The Los Angeles Chargers are set to honor one of the top safeties in NFL history, announcing that Rodney Harrison will be inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame during a halftime ceremony in Week 8, when the team hosts the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday Night Football at SoFi Stadium on October 23.
This marks Harrison’s second Hall of Fame induction, having been inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in 2019.
Harrison carved out a reputation as one of the NFL’s most dominant and physical safeties across a 15-year career between the Chargers and Patriots. Selected by San Diego in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL Draft, Harrison quickly emerged as a cornerstone of the Chargers’ defense.
“Rodney personified an era of Chargers football defined by physicality, emotion, relentless effort, toughness and grit,” said President of Football Operations John Spanos in the statement released on June 30. “For nearly a decade, he gave everything he had to the Chargers, establishing a standard of accountability and setting the bar for competitive greatness…. The fire that burned inside Rodney was the stuff of legend and, as is the case with all the great ones, it never once faded over the course of his career.”
He played nine seasons in San Diego, helping propel the franchise to an AFC Championship and its first-ever Super Bowl appearance. During his Chargers tenure, Harrison posted 21.5 sacks—the most by a defensive back in team history—and collected 26 interceptions, ranking him third all-time among Chargers defenders and first among safeties.
In 2003, Harrison joined the Patriots and immediately became an anchor for New England’s secondary. He led the team in tackles with a career-high 140 in his first season—a league-best mark for a defensive back—and followed it up with 138 the following year. His contributions helped the Patriots secure back-to-back Super Bowl titles, and he finished his time in New England with 15 interceptions.
Over his career, Harrison tallied 1,206 tackles (920 solo), 30.5 sacks, 34 interceptions, and 15 forced fumbles. He remains one of only two players in NFL history—alongside Hall of Famer Ray Lewis—to record at least 30 sacks and 30 interceptions since sacks became an official statistic in 1982. He also made history as the first player to score touchdowns via interception return, fumble return, and kickoff return in a single season.
Harrison will become the 36th player—and the 44th member overall—enshrined in the Chargers Hall of Fame.
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