SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Less than a year after winning Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos, Ryan Harris was lucky football didn’t rob the offensive tackle of his left leg.
He was battling a festering infection from a wicked shin bruise that landed him in the hospital for 10 days during October 2016 after he hobbled off the field during the 114th game of his 10-year NFL career. He told his wife: “It’s funny, but I never really thought about getting injured.”
To which Jamie Harris replied: “Well, I’ve thought about it every single day.”
The mania of football can consume a player’s life, define it, then spit him out.