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pair of starts, as the Eagles advanced to the NFC Championship<br />
Game for the second straight year…Led the team and<br />
matched his (then) career high with 13 passes defensed…<br />
Also totaled 25 tackles (18 solo) and one interception…<br />
At Tennessee (Sept. 8): Replaced an injured Vincent<br />
(knee) in starting lineup and posted season-high four tackles…Vs.<br />
Tampa Bay (Oct. 20): Leapt to intercept a<br />
Brad Johnson pass, intended for Keyshawn Johnson, early<br />
in fourth quarter with Eagles clinging to a three-point lead<br />
at the time; Philadelphia took over at the Bucs’ 42-yard line<br />
and drove for the game-clinching touchdown.<br />
2001<br />
Got on the field mostly in ‘nickel’ situations,<br />
helping the Eagles to the <strong>NFL</strong>’s second-best pass<br />
defense while playing in all 16 regular-season games for<br />
the fourth straight year…Started two games – once when<br />
Eagles opened in nickel and also when Vincent was out –<br />
and also saw reserve action in all three playoff contests,<br />
including NFC Championship loss at St. Louis (Jan. 27)…<br />
Vs. Dallas (Sept. 30): Picked off the Cowboys’ Anthony<br />
Wright in Sunday night win…At Kansas City (Nov. 29):<br />
Posted another prime-time interception, this one off Trent<br />
Green with just under three minutes left in 23-10 Thursday<br />
night triumph…Vs. Tampa Bay (Jan. 12): Tallied four<br />
stops in NFC Wild Card playoff win.<br />
2000<br />
Remained a valued member of the Eagles’ secondary<br />
in his third season with the team…Saw<br />
action in all 16 regular-season games, plus both playoff<br />
contests…Made four starts – three when Eagles opened<br />
in ‘nickel’ alignment…Recorded 32 tackles (22 solo) and<br />
three passes defensed…At Arizona (Oct. 15): Though<br />
he did not pick off a pass over the course of the year, was<br />
credited with a 1-yard INT return when Vincent lateraled to<br />
him…At N.Y. Giants (Oct. 29): Started for a healthy<br />
Taylor, his only start of the season in base defense.<br />
1999<br />
Continued to excel as a spot starter during his<br />
second year as Philadelphia’s ‘nickel’ corner…<br />
Made six starts, five of them in place of either Taylor or<br />
Vincent, while playing in every game…Tied for second on<br />
the team with four interceptions and also recorded 40 tackles<br />
(31 solo) with 17 passes defensed…Ranked first in the<br />
NFC with 151 interception return yards…Signed a five-year<br />
contract extension, through the 2004 season, on Nov. 6…<br />
Vs. Arizona (Sept. 12): On opening day, registered his<br />
first <strong>NFL</strong> interception when he picked off QB Jake Plummer<br />
to position Eagles for an early TD…Vs. Washington<br />
(Nov. 14): Intercepted QB Brad Johnson after ripping the<br />
ball loose from WR Albert Connell (a one-time teammate at<br />
Trinity Valley Community College)…Vs. New England<br />
(Dec. 19): Returned a Drew Bledsoe INT 84 yards – the<br />
longest ever by an Eagles player at Veterans Stadium – to<br />
set up a TD…Vs. St. Louis (Jan. 2): Scored first <strong>NFL</strong><br />
touchdown by returning a Joe Germaine interception 17<br />
yards for game-winning points.<br />
1998<br />
Became an immediate contributor in his first season<br />
with the Eagles…Was claimed off waivers<br />
by Philadelphia on Aug. 31 following his release by Tampa<br />
Bay a day earlier in the final roster reduction of training<br />
camp (had been re-signed by Buccaneers on Jan. 22 following<br />
expiration of ’97 season practice-squad contract)…<br />
Played in all 16 games, serving as third CB when not in the<br />
starting lineup…Notched 53 tackles (45 solo), as well as<br />
five passes defensed and a pair of special teams stops…<br />
Vs. Seattle (Sept. 6): Made <strong>NFL</strong> debut in opener, starting<br />
at RCB in place of injured Taylor (shoulder), the first<br />
of five straight starts and seven overall on the year…At<br />
Arizona (Sept. 20): Established career high with eight<br />
total tackles in just his third game. Also had season-best<br />
two pass breakups.<br />
VETERANS<br />
Spent his entire rookie season on the Tampa<br />
1997<br />
Bay practice squad after an unsuccessful bid to<br />
