However, due to a change in coaching staffs, he was only allowed to play one season of college baseball.

They gave up future 300-game winner Randy Johnson along with Brian Holman and Harris to the Seattle Mariners for Mark Langston and a player to be named later.

His agent told the team that he wanted to quit baseball to pursue a career in the National Football League.

During the 1994 season, an injured and ineffective Harris lost his closer role with the Padres to Trevor Hoffman in mid-April.

Harris signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies ahead of the 1995 season but was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in June.