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2025 Football Roster

Manny Valles
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5 Kory Harris

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Fort Worth, Texas
  • Highschool Southwest Christian

Biography

Awards:
  • 2X Second-Team All-Lone Star Conference Offense (RB) (2024, 2025)
  • Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference (RB) (2023)
  • Edgardo Madrid & Associates Student-Athlete of the Month (November 2024)
2025 (Redshirt Senior):
Team Captain... Named to the 2025 LSC Preseason Players to Watch list for offense and to the D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List (Second Team – Offense)... Earned his third-career All-LSC recognition and second such nod on the second-team... Played in all 14 games, his third season in a row playing in every game. He played in at least 10 games in each of his four seasons... Led the UTPB rushing room in yards (638) and was second in attempts (149) and touchdowns (9)... Averaged 4.3 yards per carry and 45.57 rushing yards per game, and added 19 catches for 219 yards... Was third on the Falcons in scoring (54 points)... In the LSC, Harris was third in rushing attempts, tied for fifth in rushing touchdowns, and sixth in rushing yards. He was also tied for ninth in scoring among non-kickers and was 10th in all-purpose yards (857)... At the national level, Harris was tied for 55th in NCAA Division II in rushing touchdowns... Finished with 100 combined yards in back-to-back games late in the season. He had 70 rushing yards and 55 receiving yards (125 total yards) in the win over West Texas A&M (Oct. 25), and had a season-best 112 rushing yards with two touchdowns in the win at Western New Mexico (Nov. 1)... In the following game, Harris broke off a 59-yard touchdown run to open the scoring and finished with 83 rushing yards and two scores on just 12 attempts in the win over Eastern New Mexico (Nov. 8), and then he ran it 10 times for 74 yards and one touchdown while adding four catches (second time on the season) for 22 yards in the win over Sul Ross State (Nov. 15) during his Senior Day... Scored a touchdown in three straight games twice during the year, including accumulating five touchdowns across the final three games of the regular season. He also had three games this year with two rushing touchdowns... Ran the ball 13 times for 46 yards to help UTPB earn its first playoff win in program history at Colorado State Pueblo (Nov. 22)... Harris accumulated at least eight rushing touchdowns in each of his final three seasons, and owns the UTPB careers records with 631 carries, 2,970 rushing yards, 32 rushing touchdowns and 198 points.

2024 (Redshirt Junior):
Was named Second-Team All-LSC... Started in 11 games and participated in all 12 games... Led the UTPB offense by posting a 1,000-yard season on the ground... Finished the season with 1,061 rushing yards... Had 13 rushing touchdowns on 237 attempts... Averaged 4.5 yards per carry and 88.42 yards per game... Added 16 receptions for 151 yards and one receiving touchdown and averaged 9.44 yards per catch and 12.58 receiving yards per game... With 14 combined touchdowns on the season, Harris led the Falcons in scoring (84 points)... Had five combined touchdowns within the first four games of the season and then rushed for eight touchdowns between the final three games of the season... Led the LSC in rushing attempts, was second in total rushing yards, was tied for second in rushing touchdowns, and was fourth in rushing yards per game... Was tied for second in the conference in scoring per game (7.0 points per game)... Also led the conference in all-purpose yards (1,212) and was second in all-purpose yards per game (101.0)... Was tied for 13th in Division II in rushing touchdowns, ranked 20th in total rushing yards, was tied for 22nd in combined touchdowns, and was 27th in rushing yards per game... Became the Falcons' new all-time leading rusher with 1,644 yards after totaling 41 rushing yards against Texas A&M-Kingsville on September 21, 2024... Started his 2024 season with 82 rushing yards against Western New Mexico (Aug. 31), 95 rushing yards at CSU-Pueblo (Sept. 7), and 155 yards against Adams State (Sept. 14) to pull within striking distance of the record... Ran 20 times for 81 yards at Eastern New Mexico, becoming the first Falcon to rush for 2,000 yards in his career (currently at 2,332 yards)... Rushed for four touchdowns and would finish the game with 26 carries a program-record of 201 yards in the regular-season finale at Sul Ross State (Nov. 16)... Became the first UTPB runner to surpass 200 rushing yards in a game and 1,000 yards in a season. Tied the UTPB single-season records for rushing touchdowns (11) and combined touchdowns (12) after scoring four rushing touchdowns against SRSU... Finished with 13 rushing touchdowns on the season to break the previous school record of 11 touchdowns set just last season... Also broke the program record for combined rushing and receiving touchdowns with 14... Was named UTPB's Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men's Student-Athlete of the Month for November after breaking the record.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Played in 12 games... Ran for 865 yards and eight touchdowns and caught four passes for 21 yards... Totaled 886 yards in all-purpose yardage... Had four 100-yard rushing games... Had two touchdown runs against Southwest Baptist (Sept. 16), his first-career two-touchdown performance... Ran for 159 yards (third best in UTPB history at the time) vs. Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 14)... Also had 100-yard games against Texas A&M Kingsville (Sept. 30), Western New Mexico (Nov. 4) and Central Washington (Nov. 11)... Was fifth in the Lone Star Conference with 72.08 rushing yards per game... Set the school record in rushing yards for a season and was second in rushing attempts (148) and third in all-purpose yards... All-LSC honorable mention... Has accumulated 1,271 yards in his first two seasons, which ranks third in program history at the time.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman):
Played in 10 games... Ran for 406 yards and two touchdowns and caught 15 passes for 67 yards... Totaled 473 all-purpose yards... Scored his first collegiate touchdown vs. Western Colorado (Sept. 10)... Ran for a season-high 105 yards against Western New Mexico (Nov. 5).

2021 (First-Year):
Redshirt.
 
Fort Worth Southwest Christian High School:
TAPPS Division II First-Team All-State Selection... Helped the Eagles reach the state semifinals as a senior.

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2021Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 200 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 200 lbs
    26
  • 5

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'11" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Running Back
    5'11" 200 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Running Back
    5'11" 205 lbs
    5