Marcell Harris had the opportunity to declare for the NFL Draft this spring along with fellow teammates Jalen Tabor, Quincy Wilson, Alex Anzalone and others.
He decided against it, opting to spend one final year with Florida’s football team instead.
But now, after suffering a season-ending injury on Wednesday, he’ll never get that chance.
The redshirt senior tore his right Achilles tendon while “participating in team run activities,” Florida announced on Thursday morning. Harris was expected to play an important role on UF’s defense in 2017 as one of its starting safeties.
The Orlando native recorded a team-leading 73 tackles last fall as well as four tackles-for-loss, one sack, two interceptions, one pass breakup, one quarterback hurry, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.