Edwin Harrison

Edwin Charles Harrison (born November 18, 1984) is the offensive line coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a former professional gridiron football guard who was a member of the Calgary Stampeders and the Kansas City Chiefs. He won a Grey Cup championship with the Stampeders in 2014. He played college football at Colorado.

Playing career

Amateur Harrison played four seasons at the University of Colorado. He made a total of 29 starts and was an honourable mention on the All-Big 12 team in 2007.

Professional

NFL Harrison spent 2008 and part of 2009 on the Kansas City Chiefs practice roster.

In 2011, he played nine games after coming back from injury, playing the left tackle position. He began the season as the team’s starting left tackle but suffered a season-ending leg injury in Week 3.

On January 12, 2016, the Stampeders announced that they had released Harrison.

Toronto Argonauts On January 19, 2022, it was announced that Harrison had joined the Toronto Argonauts as the team's running backs and quality control coach. He won the 109th Grey Cup in his first year with the team and was with the Argonauts for two years.

Saskatchewan Roughriders On January 15, 2024, it was announced that Harrison had been named the offensive line coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Personal life Harrison is the grandson of former Outland Trophy winner and CFL offensive lineman Cal Jones, who was one of five players from the 1956 East-West All-Star Game killed when their Vancouver to Calgary plane, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, crashed into Slesse Mountain, killing all 62 people aboard. Harrison's search to learn more about the life and death of his grandfather and his family history is at the centre of the 2012 documentary The Crash of Flight 810, part of TSN's Engraved on a Nation series of eight documentaries celebrating the 100th Grey Cup.

Since retiring as a player and before joining the Argos, Harrison had been teaching geography at Marshall High School in suburban Houston, Texas.