Edwin Harrison

American gridiron football player and coach (born 1984)

American football player
Edwin Harrison
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Harrison with the Argonauts in 2022
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Position:Offensive line coach
Personal information
Born: (1984-11-18) November 18, 1984 (age 39)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:314 lb (142 kg)
Career information
High school:Houston (TX) Westbury
College:Colorado
Undrafted:2008
Career history
As a player:
  • Kansas City Chiefs (2008–2009)*
  • Calgary Stampeders (2010–2015)
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
  • Toronto Argonauts (2022–2023)
    Running backs and quality control coach
  • Saskatchewan Roughriders (2024–present)
    Offensive line coach
CFL status:Import
Career highlights and awards
  • Sporting News Freshman All-Big 12 (2004)
  • 2× Grey Cup champion (2014, 2022)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Edwin Charles Harrison (born November 18, 1984) is the offensive line coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a former professional gridiron football guard who was a member of the Calgary Stampeders and the Kansas City Chiefs. He won a Grey Cup championship with the Stampeders in 2014. He played college football at Colorado.

Coaching career

Toronto Argonauts

On January 19, 2022, it was announced that Harrison had joined the Toronto Argonauts as the team's running backs and quality control coach.[1] He won the 109th Grey Cup in his first year with the team and was with the Argonauts for two years.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On January 15, 2024, it was announced that Harrison had been named the offensive line coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[2]

Personal life

Harrison is the grandson of former Outland Trophy winner and CFL offensive lineman Cal Jones, who was one of five players from the 1956 East-West All-Star Game killed when their Vancouver to Calgary plane, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, crashed into Slesse Mountain, killing all 62 people aboard. Harrison's search to learn more about the life and death of his grandfather and his family history is at the centre of the 2012 documentary The Crash of Flight 810, part of TSN's Engraved on a Nation series of eight documentaries celebrating the 100th Grey Cup.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Argos announce 2022 coaching staff". Toronto Argonauts. January 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "Roughriders announce 2024 coaching staff". Saskatchewan Roughriders. January 15, 2024.
  3. ^ McNeil, Shane (November 2, 2012). "Engraved On a Nation: A Family United Through Tragedy". The Sports Network. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  4. ^ Beamish, Mike (November 1, 2012). "Fatal 1956 CFL air crash-Engraved On a Nation: Recalling a flight taken, and not taken". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2012.

External links

  • Colorado Buffaloes bio
  • Kansas City Chiefs bio
  • Calgary Stampeders bio
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Calgary Stampeders 102nd Grey Cup champions
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Toronto Argonauts 109th Grey Cup champions