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Full Name: Marvin Daniel Harrison Primary Position: WR
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/178 College: Syracuse University
Birthdate: August 25, 1972 High School: Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, PA)
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pro Experience: 11 years

Biography[]

Marvin Harrison (Marvin Daniel Harrison) was born on August 25, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After going to high school at Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, PA), Harrison attended Syracuse University. Harrison made his professional debut in the NFL in 1996 with the Indianapolis Colts. He has played for the Indianapolis Colts for his entire 11 year career.

Most people believe that 2001 was Marvin Harrison's best year, as he hauled in 109 receptions, had 1524 receiving yards and caught 15 TD passes.


Ranks as most productive receiver in Colts history and among top in NFL history…holds franchise records with 1,022-13,697, 122 TDs receiving as well as 59 100+ games, receptions in 170 consecutive games and 85 career games with touchdown receptions…streak of 170 consecutive games with reception stands as longest NFL streak to begin a career (158, Marshall Faulk)…holds longest consecutive games streak among active NFL players, and streak ranks among NFL leaders (274, Rice; 183, Art Monk; 177, Steve Largent; 172, Tim Brown)…has multiple receptions in 167 of 170 career games, 5+ receptions in 114 games and 6+ receptions in 92 outings…tied Rice for NFL mark with eight consecutive 80+-reception seasons…ranks 4th in NFL receptions, 6th in reception yardage, 3rd in touchdown receptions, 2nd in 100+ games and 8th in total touchdowns…surpassed prior franchise marks of WR-Raymond Berry (631-9,275, 68 TDs), records that stood since 1967…broke Berry's mark for receptions 12/8/02 at Tennessee, yards 10/12/03 vs. Carolina and touchdowns 11/17/02 vs. Dallas…is only NFL player with 100+ receptions in four consecutive years (1999-02)…became 69th NFL player with 500 career receptions with 12-127, 1 TD vs. NYJ 12/23/01 and became 28th NFL player with 600 career receptions with 14-138, 2 TDs vs. Dallas 11/17/02…reached 600 receptions in 102 career games, the fastest streak in games played to that plateau in NFL history (118, Herman Moore, Detroit)

Became 15th player with 700 career receptions vs. Carolina 10/12/03…reached 700 in 114 games, the fastest streak in games played to that plateau in NFL history (139, Rice)…became 11th player with 800 career receptions vs. Minnesota 11/8/04…reached 800 in 131 games, the fastest streak in games played to that plateau in NFL history (154, Rice)…became 6th NFL player with 900 career receptions at Cincinnati 11/20/05…reached 900 in 149 games, also the fastest streak in NFL history (168, Rice)…became 4th NFL receiver to hit 1,000 career receptions at Jacksonville 12/10/06…reached 1,000 in 167 games, the fastest pace in NFL history (181, Rice)…had 706 receptions in first 114 career games…of 25 WRs in Pro Football Hall of Fame, only 1 (501, Lance Alworth) had as many as 500 receptions in first 114 games…has most receptions over 1st 7 (665), 8 (759), 9 (845), 10 (927) and 11 (1,022) seasons of career of any NFL receiver…143 receptions in 2002 bested prior NFL seasonal record of Moore (123, 1995)…has averaged 6.0 receptions per game (1,022 in 170 games) for career, the best average in NFL history among receivers with 350 career receptions…ranks 3rd among all NFL teams' career reception leaders (1,281, Rice, San Francisco, 1985-00; 1,070, Brown, Oakland, 1988-03)…1,022 receptions rank 4th among NFL's career reception leaders (1,549, Rice; 1,101, Cris Carter; 1,094, Brown)…Harrison (13,697) ranks 6th among NFL's career reception yardage leaders (22,895, Rice; 14,934, Brown; 14,004, James Lofton; 13,899, Carter; 13,777, Henry Ellard)…59 100+ games rank 2nd in NFL history (75, Rice)…has 5 four-game 100+ streaks, while club mark is six by Berry (1960)…had 10 100+ games in 2002, setting club seasonal record, besting own prior record of 9 set in 1999…10 100+ games in 2002 tied for 2nd-best seasonal total in NFL history (Irvin, 11, Dallas, 1995; Charley Hennigan, 10, Houston, 1961; Moore, 10, Detroit, 1995;


