013

, Harrison caught 60 passes for 1,007 backyards and 13 goals. He signed a letter of intent with Nebraska– then coached by Bo Pelini– over offers from Arkansas, the Iowa Hawkeyes, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Michigan State Spartans and Missouri Tigers, among others.