| Bears first round pick (14th overall) in 2004 had a breakout rookie campaign. He became the first rookie defender since Mike Brown in 2000 to begin the season as a starter and start all 16 games... Bears first rookie D-lineman to open his career as a starter since Russell Davis in 1999 and the first rookie DT to do so since Roger Stillwell in 1975... Rookie recipient of the 2004 Brian Piccolo Award as voted by his teammates.
2004 SEASON: Earned starting spot on D-line in training camp and started all 16 games... Compiled 58 tackles and 3.5 sacks to rank 3rd on the Bears' D-line in both categories and added 6 TFLs and 1 forced fumble... Tied for 9th in the NFL for most sacks by a rookie and tied for 2nd for sacks by a rookie DT.
COLLEGE: Two-time first-team All-American and 3-time All-Big 12 defensive tackle during his 3-year career at Oklahoma (2001-03) started 37 of 38 career games played while recording 94 tackles (49 solos), 9 sacks, 33 TFLs, 4 PBUs, 2 fumble recoveries and 1 forced fumble... Concluded career as a consensus firstteam All-American, winner of the 2003 Lombardi Award as the nation's top interior lineman and also a finalist for the Bednarik Award (top defensive player), Nagurski Award (Defensive Player-of-the-Year) and Walter Camp Player-of-the-Year Award... All-Big 12 first-teamer started the final 13 games as a junior, healping OU to the BCS National Championship game in the Sugar Bowl with 37 tackles including 10 TFLs and 5 sacks on the season... As a sophomore, the first-team All-American and consensus All-Big 12 first team member was a finalist for the Lombardi and Bednarik Awards while battling through a nagging groin strain to post 25 tackles, 2 sacks, 6 TFLs, 16 QB pressures, 2 PBUs, 1 fumble recovery and start all 12 games... Burst into the scene as a true freshman, being chosen as a first-team All-American, a consensus All-Big 12 first-team pick and Freshman Defensive Player-of-the-Year... Started every game at right defensive tackle that season and earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll while totaling 32 tackles, 2 sacks, 14 QB pressures and a school freshman record with 17 TFLs... Also won team awards as the top defensive newcomer and the top defensive lineman... Majored in university studies.
PERSONAL: Earned All-American accolades after posting 70 solo tackles and 9 sacks as a senior at Ellison H.S. in Killeen, Texas... Named first-team All-American by USA Today... Honored as a Prep Star Dream Team member and added Tom Lemming's Super Team and Super Prep's National Top 100 honors... Selected to play in the inaugural National High School Football All-Star Game and also attended the Nike Camp where he was selected MVP... Cousin of Detroit Lions G Stockar McDougle and Philadelphia Eagles DE Jerome McDougle... Son of Janie and Tommie Harris, Sr. |
