Report: Montana senior football player found dead after apparent suicide

Tragic news to share as a 22-year-old Montana football player has died of an apparent suicide.

Andrew Harris’ death has been confirmed by local police and is being investigated as a suicide. Harris would have been a senior during the 2019 season. He appeared in 11 games last season for Montana.

This information comes via KHQ NBC of Montana.

Following this terrible news, Montana has released the following statement:

The University of Montana is deeply saddened to learn of the loss of one its students, Andrew Harris. Harris was a senior majoring in business management from Kalispell, Mont. He graduated in 2015 from Glacier High School and was a member of the Grizzly football team.

Once word got out, it didn’t take long for social media to react to the terrible news:

I pray for strength for the Harris and @MontanaGrizFB families. Just days after Ty's anniversary, makes this even more difficult. We must contine to speak their names, Andrew and Tyler to spread awareness for mental health. @HilinskisHope #HilinskisHope ?? https://t.co/7vq7RtGHUO

— Ly Sunia-Faoliu (@Ly_Faoliu) January 23, 2019

So I saw this on insta via @collegefootballprimetime
I’m so sorry to this mans family and friends
I’m sad because it’s sad hearing about fellow football players feeling like this is the way out. Imagine what this man could have done in the future
R.I.P. Andrew Harris pic.twitter.com/z6yiqFJJXn

— Lyric_Talks_Sports (@JohnstonLyric) January 23, 2019

Awful news out of Missoula: Montana DL Andrew Harris dead after apparent suicide, he was 22: https://t.co/pXMFRE7Z6t

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 23, 2019