Nick Harris

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Nick Harris recorded 183 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 12 rostered seasons with Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cincinnati Bengals.

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indexed seasons

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career games

Five defining games

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A provisional five-game introduction to Nick Harris's most significant indexed performances.

Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Dec 9, 2012

2 punts · 70 punt yds · 0 inside 20

Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Nov 27, 2011

9 punts · 380 punt yds · 2 inside 20

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Oct 30, 2011

8 punts · 374 punt yds · 0 inside 20

Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Dec 5, 2010

4 punts · 173 punt yds · 2 inside 20

New England Patriots vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 25, 2010

3 punts · 141 punt yds · 1 inside 20

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Nick Harris's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 9 punts

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Dec 24, 2011

9 punts · 406 punt yds · 1 inside 20

Career high: 431 punting yards

Tennessee Titans vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 27, 2008

9 punts · 431 punt yds · 3 inside 20

Career highs: 4 punts inside the 20 · 4 punts downed

Houston Texans vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 22, 2012

8 punts · 299 punt yds · 4 inside 20

Career high: 387 net punting yards

Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Oct 12, 2008

9 punts · 412 punt yds · 4 inside 20

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Nick Harris's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2002

Nick Harris

Corey Dillon

Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1999–2008

Nick Harris

Jason Hanson

Roy Williams

A painful rebuild reaches rock bottom

Detroit Lions · From Barry's exit to 0–16

Sanders retired abruptly and years of poor roster construction culminated in the league's first 0–16 season.

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Franchise era

2003–2010

Nick Harris

Carson Palmer

Chad Johnson

The passing game restores belief

Cincinnati Bengals · Palmer and Ochocinco revive the stadium

Marvin Lewis brought credibility and Palmer's vertical offense won the 2005 division before injuries and inconsistency shortened the window.

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Franchise era

2009–2020

Nick Harris

Matthew Stafford

Calvin Johnson

Spectacular talent fights organizational instability

Detroit Lions · Stafford and Calvin

Stafford and Johnson powered explosive offenses and three playoff trips, but Detroit could not turn their peak into a postseason victory.

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Franchise era

2011–2016

Nick Harris

Paul Posluszny

Cecil Shorts

Quarterback misses stall a young roster

Jacksonville Jaguars · The long rebuild

Repeated top draft picks failed to create momentum until the defense accumulated enough talent for a sudden breakthrough.

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Nick Harris

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Career highs

Franchise eras

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Detroit Lions · From Barry's exit to 0–16

Cincinnati Bengals · Palmer and Ochocinco revive the stadium

Detroit Lions · Stafford and Calvin

Jacksonville Jaguars · The long rebuild

NFL appearances

Nick Harris

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Career highs

Franchise eras

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Detroit Lions · From Barry's exit to 0–16

Cincinnati Bengals · Palmer and Ochocinco revive the stadium

Detroit Lions · Stafford and Calvin

Jacksonville Jaguars · The long rebuild

Career accomplishments

Team history

NFL appearances

Career accomplishments

Team history