Torry Holt, 10, 2003)…produced 8th consecutive 1,000+ reception yardage season in 2006 (1,366), and has 8 of 16 achieved in club history (1,310, Reggie Wayne, 2006; 1,298, Berry, 1960; 1,210, Wayne, 2004; 1,131, Bill Brooks, 1986; 1,077, Brandon Stokley, 2004; 1,055, Wayne, 2005; 1,038, Reggie Langhorne, 1993; 1,012, Roger Carr, 1976)…in 2004, Harrison (86-1,113, 15 TDs), Wayne (77-1,210, 12 TDs) and Stokley (68-1,077, 10 TDs) placed the Colts as one of four teams with three 1,000+ seasonal receivers in NFL history (San Diego, 1980, WR-John Jefferson (1,340)/TE-Kellen Winslow (1,290)/WR-Charlie Joiner (1,132); Washington, 1989, WR-Gary Clark (1,229)/Monk (1,186)/WR-Ricky Sanders (1,138); Atlanta, 1995, RB-Eric Metcalf (1,189)/WR-Bert Emanuel (1,039)/WR-Terance Mathis (1,039))…trio became 1st in NFL history to have 10+ seasonal touchdowns each…from 1999-03, set then 5 highest seasonal reception and yardage totals in Colts history (115-1,663, 1999; 102-1,413, 2000; 109-1,524, 2001; 143-1,722, 2002; 94-1,272, 2003) and 95 receptions in 2006 replaced 2003 total (94) as 5th-highest mark…Harrison (1,722, 2002; 1,663, 1999) owns NFL's 4th-best and 7th-best seasonal reception yardage totals in NFL history (1,848, Rice, 1995; 1,781, Bruce, 1995; 1,746, Hennigan, 1961; 1,722, Harrison, 2002; 1,696, Holt, 2003; 1,686, Moore, 1995; 1,663, Harrison, 1999)…in 2002, Harrison (1,722) produced 3rd 1,500+ season, and ranks behind Rice (4, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995) for 2nd-most in NFL history…Harrison (3, 1999, 2001, 2002) was tied with Irvin (2, 1991, 95), Hennigan (2, 1961, 64) and Holt (2, 2000, 2003)…is only NFL player to post consecutive 1,500+ seasons and only 10 other NFL players have achieved one 1,500+ season…Harrison ranks 1st in club history in scrimmage yards (13,725 yards) and total yards (13,912 yards


Harrison and RB-Edgerrin James topped 100-yard marks in respective receiving and rushing categories 22 times together, most in NFL history (20, RB-Emmitt Smith and WR-Michael Irvin, Dallas)…Harrison (122) is one of seven NFL players with 100+ career touchdown receptions (197, Rice; 130, Carter; 122, Harrison; 114, Terrell Owens; 101, Randy Moss; 100, Steve Largent; 100, Brown)…Harrison became 5th NFL receiver to hit 100+-TD plateau 10/2/05 at Tennessee…Harrison (85) set club record for most games with touchdown reception 11/30/03 vs. New England, snapping mark of Berry (56)…in 138 games together, Harrison has been on the receiving end of 878 passes for 11,908 yards and 106 TDs from QB-Peyton Manning, the most completions, yards and touchdowns by a tandem in NFL history…Harrison and Manning passed Jim Kelly and Andre Reed's mark of 663 passes vs. Minnesota 11/8/04 and Kelly and Reed's yardage mark (9,538) 9/25/05 vs. Cleveland…Harrison and Manning snapped Steve Young and Rice's NFL mark of 85 TDs by a QB-WR tandem 10/17/05 vs. St. Louis...duo connected on 100th career TD pass on 12/3/06 at Tennessee on a 68t…ranks 8th in NFL career touchdowns (208, Rice; 175, Emmitt Smith; 145, Marcus Allen; 136, Marshall Faulk; 131, Carter; 126, Jim Brown; 125, Walter Payton; 122,

