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Rodney Harrison

Career Highlights: A 15-year NFL veteran, Rodney Harrison finished his career as the league’s all-time leader in sacks by a defensive back, having recorded 30.5 sacks...Harrison is the only player in NFL history to record at least 30 sacks and 30 interceptions (34) in his career…Harrison made three Pro Bowl appearances and earned two Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots (XXXVIII, XXXIX)...Since retiring in 2009, Harrison has served as an analyst for NBC Sports’ Football Night in America…Harrison was drafted in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers, the same year they made their first and only Super Bowl appearance…He played for the Chargers from 1994 to 2002 where he led the Chargers with 20 special teams tackles as a rookie in 1994...Harrison was selected as the Chargers Defensive Player of the Year four times, as voted by his teammates...Selected to the Pro Bowl in 1998 and 2001, he was also named to the Associated Press All-Pro First Team in 1998 and 2003 and earned AP Second-Team honors in 2004…Harrison amassed a career-high six sacks during the 2000 season with his six sacks leading all NFL defensive backs and ranked second on the team…Harrison was chosen among the franchise’s all-time greats when he was selected to the Chargers 40th Anniversary All-Time Team during the 2000 season…Harrison spent six seasons (2003-08) with the New England Patriots, in which he was voted as a defensive captain by his teammates in each of his first four seasons in New England…In his first two seasons in New England, Harrison was not only the Patriots’ leading tackler each year, but also led all NFL defensive backs in tackles in both seasons…He set a career high with 140 tackles in 2003, and then followed that with a 138-tackle performance in 2004…in 2006, Harrison was part of a Patriots secondary that allowed just 10 touchdown passes by opponents, a mark that led the NFL and stands as the fewest allowed in team history for a single season…In 2006, he was captain on a Patriots defense that set a franchise record by allowing just 14.81 points per game where the defense allowed just 237 points, the fewest by any Patriots club over a 16-game season...Off the field, Harrison’s Patriots’ teammates honored him with the 2006 Ed Block Courage award for the player who best exemplifies the principles of courage and sportsmanship while also serving as a source of inspiration...In 2005, Harrison came up big with seven interceptions in playoff games including two in Super Bowl XXXIX…His four interceptions in the 2004 playoffs tied for third most in a single postseason since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger…Harrison played college football at Western Illinois University from 1991-93 and is the school’s record holder for tackles in a career (345) and tackles in a game (28)…He was named an Associated Press First-Team All-American as a junior and a Second-Team All-American as a sophomore.

Updated: June, 2011

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