25 Big-Name Athletes Who Are Now Working 9-to-5 Jobs

Joey Harrington

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Joey Harrington was handcuffed on the gridiron by the Detroit Lions’ lack of bite. The Lions chose the 6-foot-4, 210-pound Harrington out of Oregon with the third choice in 2002. Harrington, surrounded by an inadequate supporting cast, was pummeled by opposing defenders for four harrowing seasons in Motown. The 2001 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year, who completed only 56.1 percent of his 2,538 attempts for 14,693 yards and 79 touchdowns, permanently exited the league in September 2009. The 40-year-old Harrington procured employment in March 2016 as a part-time reporter for KGW, the NBC affiliate in Portland, Oregon.