BIOGRAPHY
Chris Harris Jr. was born June 18, 1989, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a cornerback in the NFL. Harris played football in college at the University of Kansas, where he received numerous accolades and produced numbers that set him apart as one of the most successful defensive players in the history of Kansas football. By the end of his college career, Harris had landed himself at second place on the Kansas football all-time tackles list. He joined as a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity while in college. Harris was not one of the 54 defensive backs invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. On March 16, 2011, he attended Kansas State's pro day and performed all of the combine and positional drills. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Harris was projected to go undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft. He was ranked the 30th best free safety prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com. On July 27, 2011, the Denver Broncos signed Harris to a three-year, $1.39 million contract that included a signing bonus of $2,000. He was with the Broncos until 2019.
On March 30, 2020, Harris signed a two-year, $20 million contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. Harris was named the starting left cornerback opposite Casey Hayward to begin the 2020 season. In Week 3, Harris suffered a foot injury and was placed on injured reserve on September 29, 2020. He was activated on November 27, 2020. In Week 15 against the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday Night Football, Harris recorded his first interception as a Charger off a pass thrown by Marcus Mariota and made a 51-yard return during the 30–27 overtime win. As of the end of the 2019 NFL season, Chris Harris Jr. has been thrown at 644 times in 132 career games. Over that span, only 10 wide receivers have ever caught a touchdown pass against him. Only eight times has a player ever totaled more than 50 yards against him in any game, and only once has a player totaled over 85 yards.
