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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
An intense, tough<br />
veteran <strong>com</strong>ing off backto-back<br />
Pro Bowl appearances<br />
who may be asked to expand his game a little<br />
in 2009…A bump-and-run, man-to-man specialist who<br />
has earned a reputation for shutting down the opposing<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
AL<br />
HARRIS<br />
CORNERBACK<br />
TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE<br />
PRO BOWLS: 2<br />
2007, 2008<br />
team’s top wideout with physical play at<br />
the line of scrimmage, now may have to<br />
adjust to playing more zone coverage in<br />
the Packers’ new 3-4 defensive scheme…<br />
Enters his seventh season as the Packers’ starter at right<br />
cornerback, having received a Pro Bowl bid or alternate<br />
status five years running…Dedicated and durable, missed<br />
the first four games of his entire career in 2008, suffering<br />
a lacerated spleen that ended his streak of 175 consecutive<br />
games played (163 regular season, 12 playoffs), which<br />
included 83 straight regular-season starts since <strong>com</strong>ing to<br />
Green Bay in 2003…Pairs with Charles Woodson to form<br />
one of the most dynamic and experienced cornerback tandems<br />
in the league, and has been credited by his partner<br />
for the number of passes thrown his way, allowing Woodson<br />
to post 19 interceptions in three seasons in Green<br />
Bay…Also has helped to tutor many of Green Bay’s young<br />
cornerbacks…Earned The Associated Press second-team<br />
All-Pro honors in 2007…Did not allow a TD pass in 2005<br />
until Week 13…Broke the Packers’ single-season record<br />
for passes defensed (tracked since 1982) with 28 in 2004,<br />
topping the 27 of Doug Evans in 1995…In 172 regularseason<br />
games (113 starts), has 19 career interceptions<br />
among 143 passes defensed, and 433 tackles (376 solo)…<br />
For the Packers, has returned three picks for touchdowns,<br />
including a 52-yard game-winning TD in OT vs. Seattle<br />
in an NFC Wild Card playoff, Jan. 4, 2004…Philadelphia<br />
traded Harris to the Packers along with a fourth-round<br />
pick for Green Bay’s second-round choice in the same<br />
draft, in a March 3, 2003, deal…Had played behind Pro<br />
Bowl cornerbacks Troy Vincent and Bobby Taylor with the<br />
Eagles…Began his <strong>NFL</strong> career in 1997 as a sixth-round<br />
draft choice of Tampa Bay, spending his rookie year on<br />
the team’s practice squad…Subsequently released by the<br />
Buccaneers in the final preseason cutdown the next year,<br />
he was claimed off waivers by Philadelphia, where he went<br />
on to enjoy five highly productive seasons (1998-2002)…<br />
Had played the final two years of his collegiate career at<br />
Texas A&M-Kingsville after beginning at the junior college<br />
level (Trinity Valley)…Has signed two multi-year contract<br />
extensions with the Packers in the last five years.<br />
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 190<br />
12th <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Seventh Packers Season<br />
Born: December 7, 1974<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 172/113<br />
Acquired: T-03 (Phi)<br />
►►Missed the first four games of<br />
his career in 2008, after playing<br />
in 175 straight (163 regular<br />
season, 12 playoffs), with a<br />
lacerated spleen. Had started 83<br />
straight regular-season games<br />
since <strong>com</strong>ing to Green Bay<br />
in 2003.<br />
at a glance…<br />
►►Has earned back-to-back Pro<br />
Bowl trips in 2007-08 after alternate recognition the previous<br />
three years.<br />
►►For the last five seasons, regularly assigned to shadow the<br />
opponent’s top receiver.<br />
►►In 2005, did not allow a TD pass until Week 13 and recorded<br />
his first two-interception game and first <strong>NFL</strong> sack vs. New<br />
Orleans that year (Oct. 9).<br />
►►Recorded a team-record and career-high 28 passes defensed<br />
in 2004, eclipsing the 27 by Doug Evans in 1995 (record<br />
logged since 1982).<br />
►►His Coral Springs, Fla., home was featured on MTV’s Cribs.<br />
Named to his first Pro Bowl after starting all 16<br />
games and posting 37 tackles (34 solo) with two<br />
2008 season<br />
Started 12 games and was named interceptions among nine passes defensed…Became first<br />
Pro Bowl alternate – ultimately Packers’ cornerback since Willie Buchanon in 1978 to earn<br />
earning a spot in the game as an injury replacement for Pro Bowl bid…On the field for 90.6 percent of the defensive<br />
snaps…Named to The Associated Press 2007 <strong>NFL</strong><br />
Philadelphia’s Asante Samuel…Sustained a lacerated<br />
spleen in Week 3 and missed the next four games, the first All-Pro second team as well as the 2007 All-Interview team<br />
missed contests of his entire career...Returned to practice as chosen by <strong>NFL</strong>.<strong>com</strong>’s Vic Carucci…Battled his share<br />
on a limited basis Oct. 15 and returned to starting lineup of injuries once again, beginning with back problems in<br />
following the Oct. 26 bye...Fourth on the team with 12 the preseason and continuing with an elbow injury in the<br />
passes defensed and recorded 21 tackles (all solo)...Was season opener, but still suited up to play every game, including<br />
both playoff contests…Vs. Washington (Oct.<br />
on the field for just under 70 percent of defensive plays<br />
on the season despite missing four games…Vs. Minnesota<br />
(Sept. 8): Started and finished with two tackles and two passes. On Woodson’s 57-yard touchdown off a fum-<br />
14): Held WR Santana Moss to no catches and broke up<br />
a pass defensed, covering one of the Vikings’ primary offble<br />
recovery, slowed up QB Jason Campbell just enough<br />
141 25<br />
season acquisitions, WR Bernard Berrian, for much of the<br />
night and limiting him to three catches for 38 yards…At<br />
Detroit (Sept. 14): Matched up with WR Roy Williams<br />
and held him to just three receptions for 48 yards while<br />
posting season highs with three tackles and three passes<br />
defensed…Vs. Dallas (Sept. 21): Started, but left game<br />
in second quarter with cramps. Medical staff would not allow<br />
him to return because of blood in his urine, which later<br />
was attributed to spleen injury…At Tampa Bay (Sept.<br />
28): Missed the first game of his <strong>NFL</strong> career, snapping<br />
his streak of 175 consecutive games played…At Tennessee<br />
(Nov. 2): Returned to the field after missing<br />
previous four games and returned to his customary starting<br />
RCB spot...At Minnesota (Nov. 9): Covered Berrian<br />
for much of the afternoon and held him to no receptions<br />
after Berrian entered the game with 100-plus yards in three<br />
of his last four contests...At New Orleans (Nov. 24):<br />
Made a big hit on TE Billy Miller to break up a pass early<br />
in the second half...Vs. Houston (Dec. 7): Deflected a<br />
Matt Schaub deep pass down the middle intended for WR<br />
Andre Johnson in the third quarter…At Chicago (Dec.<br />
22): Broke up a deep pass down the right sideline from QB<br />
Kyle Orton to WR Devin Hester in the third quarter…Pro<br />
Bowl (Feb. 8): Played as a reserve for NFC and had three<br />
solo tackles and one pass defensed.<br />
2007<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES HARRIS FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.
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