The locker stall sat empty all week.
The neon green name plate that hung above has long been taken down. The cleats once scattered at its base were removed days ago, too. But David Harris’ hold on his old locker room remains intact, even though he’s no longer in the building.
The linebacker’s absence serves as a constant reminder of how different this Jets team is and will continue to be, especially for Sheldon Richardson.
As players traded bro hugs on Thursday and promises to text one another during their six-week break until training camp, the defensive lineman sat at his locker — directly next to Harris’ old one — and described the void left by a very good football player and an even better man.