# Monte Harrison
**Monte Harrison** (Monte Fitzgerald Harrison, born 1995 in [Lee's Summit](https://www.edgepedia.org/lees-summit), Missouri) is an American professional baseball outfielder and college football wide receiver who played 50 games in [Major League Baseball](https://www.edgepedia.org/major-league-baseball) for the [Miami Marlins](https://www.edgepedia.org/miami-marlins) and Los Angeles Angels between 2020 and 2022, and later joined the Arkansas Razorbacks football team as a walk-on.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1995, Lee's Summit, Missouri; 6'1", 218 lb, bats and throws right[1](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7092-monte-harrison/) |
| Draft | 2014, 2nd round (50th overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers, signed for $1,800,000[1](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7092-monte-harrison/) |
| MLB career | 50 games, .176 average, 2 home runs, 6 RBI, 7 stolen bases, .547 OPS (2020-2022)[2](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509) |
| Best minor league season | 2017: .271 with 21 home runs and 27 stolen bases, the Brewers organization's only 20-20 player[3](https://www.milb.com/news/monte-harrison-bringing-impressive-tools-to-miami-marlins-268593196) |
| Yelich trade | Sent to Miami on January 25, 2018 with Lewis Brinson, Isan Diaz, and Jordan Yamamoto for Christian Yelich[2](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509) |
| Minor league totals | 770 games, .240/.327/.395, 90 home runs, 210 stolen bases[4](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/) |
| College football | Walk-on wide receiver at Arkansas; caught two passes for 29 yards in his 2024 collegiate debut[4](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/) |
## Multi-sport background
Harrison starred in three sports at Lee's Summit West High School. As a senior in 2013-14 he scored 25 touchdowns and gained 1,205 total yards in football, then hit .433 with a 1.245 OPS in spring baseball; he also played basketball[4](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/). He was a four-star football recruit per 247Sports, ranked the No. 7 athlete in Missouri and the No. 52 wide receiver nationally, and committed to the University of Nebraska to play both football and baseball[4](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/).
The Brewers selected him 50th overall in the 2014 draft and talked him out of the football scholarship with a $1.8 million signing bonus, almost $700,000 above slot value[3](https://www.milb.com/news/monte-harrison-bringing-impressive-tools-to-miami-marlins-268593196). Scouts compared him to 2011 first-rounder Bubba Starling, another two-sport Missouri-area athlete, but rated him a better athlete and faster runner[1](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7092-monte-harrison/). His showcase numbers backed the tools: a 6.65-second 60-yard dash and a 97 mph throw from the outfield, the latter in the 99.6th percentile of his draft class[5](https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=335801).
## Minor league career
**Injuries stalled his start.** Harrison played just 74 games in 2015 after breaking his left tibia and ankle slipping rounding third base at Rookie-level Helena, then missed two months of 2016 at low Class A Wisconsin with a broken hamate bone in his left wrist[1](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7092-monte-harrison/).
His 2017 season at high Class A Carolina made him a top prospect: 21 home runs and 27 stolen bases in a career-high 122 games, the most home runs by any Brewers prospect that year[3](https://www.milb.com/news/monte-harrison-bringing-impressive-tools-to-miami-marlins-268593196). He was a Carolina League All-Star in 2019 and a Midwest League All-Star in 2018[6](https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/sqn3ixpnwdrbhjv3dk4b.pdf).
The persistent problem was contact. After the trade to Miami, he led all of [Minor League Baseball](https://www.edgepedia.org/minor-league-baseball) with 215 strikeouts at Double-A Jacksonville in 2018, striking out at a 37 percent rate; he cut that to 29 percent in 2019 by toning down his leg kick, but fractured his right wrist in June 2019 and was selected to the All-Star Futures Game without playing[1](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7092-monte-harrison/) • [7](https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2020/marlins/monte-harrison-656509).
## Major league career
Harrison made his MLB debut on August 4, 2020, starting in center field in Baltimore, and recorded his first hit two days later[2](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509). In the COVID-shortened 2020 season he hit .170 with one home run in 32 games and went 6-for-6 in stolen bases, and he pinch ran in two games of the Wild Card Series against the Cubs[2](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509). He appeared in nine games for Miami in 2021[8](https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/monte-harrison-mlb-player-football-arkansas/5fd66919269dbc37d20e9611).
The Marlins designated him for assignment on March 18, 2022, sent him outright to Jacksonville, and released him on March 25; he signed with the [Los Angeles Angels](https://www.edgepedia.org/los-angeles-angels) on April 1 and played nine games, with his final MLB game on July 12, 2022[2](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509) • [8](https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/monte-harrison-mlb-player-football-arkansas/5fd66919269dbc37d20e9611). Across 50 big league games he hit .176 with 2 home runs and 7 stolen bases[2](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509). He finished his professional baseball career in the Brewers organization, playing 88 minor league games in 2023 and his final season for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds[4](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/) • [8](https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/monte-harrison-mlb-player-football-arkansas/5fd66919269dbc37d20e9611).
## Scouting profile
Harrison's tools rated well above his major league results. MLB Pipeline's 20-80 scouting grades gave him a 60 run, 70 arm, 55 power, and 60 field, with a 40 hit grade as the limiting factor[7](https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2020/marlins/monte-harrison-656509). He stole bases at an 84 percent success rate over his first six professional seasons and was projected as a 30-30 threat if he could make consistent contact[7](https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2020/marlins/monte-harrison-656509). [Baseball America](https://www.edgepedia.org/baseball-america) described him as a physical, explosive athlete with plus-plus raw power and speed who nonetheless struck out prodigiously and chased pitches outside the zone[1](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7092-monte-harrison/).
## Return to football at Arkansas
After a decade away from competitive football, Harrison committed to the [University of Arkansas](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-arkansas) as a walk-on wide receiver in 2024[8](https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/monte-harrison-mlb-player-football-arkansas/5fd66919269dbc37d20e9611). In his collegiate debut against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on August 29, 2024, he caught two passes for 29 yards, becoming only the second player in NCAA history to record a statistic in an official FBS football game following a Major League Baseball career[4](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/). He played 11 games as a freshman in 2024, caught one pass for 29 yards in 2025 before a season-ending injury, and in 2026 caught three passes for 18 yards at Utah and one pass for a career-long 29 yards against No. 15 Tennessee[4](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/).
His older brother, Shaquille Harrison, played in the NBA with Phoenix, Chicago, Utah, Denver, and Brooklyn from 2018 to 2022[2](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509).
## References
1. [Monte Harrison Stats & Scouting Report, Baseball America](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7092-monte-harrison/)
2. [Monte Harrison Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/player/monte-harrison-656509)
3. [Monte Harrison bringing impressive tools to Miami Marlins, MiLB.com](https://www.milb.com/news/monte-harrison-bringing-impressive-tools-to-miami-marlins-268593196)
4. [Monte Harrison, Arkansas Razorbacks roster](https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/monte-harrison/)
5. [Monte Harrison Class of 2014 Player Profile, Perfect Game USA](https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=335801)
6. [Nashville Sounds game notes](https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/sqn3ixpnwdrbhjv3dk4b.pdf)
7. [Marlins Top Prospects: Monte Harrison, MiLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2020/marlins/monte-harrison-656509)
8. [Who is Monte Harrison? 28-year-old former MLB player commits to play football at Arkansas, Sporting News](https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/monte-harrison-mlb-player-football-arkansas/5fd66919269dbc37d20e9611)
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