Harrison)…ranks 1st in Colts career TDs, surpassing Lenny Moore (113)…has 8 consecutive 10+-TD reception seasons (15, 2001; 15, 2004; 14, 2000; 12, 1999; 12, 2005; 12, 2006; 11, 2002; 10, 2003) and owns double-digit club receiving record (2, Berry), while only other 10+ seasons were recorded by Wayne (12, 2004), Jimmy Orr (11, 1962; 10, 1965), Roger Carr (11, 1962) and Stokley (10, 2004)…became 1st player in NFL history with eight consecutive 10+-touchdown reception seasons (1999-06), snapping Rice's mark of seven consecutive seasons (1989–95)…eight 10+-TD career seasons surpassed Moore (5, 1957–58; 60-61, 64) for most in club history…Harrison has club-record nine 3+-TD receiving games and 28 multiple-TD receiving games…has 742 career points, 3rd in Colts history and 1st among non-kickers (995, K-Mike Vanderjagt; 783, K-Dean Biasucci)…from 1999-06, has eight consecutive Pro Bowl bids, tied for the longest streak in Colts history with John Unitas (8, 1957–64) and OG/T-Jim Parker (8, 1958–65)…has led club in receptions 9 of 11 seasons (Faulk, 1998; Wayne, 2005) and receiving yards in 9 of 11 seasons (Faulk, 1998; Wayne, 2004), while he has led the team in TDs in all 11 seasons (tied, WR-Torrance Small, 1998)…has 18 50+-yard and 52 20+-yard touchdown receptions…


Harrison had streak of 34 consecutive games with at least three receptions end at Jacksonville 11/9/03…Harrison held 13.1 yds/rec. avg. on 14 TDs (14-183) 1996-97 prior to Manning, but holds 23.6 yds/rec. avg. on 106 TDs (106-2,498) 1998–present with Manning…16 games with 10+ receptions is club record…has 100+ games against 27 of 31 teams (7-New England; 6-Houston; 4-Miami; Tennessee; 3-Jacksonville; Kansas City; NYG; San Diego; 2-Buffalo; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Denver; Detroit; NYJ; Philadelphia; 1-Atlanta; Baltimore; Carolina; Dallas; Minnesota; New Orleans; Oakland; Pittsburgh; San Francisco; Seattle; Tampa Bay; Washington)…does not have 100+ games against Arizona (0-2), Chicago (0-2), Green Bay (0-3) and St. Louis (0-2)…his 100+ outing by years: 1996-2; 1997-0; 1998-2; 1999-9; 2000-8; 2001-6; 2002–10; 2003-6; 2004-4; 2005-6; 2006-6…has played in 102 career wins with Colts, the highest number in the club's Indianapolis era and among the highest number of appearances in victories by a player in franchise history (132, John Unitas; 109, P-David Lee; 107, LB-Don Shinnick; 106, DE-Ordell Braase, 105, C/LB-Dick Szymanski).

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Statistics[]

Receiving Stats[]

year team league games REC YDS AVG TD LNG
1996 IND NFL 16 64 836 13.1 8 41
1997 IND NFL 16 73 866 11.9 6 44
1998 IND NFL 12 59 776 13.2 7 61t
1999 IND NFL 16 115 1663 14.5 12 57t
2000 IND NFL 16 102 1413 13.9 14 78t
2001 IND NFL 16 109 1524 14 15 68
2002 IND NFL 16 143 1722 12 11 69
2003 IND NFL 15 94 1272 13.5 10 79t
2004 IND NFL 16 86 1113 12.9 15 59
2005 IND NFL 15 82 1146 14 12 80t
2006 IND NFL 16 95 1366 14.4 12 68
11 year NFL career 170 1022 13697 13.4 122 0

Rushing Stats[]

year team league games ATT YDS AVG TD LNG
1996 IND NFL 16 3 15 5 0 15
1997 IND NFL 16 2 -7 -3.5 0 0
1998 IND NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0
1999 IND NFL 16 1 4 4 0 4
2000 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0
2001 IND NFL 16 1 3 3 0 3
2002 IND NFL 16 2 10 5 0 8
2003 IND NFL 15 1 3 3 0 3
2004 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0
2005 IND NFL 15 0 0 0 0 0
2006 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0
11 year NFL career 170 10 28 2.8 0 0

Punt Return Stats[]

year team league games RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD
1996 IND NFL 16 18 177 9.8 9 31 0
1997 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
1998 IND NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 IND NFL 15 0 0 0 1 0 0
2004 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 IND NFL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 year NFL career 170 19 177 9.3 11 0 0

Fumble Recovery Stats[]

year team league games TOT OWR OPR YDS TD
1996 IND NFL 16 1 0 0 0 0
1997 IND NFL 16 2 1 0 5 0
1998 IND NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0
1999 IND NFL 16 2 1 0 0 0
2000 IND NFL 16 2 0 0 0 0
2001 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0
2002 IND NFL 16 0 0 0 0 0
2003 IND NFL 15 2 0 0 0 0
2004 IND NFL 16 1 0 0 0 0
2005 IND NFL 15 0 0 0 0 0
2006 IND NFL 16 1 0 0 0 0
11 year NFL career 170 11 2 0 5 0

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