Armand Burris is staying on The Highest of Seven Hills.
On Wednesday, Jan. 7, the Florida A&M football wide receiver announced on X/Twitter that he will withdraw from the NCAA Transfer Portal to play for new head coach Quinn Gray Sr.
Florida A&M Rattlers wide receiver Armand Burris looks in the football while warming up for a Week 7 NCAA college football game versus the North Carolina Central Eagles on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.
Burris, a rising redshirt sophomore, is the son of former FAMU offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Henry Burris, a Canadian Football League Hall of Famer.
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Henry Burris announced on Wednesday via X/Twitter that he wouldn’t be returning to FAMU next season after working with the now-dismissed head coach James Colzie III’s staff for the past two seasons.
“Grateful for my time at Florida A&M and the opportunity to work with an incredible group of young men and coaches,” Henry Burris tweeted.
“Thankful for the relationships, lessons, and memories. Wishing the Rattlers continued success.”
Henry Burris was appointed acting head coach after FAMU relieved Colzie of his duties on Dec. 8, 2025. FAMU went 12-12 during Colzie’s two-year tenure, including going 5-7 in 2025, the program’s first losing season since 2017.
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FAMU hired Gray, a former record-setting quarterback for the Rattlers, away from NCAA Division II Historically Black College and University Albany State on Dec. 23, 2025.
Gray will make his first remarks as FAMU’s 20th full-time head football coach this Friday, Jan. 9, at noon, in a joint introductory press conference with new Vice President and Director of Athletics John F. Davis at the Al Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center.
Armand Burris was one of the Rattlers’ reliable catchers last season, notching 17 receptions for 222 yards and scoring two touchdowns after being a reserve in 2024.
Florida A&M Rattlers receivers Armand Burris (87) and Jordan Edwards celebrate a touchdown versus the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats in the Florida Classic at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. The Wildcats defeated the Rattlers 38-34 in the Week 13 NCAA Southwestern Athletic Conference football game.
He’s one of many FAMU players from past seasons to leave the transfer portal and repledge to the Rattlers. Among those players is Antonio Camon Jr, a defensive end who led the team in sacks last year.
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The Rattlers have also netted some outside transfer portal commitments, such as Albany State quarterback Isaiah Knowles, who won the 2024 and 2025 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
Florida A&M football NCAA Transfer Portal
Who’s Coming?
Since Quinn Gray hire on Dec. 23, 2025
Isaiah Knowles, Quarterback, Albany State
Corey ‘Deuce’ Petty, Wide Receiver, Albany State
Xavier Herndon, Tight End, Albany State
Terrell James, Defensive Lineman, East Mississippi Community College
Who’s Leaving?
Tyler Jefferson, Quarterback
RJ Johnson III, Quarterback
Ja’Cory Jordan, Wide Receiver
Goldie Lawrence, Wide Receiver
Jalen ‘Speedy’ Rogers, Wide Receiver
Kenari Wilcher, Wide Receiver
Miles Campbell, Tight End
David Gardner, Offensive Lineman
Landon Bolding, Defensive Lineman
Davion Westmoreland, Defensive End
Jack Carson-Wentz, Long Snapper
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