Jerome Harrison was born on February 26,1983 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back for six seasons in the National Football League.
16 Facts About Jerome Harrison
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Jerome Harrison played college football for the Washington State Cougars, earning recognition as a consensus All-American in 2005.
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Jerome Harrison was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL draft, and played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles.
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Jerome Harrison attended Kalamazoo Central High School, and played for the Kalamazoo Central Maroon Giants high school football team.
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Jerome Harrison served as his team captain as a junior and senior, and rushed for 2,338 yards and thirty-one touchdowns as a senior, earning all-state honors from the Detroit Free-Press.
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Jerome Harrison's father, Jerome Persell, was a tailback and three-time Mid-American Conference offensive player of the year at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
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Jerome Harrison finished second in the nation in rushing behind Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett in 1976.
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Jerome Harrison broke the record for most consecutive games with 100 or more yards by a Pacific-10 Conference runner, with 16, and set the Cougars' single-season rushing record with 1,900 yards, which led the NCAA Division I Jerome Harrison was a consensus All-American in 2005.
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Jerome Harrison was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL draft.
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Jerome Harrison made his NFL debut against the New Orleans Saints on September 10,2006.
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On December 20,2009, at Kansas City, Jerome Harrison broke Jim Brown's single-game rushing record for a Cleveland Browns running back with 286 yards and three touchdowns, placing him third on the all-time single-game rushing yards list behind Adrian Peterson, who had rushed for 296 yards and three touchdowns against the San Diego Chargers in 2007, and Jamal Lewis, who had rushed for 295 yards and two touchdowns against the Browns in 2003.
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Jerome Harrison maintained that form through the end of the regular season, rushing for 561 yards and five touchdowns in the last three games.
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Jerome Harrison signed a 1-year, $2 million contract at the end of 2009 and became the starting running back for the Browns at the start of the 2010 season.
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On October 13,2010, Jerome Harrison was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for running back Mike Bell.
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Jerome Harrison was traded back to the Eagles in exchange for running back Ronnie Brown and a seventh-round draft pick in 2013, but the trade was voided the next day after Jerome Harrison failed his physical with the Eagles.
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Jerome Harrison had surgery, during which the tumor was discovered to be benign, but it was surrounded by blood vessels, which led to complications.