# Harry Colon

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Harry Colon
| number        = 40, 21, 24, 29
| position      = [Cornerback](/source/Cornerback), [safety](/source/Safety_(American_football_position))
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1969|02|14}}
| birth_place   = [Kansas City, Kansas](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Kansas), U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 0
| weight_lb     = 203
| high_school   = [Washington](/source/Washington_High_School_(Kansas)) (Kansas City)
| college       = [Missouri](/source/Missouri_Tigers_football)
| draftyear     = 1991
| draftround    = 8
| draftpick     = 196
| expansiondraftyear  = 1995
| expansiondraftround = 23
| expansiondraftpick  = 45
| undraftedyear = 
| pastteams     =
* [New England Patriots](/source/New_England_Patriots) ({{NFL Year|1991}})
* [Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions) ({{NFL Year|1992|1994}})
* [Jacksonville Jaguars](/source/Jacksonville_Jaguars) ({{NFL Year|1995}})
* Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1997}})
| highlights    =
* First-team [All-Big Eight](/source/List_of_All-Big_Eight_Conference_football_teams) ([1990](/source/1990_All-Big_Eight_Conference_football_team))
| statlabel1    = [Tackle](/source/Tackle_(football_move))s
| statvalue1    = 238
| statlabel2    = [Sack](/source/Quarterback_sack)s
| statvalue2    = 1.0
| statlabel3    = [Interception](/source/Interception)s
| statvalue3    = 6
| statlabel4    = [Fumble](/source/Fumble) recoveries
| statvalue4    = 4
| pfr           = ColoHa20 
}}

'''Harry Lee Colon'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Colon Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ColoHa20.htm |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> (born February 14, 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/harrycolon/profile?id=COL746263 |title=Harry Colon  |publisher=[National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) |access-date=December 16, 2009}}</ref> is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [defensive back](/source/defensive_back) in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL). After playing [college football](/source/college_football) for the [Missouri Tigers](/source/Missouri_Tigers_football), Colon was selected by the [New England Patriots](/source/New_England_Patriots) in the eighth round of the [1991 NFL draft](/source/1991_NFL_draft).<ref>{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballdb.com/players/harry-colon-colonha01 |title=Harry Colon |publisher=The Football Database |access-date=December 16, 2009}}</ref> He played in the NFL for six years, playing for the New England Patriots (1991),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patriots.com/alumni/index.cfm?pn=4&ac=alumnibios|title=Alumni Bios|publisher=[New England Patriots](/source/New_England_Patriots)|access-date=December 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060601061614/http://www.patriots.com/alumni/index.cfm?pn=4&ac=alumnibios|archive-date=June 1, 2006}}</ref> the [Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions) (1992–1994, 1997),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://prod.www.lions.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/AllTimeRoster_08.pdf |title=Detroit Lions All-Time Roster |publisher=[Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions) |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222014022/http://prod.www.lions.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/AllTimeRoster_08.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [Jacksonville Jaguars](/source/Jacksonville_Jaguars) (1995).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jaguars.com/News/pdf/2009/2008Review-History.pdf |title=Jacksonville Jaguars All-Time Roster |work=2009 Jacksonville Jaguars Media Guide |publisher=[Jacksonville Jaguars](/source/Jacksonville_Jaguars) |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102011039/http://jaguars.com/news/pdf/2009/2008Review-History.pdf |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the [1995 NFL expansion draft](/source/1995_NFL_expansion_draft).<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 1995 |title=NFL Expansion Draft |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/02/16/nfl-expansion-draft/ |access-date=November 2, 2023 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> He had to retire during the [1997 season](/source/1997_NFL_season) due to a condition in his neck.

He now resides in [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas), where he is [head coach](/source/head_coach) of the [football team](/source/High_school_football) and head of the athletics department at [John H. Reagan High School](/source/John_H._Reagan_High_School_(Houston%2C_Texas)).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.positivecoach.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=3412 |title=Harry Colon |publisher=Positive Coaching Alliance |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403195013/http://www.positivecoach.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=3412 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:Players of American football from Kansas City, Kansas
Category:American football cornerbacks
Category:American football safeties
Category:Missouri Tigers football players
Category:New England Patriots players
Category:Detroit Lions players
Category:Jacksonville Jaguars players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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