make the team’s 53-man roster…Waived on the final roster<br />
reduction of training camp (Aug. 24), he was signed to<br />
the Buccaneers’ practice squad two days later, remaining<br />
there until season’s end…1997 Draft: Was the first of two<br />
sixth-round draft choices (169th overall) by Tampa Bay.<br />
college<br />
Was a two-year starter and letterman at<br />
Texas A&M-Kingsville after spending two<br />
seasons at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens,<br />
Texas…Finished Kingsville career with 88 tackles (61 solo),<br />
nine interceptions, 14 passes defensed and one fumble<br />
recovery…Majored in kinesiology…Senior season<br />
(1996): Was a first-team All-Lone Star Conference pick with<br />
a career-best five interceptions…Junior season (1995):<br />
Intercepted a pass in each of the Javelinas’ 1995 playoff<br />
games, vs. Fort Hays and Portland State…Junior college<br />
(1993-94): Recorded eight interceptions and 121 tackles.<br />
personal<br />
Given name Alshinard Harris…Nicknamed<br />
‘3irty 1’ and ‘Mwah’…Born in<br />
Pompano Beach, Fla. …Married Shyla in March 2007…<br />
Has two sons, Alshinard Jr., 13, and Gavin, 4…High<br />
school: Played quarterback and cornerback at Ely High<br />
School in Pompano Beach, Fla. …Had a number of high<br />
school teammates who also went on to play in the <strong>NFL</strong>,<br />
including Zack Crockett, Corey Simon, and Tyrone Carter…<br />
Community involvement: This past year, started the<br />
Al Harris Stars & Strikes Celebrity Bowling Event to raise<br />
money for his own outreach program…Also participated in<br />
events to support the Boys and Girls Club of the Fox Valley<br />
and attended the annual Families of Children With Cancer<br />
holiday party…Recently founded a program called ‘Hope<br />
for Homes’, which provides education and assistance for<br />
people to help avoid foreclosure on their homes…With his<br />
wife, recently started the Harris Family Foundation, whose<br />
mission is to help raise awareness for Crohn’s disease and<br />
raise money to assist children afflicted with the disease…<br />
In 2007, was selected by a local elementary student for the<br />
<strong>NFL</strong>’s annual “Take a Player to School” Day and talked with<br />
the student’s peers about the importance of academics,<br />
health and fitness…Also participated in the United Way’s<br />
2007 <strong>NFL</strong> Hometown Huddle, helping to make improvements<br />
to Golden House, a local domestic abuse shelter…In<br />
July 2005, hosted the ‘4-Ball Match Play Golf Challenge’ at<br />
The Bull At Pinehurst Farms in Sheboygan Falls, Wis.; the<br />
event raised money for cystic fibrosis research…Sponsors<br />
a youth football team in Pompano Beach, Fla., the Pompano<br />
Cowboys, providing jerseys and other assistance…<br />
Played in the 2003 Brett Favre Fourward Foundation and<br />
Sharper’s Kids charity golf events…Took part in the <strong>NFL</strong><br />
Golf Classic in 2001 and 2002, paired with golf legends<br />
Tom Watson and Jim Dent in ’01…Hobbies/interests:<br />
In 2006, opened up ‘Vanity,’ a barber shop and salon in<br />
Pompano Beach, along with the aforementioned Crockett<br />
and his brother, former <strong>NFL</strong> linebacker Henri Crockett…<br />
Also recently started a land development partnership called<br />
the South Florida Development Group, with Henri and Zack<br />
Crockett, O.J. Santiago and NBA player Eddie Jones, who<br />
all live in the same <strong>com</strong>munity as Harris…Owns a condominium<br />
hotel at the Cheeca Lodge and Spa in Key West, Fla.<br />
…Also is part of the ownership group of Liberty Bank in<br />
Naples, Fla. …<strong>Wants</strong> to someday own a Subway franchise<br />
in Florida and Green Bay…In 2005, had his Coral Springs,<br />
Fla., home featured on MTV’s Cribs…Owns two English<br />
Bulldogs, Yolan and Cruise…Has a passion for golf and is<br />
a member at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Fla. …Enjoys<br />
donning old-style knickers while on the course…Also<br />
enjoys fishing…Residence: Coral Springs, Fla.<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES HARRIS FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.<br />
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