Nolan Harrison

Who is Nolan Harrison?

Nolan Harrison III 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. He went to Homewood-Floosmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois and was a three-sport varsity letter winner in wrestling, track and football and in 2009 his high school football number was officially retired at a ceremony during the halftime of a McDonald's charitable basketball game being played by other former and current NFL players.

Union Involvement Nolan served as an NFL Players Association player representative and Executive Committee member during his ten-year playing 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.