• 2006 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee
• 2002 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee
• New York Giants Ring of Honor
• Super Bowl XXI Champion
• Board Member, Fritz Pollard Alliance

Harry Carson’s 13-year stint with the New York Football Giants was one of the longest tenures in club history. The former linebacker played in 173 games and served as Team Captain for 10 of his 13 seasons including the 1986 season when the Giants defeated the Denver Broncos 39-20 in Super Bowl XXI.  Once rated the #1 “Inside Linebacker” in NFL history according to Pro Football Weekly, Carson was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team after his first season. Subsequently, during his NFL career, he was named to the All-NFL Team seven times, the All-NFC Team eight times, and NFC Linebacker of the Year twice. He was selected by his peers to play in the NFC-AFC Pro Bowl nine times. Bill Belichick, an assistant coach for the Giants for 12 years, considers Carson “the best all-around linebacker” he ever coached.

Carson set the pace for his outstanding career while a student at South Carolina State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. He continued his graduate studies at South Carolina State and Fairleigh Dickinson University.  While at South Carolina State the two-time Captain never missed a game during his four seasons as a defensive lineman for the Bulldogs. During his college football career, Harry received honors for the Kodak All-American Football Team, NAIA All-American Team, Pittsburgh Courier All-American Team, All-State (South Carolina), All Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and MEAC Defensive Player of the Year twice. He excelled off the field academically as well, winning awards for the highest academic average amongst Black College All-Americans.

Some of Carson’s post football careers honors include inductions into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (2006), New York Giants Ring of Honor (2010), Black College Football Hall of Fame (2012), College Football Hall of Fame (2002), Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, New Jersey Sportswriters Hall of Fame, NJ Sports Hall of Fame and many more.

The end of Carson’s professional football career marked the beginning of his career in Sports Broadcasting. Retiring from the NFL after the 1988 season, Carson co-hosted CNN’s NFL Preview, he appeared on WCBS-TV as a Broadcast Analyst and he was a Special Correspondent for playoff and Super Bowl on ABC’s Good Morning America. Carson has worked as a Broadcast Analyst with ABC Sports College Football as well as the Madison Square Garden Network.  He is currently a Co-Host of the New York Giants game day magazine program Giants 1st &10.

In 2019, Carson was named the Chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance and now serves as a Board Member. The Alliance is an organization that represents all National Football League Minority Coaches, Coordinators, Scouts, Player Personnel and Game Day Officials dedicated to creating a greater sense of racial and gender diversity in non-player roles within the National Football League

Currently, Carson is partnered with Hackensack/Meridian Health System Inc. in the role of spokesperson to increase traumatic brain injury awareness in New Jersey. His role with HMHS includes working with community groups in regard to neurological education promoting prevention, early detection and treatment (if necessary) by the Hackensack/Meridian Neuroscience program. In past years he has served as an Advisor to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and as a member of the Brain Injury Association’s Sports Injury Prevention Council. Former NJ Governor Christine Whitman appointed Carson as a member of the New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury.

He is affiliated with many organizations and is involved with numerous charities such as The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, The United Way, The United Way’s Celebrity Read Program, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Boys Scouts of America, The Adler Aphasia Center, The Literacy Council of New Jersey, Habitat for Humanity, The Tomorrow’s Children Fund, MANetc, Inc. and The Autism Coalition.

Carson is the author of two books, “Point of Attack” (1985) and “Captain for Life” (2011).

Carson is a lecturer and motivational speaker to diverse groups that range from juvenile and prison inmates to high school scholars, from college athletes to corporate executives and political leaders.