Former Auburn defensive tackle Marcus Harris returned to the NFL on Friday when he signed with the Buffalo Bills.

Harris had been without a team since April 28, when the New England Patriots waived him two days after the 2025 NFL Draft.

The Bills are Harris’ third NFL team.

The Houston Texans selected Harris in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Harris didn’t make the regular-season roster, but he stayed with Houston on its practice squad until being waived on Oct. 9.

Two days later, Harris joined New England’s practice squad and stayed there the remainder of the season. He re-signed with the Patriots for 2025 on Jan. 6.

Harris did not play in a regular-season game during his rookie year.

The Bills waived undrafted rookie defensive tackle Devin Brandt-Epps to clear a roster spot for Harris.

Harris joined a position group that has had an offseason makeover in Buffalo. The Bills return starting defensive tackles DaQuan Jones and Ed Oliver. But Buffalo drafted defensive tackles T.J. Sanders of South Carolina and Deone Walker of Kentucky in the second and fourth round, respectively, in April and added seven-year NFL starter Larry Ogunjobi in free agency.

Buffalo has three practices remaining in its offseason program – mandatory minicamp on Tuesday through Thursday. After that, the Bills will break until convening for training camp at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, in late July.

A high school standout at Park Crossing in Montgomery, Harris started his college career with two seasons at Kansas before transferring to Auburn, when he played in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.