State Senator Napoleon Harris, (D-Flossmoor) former Northwestern University standout at linebacker and seven-year NFL veteran, will be the featured speaker at the Nov. 15 Northwestern Gridiron Network luncheon. The meeting will be held at Harry Carey’s, 33 W.Kinzie in Chicago.
Sponsored by the NGN, the support group for Northwestern University football, the luncheon is open to all. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.. Luncheon reservations can be made through Jean Yale, j-yale@northwestern.edu. Cost per person is $35.
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Harris was a second- team All-Big Ten pick by both the coaches and the media in 2001 and 2000. A native of Dixmoor, IL, he was a first round pick of the Oakland Raiders. After retiring from professional football, he turned to the Chicagoland area and became a businessman. In 2012 he declared for the Illinois State Senate, beat out two opponents and ran unopposed for the 15th District. His area includes parts of Cook and Will counties, as well as the 9th ward of Chicago.
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Never too far from his football roots, Harris’s first major piece of legislation was a law requiring schools to offer catastrophic insurance coverage for student athletes. He was inspired by the plight of “Rocky”Clark who was injured and subsequently paralyzed during a football game
