Deonte Harris last visited Massachusetts at the end of his 2019 NFL rookie season, and met up in Worcester with Ashton Grant and some other former teammates from their amazing Assumption teams.
On Sunday, Harris will return to the state where he starred in college when the New Orleans Saints play the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium.
“It definitely feels special coming back to Massachusetts,” Harris said in a phone interview following Wednesday’s practice. “I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me, even before the season when people saw we were playing the Patriots.