By JOEL COLEMAN
sports@starkvilledailynews.com
Dez Harris is no stranger to adversity. The Mississippi State junior linebacker has torn one of his anterior cruciate ligaments three different times since his senior year of football at McAdory High School in Alabama.
So when arguably the nation’s best running back, Leonard Fournette came barreling towards Harris last Saturday night in Baton Rouge as MSU faced LSU, Harris wasn’t backing down. Twice on Saturday Harris knocked the football loose from Fournette’s hands. Both times, the Bulldogs recovered.
To top it all off, Harris recovered a late-game onside kick that almost led to a dramatic MSU victory.