Welcome to Wyoming Football: Samuel ‘Tote’ Harris
LARAMIE -- Wyoming has welcomed nearly 50 new faces this offseason.
Transfer portal era, am I right?
Jay Sawvel knew a rebuild on defense was in order after losing both starting linebackers and safeties, along with leaders like Jordan Bertagnole and DeVonne Harris. The departures of Wrook Brown, Sabastian Harsh and Keany Parks only magnified things.
The second-year head coach got busy, inking a dozen transfers on that side of the ball on February's traditional signing day and adding three more since the annual spring game.
On offense, the damage was limited.
Yes, running back Harrison Waylee is now at Virginia. Young wideout Justin Stevenson is a Utah Ute now, too. But if you ask Sawvel, he kept the players he wanted on offense, beginning with quarterback Kaden Anderson.
Three of the Cowboys' top linemen -- Jack Walsh, Caden Barnett and Wes King -- are also back. So is tight end John Michael Gyllenborg, wide receivers Chris Durr Jr. and Jaylen Sargent, along with leading rusher Sam Scott.
So, without further ado, let's spent the summer meeting the new players that litter this 2025 roster:
NAME | Samuel 'Tote' Harris
YEAR | Freshman
HT/WT | 5' 11", 170
HOMETOWN | Cibolo, Texas
POSITION | Running back
JERSEY NUMBER | 26
PREVIOUS SCHOOL | Byron P. Steele High School
YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY | Four
NOTABLE | Mountain West foes San Jose State, Nevada and UNLV all offered Samuel "Tote" Harris out of Byron P. Steele High School in the San Antonio suburbs. Washington and Arizona did, too. Jay Sawvel and Co. extended the invite last. Harris jumped at the opportunity. The speedster, who helped break the school record in the 4X100 relay and ran a personal record of 10.5 in the 100-meter dash, bounced back from a torn ACL his junior season and rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns in his return to the field. The three-star prospect averaged an astounding 9.3 yards per carry in 2024. He suited up his first two prep seasons at San Diego Universal City (Calif.) where he rushed for 1,336 yards and 11 scores. He averaged nearly eight yards per attempt.
QUOTABLE | "He's a kid from Texas who we've been on for a while, who is just an all-around back. He can really be a home-run threat, versatile, smooth, fluid, fast, great change of direction, great vision and great instincts. A guy that we are honestly really, really excited about. He came back this year from an injury last year, and is playing really, really well off of it," former UW Director of Player Personnel Kirby O'Meara said last December on early signing day.
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