Napoleon Harris

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Prior to his service in the Illinois Senate, he played as a linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Oakland Raiders, the Minnesota Vikings, and Kansas City Chiefs at various times.

Early life

Harris grew up in Dixmoor, Illinois.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He attended Lincoln Elementary School, Rosa L. Parks Middle School, and Thornton Township High School. He was a tri-star athlete and honor student. His father died his junior year of high school.

Harris was an honors student at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois and lettered in football and basketball. In football, he posted 23 sacks, 98 tackles, two fumble recoveries, 1 forced fumble, two safeties, and one interception and was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Star Publications, Daily Southtown, and the Hammond Times. Napoleon also averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds on the No. 1 basketball team in the country.Template:Citation needed

Harris enrolled at Northwestern University, where he played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats. For one year, he was a two sport athlete playing basketball. His complete college career ranked 11th on Northwestern's all-time tackles list with 334. All-Big Ten Conference as a senior after starting all 11 games at defensive end after moving from outside linebacker and ranked fourth on team in tackles with 78.Template:Citation needed

NFL career

Harris was selected in the first round of the 2002 draft by the Oakland Raiders, the 23rd overall pick.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That year, he started 13 of 16 regular-season games, all three playoff games, and Super Bowl XXXVII for the Oakland Raiders and was named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie team.

In 2005, Harris was acquired by the Minnesota Vikings as part of blockbuster trade which sent Randy Moss to Oakland for the seventh overall pick and a seventh-round pick in the 2005 NFL draft. The Vikings used the picks to select wide receiver Troy Williamson and cornerback Adrian Ward. Despite being traded for one of the premier players in the National Football League, Harris did not immediately live up to his potential the following season with the Minnesota Vikings. In that first season with the Vikings, he was hampered with a lingering knee injury and saw limited playing time. However, in the second season he finished second on the team with 96 tackles, 3 interceptions, 3.5 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries in 14 games.

On March 6, 2007, Harris agreed to a six-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs.<ref>Teicher, Adam. Chiefs agree to terms with free-agent LB Harris The Kansas City Star, March 6, 2007.</ref><ref>Chiefs agree to terms with UFA LB Napoleon Harris Template:Webarchive KCChiefs.com, March 6, 2007.</ref> The Chiefs released Harris on October 14, 2008. Just two days after his release from the Chiefs, Harris re-joined the Minnesota Vikings on October 16. Harris started in 5 of the 10 games he played and finished his second stint with the Vikings with 32 tackles and 1 sack, and also scored his first NFL touchdown after returning a fumble 27 yards in week 12 in Jacksonville. Despite a fairly good performance, the Vikings did not hold on to him.

In May 2008, Napoleon appeared on The CW Network series The Game.<ref name="problems">Template:Cite news</ref> Harris signed a one-year contract with the Oakland Raiders on August 24, 2009, after the team released cornerback Ricky Manning, but was released five days later.<ref>Jerry McDonald post, Twitter, August 29, 2009</ref>

NFL statistics

Years	Team	GP	COMB	TOTAL	AST	SACK	FF	FR	FR YDS	INT	IR YDS	AVG IR	LNG IR	TD	PD
2002	OAK	15	81	59	22	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2003	OAK	16	107	74	33	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2004	OAK	14	61	47	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	MIN	15	25	18	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2006	MIN	14	59	42	17	2.5	1	0	0	3	20	7	11	0	4
2007	KC	16	116	82	34	1.5	1	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	3
2008	MIN	10	32	24	8	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		100	481	346	135	8.5	5	1	0	4	24	6	11	0	15

Source: ESPN.<ref name=ESPN>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Abbreviations key: Template:Col-begin Template:Col-3

• GP: games played
• COMB: combined tackles
• TOTAL: total tackles
• AST: assisted tackles
• SACK: sacks

• FF: forced fumbles
• FR: fumble recoveries
• FR YDS: fumble return yards
• INT: interceptions
• IR YDS: interception return yards

• AVG IR: average interception return
• LNG: longest interception return
• TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
• PD: passes defensed

Personal life

Harris is married with two children. After leaving the NFL, Harris, his wife, and sons where he became the owner of two Beggars Pizza locations.<ref name=announce>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Illinois Senate

In 2011, after Illinois State Senator James Meeks announced his retirement, Harris chose to run to succeed him in the 15th district on a platform of creating economic growth for the district.<ref name=announce /> He won the 2012 primary with a plurality of the vote against two opponents,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and ran in the general election unopposed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of July 2022, Senator Harris is a member of the following Illinois Senate committees:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• (chairman of) Appropriations – Personnel and Procurement Committee (SAPP-SAPP)
• Appropriations – Revenue and Finance Committee (SAPP-SARF)
• Appropriations – Government Infrastructure Committee (SAPP-SAGI)
• Appropriations Committee (SAPP)
• Commerce Committee (SCOM)
• (Co-chairman of) Critical Energy Infrastructure and Grid Reliability (SENE-ECEI)
• Energy and Public Utilities Committee (SENE)
• Executive Committee (SEXC)
• Executive – Cannabis Committee (SEXC-SEOC)
• (chairman of) Executive – Tobacco Committee (SEXC-STOB)
• Health Committee (SHEA)
• (chairman of) Insurance Committee (SINS)
• Pensions Committee (SPEN)
• (chairman of) Redistricting – South Cook County (SRED)
• Subcommittee on Public Health (SHEA-SHPH)

Thornton Township politics

After the death of longtime Thornton Township Democratic committeeman Frank Zuccarelli, Harris defeated State Representative Thaddeus Jones for the position.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Harris is the Democratic nominee for Thornton Township Supervisor (township executive) in the 2025 election, having been nominated in a township Democratic nominating caucus on December 3, 2024, defeating the scandal-plagued incumbent supervisor Tiffany Henyard for the nomination.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Harris won the four-way race for township supervisor in the consolidated election on April 1, 2025, with 74% of the vote cast.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was sworn in on May 19, 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Electoral history

While a member of the Illinois Senate, Harris has run for higher office on two occasions. In 2013, Harris ran for the congressional seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr.,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but dropped out after two months, endorsing Robin Kelly.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2015, he announced his candidacy in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He would come in third place, losing to Tammy Duckworth, who would go on to win the general election.

External links

Illinois Senate

• Biography, bills and committees at the 98th Illinois General Assembly
  • By session: 98th
• Illinois State Senator Napoleon B. Harris III legislative website
• Senator Napoleon Harris at Illinois Senate Democrats
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Football

• Northwestern Wildcats bio Template:Webarchive
• Oakland Raiders bio Template:Dead link