Duron Harmon

At 33 years old, Duron Harmon has this physical status:

College career

Harmon played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team from 2009 to 2012. He made his first-team All-Big East Conference selection at safety and participated in the NFL Collegiate Bowl during his sophomore season.

Professional career

Harmon was not one of the 60 defensive backs to be invited to the NFL Scouting Combine coming out of Rutgers. On March 13, 2013, he was one of 17 people to attend Rutger's Pro day. Harmon completed all of the mandatory combine and positional drills for scouts and team representatives from all 32 NFL teams. Harmon was expected to be either a seventh round pick or undrafted free agent by NFL draft experts and scouts at the conclusion of the pre-draft process. DraftScout.com rated him as the 16th best strong safety prospect in the draft.

Harmon was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round (91st overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft. He and Logan Ryan (84th overall) were the Patriots' second defensive back selected by the Patriots in 2013. Harmon's selection in the third round shocked many draft evaluators and analysts, who even said it was a stretch. ESPN and the NFL Network struggled to play his college highlights when his pick was revealed because they weren't expecting him to be drafted.

The New England Patriots agreed to a four-year, $2.711 million deal, which included a $533,600 signing bonus, on May 15, 2013.

He competed against Adrian Wilson, Steve Gregory, and Tavon Wilson for the position, as the job was still unmanned following Patrick Chung's departure. Harmony Gregory, Steve Gregory's backup strong safety behind Steve Gregory, was named by head coach Bill Belichick to start the regular season.

In the New England Patriots' Week 2 match against the New York Jets, he made his pro regular season debut in the New England Patriots' Week 2 matchup, scoring one tackle. In Week 8, he deflected a pass and made his first career interception off Ryan Tannehill, who was 27-17 for the Miami Dolphins. During the Pittsburgh Steelers' 55-31 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, he recorded four combined tackles, deflected a pass, and returned an intercept by Ben Roethlisberger for 42 yards. Harmon made his first career start in place of Steve Gregory, who suffered a broken finger earlier this week. In the Patriots' 24-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers, he made three solo tackles. During their 34-31 victory over the Denver Broncos, he got off to a slew of starts the following week and finished with a season-high 11 combined tackles. He finished his rookie season in 2013 with 31 combined tackles (24 solo), four pass deflections, and two interceptions in 15 games and three starts.

Harmon was supposed to be the first to be healthy after Steve Gregory's departure in 2014. He competed against Kanorris Davis and Patrick Chung, but eventually lost the position to Chung and was relegated to backup strong security.

During a 37-22 victory over the Buffalo Bills, Harmon had a season-high three combined tackles. The Patriots defeated the Miami Dolphins 41-13 on December 14, 2014, Harmon returned an interception by Ryan Tannehill for 60 yards. Harmon intercepted Joe Flacco's pass with less than two minutes remaining in the 2014 playoffs, allowing the Patriots to beat the Baltimore Ravens 35-31. Harmon said after the game, "That's the best pick of my life." Harmon and the Patriots will dominate Super Bowl XLIX over the Seattle Seahawks.

Harmon was mostly used as the Patriots' third safety during the 2015 and 2016 seasons, alongside Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung mainly in nickel and dime packages.

Harmon intercepted Houston Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler, after fellow Rutgers alum Devin McCourty and Logan Ryan each had picks of their own in a 34-16 victory. Harmon won his second Super Bowl championship for the Patriots in Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017. He had three tackles in the game and the Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 34–28 in overtime. As the Patriots trailed by 25 points in the third quarter, the Patriots saw the game post the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history.

Harmon, who was a free agent at the time, agreed to a four-year deal worth a maximum of $20 million to remain with the Patriots on March 9, 2017. The deal included a $5 million signing bonus as well as $1.5 million in guaranteed pay. Harmon was named a Patriots captain on September 5, 2017, the first time in his career.

The Patriots defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-23 on December 17, 2017, earning them to clinch the AFC East for the first time. Harmon made the game-sealing interception on Week 15 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The intercept was his fourth intercept of the 2017 season and his third in the last two minutes of a game. The Patriots will continue to have Home field advantage throughout the playoffs and make Super Bowl LII. In a losing effort to the Philadelphia Eagles, Harmon had 5 tackles and 1 interception in the Super Bowl.

Harmon changed his jersey number from No. 100 to No. 1: Harmon changed his jersey number from No. 20. The score went from 30 to None. Jason McCourty's arrival in 21. Harmon finished the 2018 season with 38 tackles, four interceptions, and four passes defensed. He helped the Patriots win Super Bowl LIII, defeating the Los Angeles Rams 13-3.

Harmon made his first interception of the season off Daniel Jones for 27 yards in week 6 over the New York Giants.

The Patriots gave Harmon along with a seventh-round draft pick in 2020 in exchange for the Seattle Seahawks' fifth-round pick in 2020.

During Week 3 against the Arizona Cardinals, Harmon intercepted his first interception as a Lion. he defeated the Arizona Cardinals by 26–23.

Harmon agreed to a one-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons on April 15, 2021.

Harmon agreed to a one-year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders on March 24, 2022.

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