TORRINGTON – Torrington’s Logan Harris signed his letter of intent on National Signing Day to become a Cowboy and play football for the University of Wyoming in the fall.
“Ever since I was little, I’ve always had the dream of being able to play D1 football,” Harris said. “It’s kind of surreal right now since it’s all coming together and it’s actually happening. I’m just beyond excited that I’ve even gotten this opportunity.”
The Torrington senior is the only football player in the state of Wyoming to sign to play for a Division 1 football program this year. He’s also the first Blazer to do so in 25 years, Coach Mark Lenhardt said.
In1992, Kyle Smith was the last Blazer to ink a commitment on signing day. He committed to go to the University of Colorado. Torrington has had other players make college rosters, all as walk-ons. Harris is the only one to sign-on-the-dotted-line in that particular quarter-century.
Harris has spent the past four years in the trenches for the Blazers, playing on both the offensive and defensive lines. He anchored the offensive line that rushed for the fourth-most yards in all of Class 3A in 2016 and averaged 16.8 defensive points per game last season.

Throughout his high school career, Harris has racked up the accolades. He was named to the 2015 and 2016 All-USA Wyoming football team, once on the offense and once on the defense. He earned all-state honors in both his junior and senior years. This past fall, as a senior, Harris was named the 3A East defensive player of the year.
Even though Harris played both sides of the ball for Torrington, he is expected to play on the offensive line for the Cowboys. Harris said that he’ll probably be playing either guard or center for UW.
The 6-foot-3, 285-pound lineman verbally committed to be a Cowboy last summer, but officially signed his letter of intent on Wednesday in front of a gym full of his peers at Torrington High School. UW was the only school Harris looked to attend.
“After I went there on my first visits in the beginning of spring time, right away I just got that feeling that it was home almost,” Harris said. “I just fell in love with it since the first time I was there.”
Even though Harris is soon heading to Laramie, he took the time to thank his Blazer coaches.
“They never took it easy and that’s what I’m grateful for,” Harris said of his coaches. “After I was committed this year, they still pushed me just as hard in practice. They’ve been at the college level so they knew how it was going to be.
“They just basically prepared me. I’m just grateful for that.”
Torrington’s coach Lenhardt said Harris should fit right in with what the Cowboys do on their offensive line.
“Logan is an extremely tough kid and, for a big kid, he moves his feet very well,” Lenhardt said. “There is no mystery that when you get a Division 1 scholarship, you obviously have some skills. I think what he brings is a real positive to their offensive line.”
Harris said that in talking with UW coach Craig Bohl, it is uncertain whether he will play during his freshman year. The Blazer senior will head to Laramie as an undecided major.