Nolan Harrison

Nolan Harrison

Date of birth:	January 25, 1969 (1969-01-25)
Place of birth:	Chicago, Illinois
Career information
Position(s):	Defensive end Defensive tackle
College:	Indiana
NFL Draft:	1991 / Round: 6 / Pick: 146
Organizations
As player:
1991-1996 1997-1999 2000	Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers Washington Redskins
Playing stats at NFL.com

Nolan Harrison III (born January 25, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football defensive lineman who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Indiana University and was team captain All Big 10 Honorable Mention. Harrison was drafted in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL Draft. Harrison was a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity while at IU and received The Distinguished Delta Chi Award from the national Delta Chi Fraternity in 1997.^{[citation needed]} He went to Homewood-Floosmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois and was a three-sport varsity letter winner in wrestling (185 pound weight class and heavyweight), track (400 m relay and mile relay) and football (defensive lineman) and in 2009 his high school football number was officially retired.

Harrison served as an NFL Players Association player representative and Executive Committee member during his ten year career. Towards the end of his ten year career, Harrison spearheaded the successful effort to ban a career threatening practice called "chop blocking" in the NFL. Harrison served as a chapter president and Board of Directors member of the NFL Players Association Former Players in his post-football career.

During his NFL career, Harrison landed a role in the USA film "Bloodhounds", starring Corbin Bernsen, playing the bad guy role of "Bootsie".

Harrison has been a public speaker for many organizations like the NFL Players Association, Executives Breakfast Club, AFT, AFL-CIO, and TEDx speaking on a variety of leadership topics.

Harrison spent 10 years as an executive in the financial services industry after his 10 year NFL career. Harrison received his accelerated financial planning certificate from the Arizona State University School of Global Management and Leadership in 2009.^{[citation needed]}