Irish Illustrated insider subscribers. This is Drew Mentock, and I'm here to bring you the fifth episode from a biweekly podcast series in the feed, Irish Illustrated interviews. Today, we're showing my conversation with Ryan Harris, a former Nordium offensive lineman who played for the Fighting Irish from 2003 to 2006.

The Denver Broncos selected him in the third round of the 2007 NFL draft.

He did three separate stints in Denver, which included winning Super Bowl 50,

and also played for the Houston Texans, Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers

before retiring in 2016 after a 10-year NFL career. Of course, Harris first tasted a modicum

of fame before even arriving at Nurtain, when he was featured on MTV's True Life documentary

series in an episode titled, I Want the Perfect Body. Our conversation also runs through

his time in broadcasting, which includes working as an analyst for Nerardium Radio, CBS Sports,

and Westwood One. Of course, we also get his thoughts on Peyton Manning, Marcus Freeman, and Brady

Quinn, and touching several other topics. Here's my interview with Ryan.

What's up everybody?

I'm here with Ryan Harris, played at NerdAim in the mid-2000s with some very other recognizable names such as Brady Quinn, Times of Akowski.

We'll definitely talk about them later.

Went on to play a decade plus in the NFL.

Now he is the Nerdame radio broadcast color analyst calls games in the NFL. Now he is the Nardame radio broadcast color analyst.

He calls games in the NFL as well. Dude, it does a bunch of other things. But before we get

into all that, I just wanted to start with, I know you, I believe you grew up in Minnesota,

spent much of your early life there. What was your first kind of recollection or engagement

with NERDAME as somebody growing up? Well, first of all, great to be with you, Drew. And my first

record, my interaction with Notre Dame really came from other people. I had a couple of teammates

in high school who actually were recruited to Notre Dame.

And it started for me when I would tell people the top five schools.

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