You know the “No-Fly Zone.”
You know Chris Harris Jr., Aqib Talib, T.J. Ward, Darian Stewart and Bradley Roby.
You know their claim to fame: the top-ranked passing defense, two years straight.
But do you know where they got the name that followed them to a Super Bowl 50 victory and praise across the country?
Because the “No-Fly Zone” wouldn’t exist as it does today without Leah Harris.
Leah, Chris’ wife, devised the name -- and the plan that followed -- out of necessity
arris tore his ACL during the divisional round in January 2014, and the former undrafted player seemed to be at a crossroads.
“Chris had to get his surgery the week after [Super Bowl XLVIII] and he was just really worried about his career,” Leah Harris says. “He was really worried if he was going to be healthy again, he was really worried if he was going to sign a big contract.”
His play was strong and consistent, but he didn’t get the recognition he or Leah thought he deserved.
And so, Leah put her skills to use. The business marketing major at the University of Kansas had previously worked for the Huhtamaki Group, where she ran the marketing department and had a product line.