Editing Napoleon Harris (section)

==Early life==
Harris grew up in [[Dixmoor, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Myslenski|first=Skip|title=Harris starts after all; Walker eager to put newfound depth to use|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 8, 2001|pages=3 and 7|id={{ProQuest| }}|quote=So had Harris, who grew up in Dixmoor and played for Thornton.}}</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 [[Letterman (sports)|lettered]] in [[High school football|football]] and [[basketball]]. In football, he posted 23 [[Quarterback sack|sacks]], 98 [[Tackle (football move)|tackles]], two [[fumble]] recoveries, 1 forced fumble, two [[Safety (American football score)|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 ''[[The Times of Northwest Indiana|Hammond Times]]''. Napoleon also averaged 18 points and 10 [[Rebound (basketball)|rebounds]] on the No. 1 basketball team in the country.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

Harris enrolled at [[Northwestern University]], where he played [[college football]] for the [[Northwestern Wildcats]]. For one year, he was a two sport athlete playing [[College basketball|basketball]]. His complete college career ranked 11th on Northwestern's all-time tackles list with 334. [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten Conference]] as a senior after [[Starting lineup|starting]] all 11 games at [[defensive end]] after moving from outside linebacker and ranked fourth on team in tackles with 78.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}