Chris Harrell
Chris Harrell
Christopher Mychal Harrellis a professional American football player, playing strong safety in the National Football League. Currently allocated to the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europa, Harrell signed as a free agent with the Arizona Cardinals shortly after the 2006 NFL draft. He played collegiately at Penn State University and attended Euclid High School in Euclid, Ohio...
game sets teams ten tone view
What we do in the first game sets the tone for how other teams in the Big Ten view us.
add aspect aspects blessing consider creating definitely game increase pass physically playing sit speed
Physically I've been able to add a different aspect to my game by playing the pass and creating some turnovers, ... I definitely consider it a blessing to have been able to sit back and increase aspects of my game like my strength, my speed and the way I play the ball.
focus game goes lose program trying understand whether win
It's really important and that's what we've been trying to focus on and let them understand that. Where this program goes after this game whether we win or lose is really going to be on them.
excited game guys love opportunity penn
Every day at practice, I kind of let the guys know how excited I am to be out there and get out on the field, ... I try to let the young guys know what kind of opportunity they have to play a game they love at a place like Penn State.
early football game neck playing sure tough
Early on it was very tough for me, especially emotionally, ... There were a lot of tears. I wasn't sure if football was still the game that I should be playing after a neck injury.
bowl game guys happen last leaders left older seniors sure trying
That's why we're trying to be leaders and make sure that it doesn't happen the way it did the last bowl game where all of the seniors left and all the older guys went to the NFL. They didn't let the young guys know how important it was to keep this thing going.
close game hang last needed passing plays running today together
Last year, we'd hang close in games, but we couldn't put together those big plays when we needed them. We'd been getting them from our passing game this year, and today we got it from the running game.
chance fall game learn love
had a chance to learn and fall in love with the game again.
everybody game huge
This is a huge game for our team. It will show everybody where we rank.
accept guess guy hard keeps move run tackle tony
Part of why Tony is so hard to tackle is that he's a big guy and you don't know what to expect. Sometimes he'll make a move and go by you or sometimes he'll try to run you over. As a defender, he keeps you guessing. I guess I have to accept being run over sometimes.
lifting stronger
Paul, they say you've been getting stronger down here by lifting your trophies.
helped
We have been through a lot. It helped get us this far.
bring early engine gets hands hard jam plan slow starts
We plan on just doing what we can to get our hands on him early -- jam him, slow him down, get him before he starts going. Because once he gets that engine going he's hard to bring down.
air bags both came control kinda last move slam
We couldn't control it. At the last minute, you think you're going to move to the right and slam on the brakes, and we did both and kinda slid right into the car. The air bags came out and it was just too late.