James Harrison

What grabs me about James Harrison is not the two Super Bowl rings or the five Pro Bowls, but the road he took to get them. An undrafted free agent out of Kent State, cut more than once, he willed himself into one of the most feared linebackers of his era. At 183 cm he was never the biggest man on the field, yet he played with a relentlessness that bordered on obsession. I have a soft spot for athletes who succeed on grit rather than pedigree, and Harrison is the archetype. His story is a reminder that draft position predicts nothing about how badly someone wants it.

Name (English)

James Harrison

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・ハリソン

Reading

じぇーむず・はりそん

Born

May 4, 1978 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Akron, Ohio, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

American football player

High school

Coventry High School

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Ohio
• American football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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