After 14 years, 37 year old veteran cornerback Al Harris is retiring from the NFL in term of playing the game and will now turn his attention to coaching. Harris racked up 21 interceptions, 423 tackles and three touchdowns.

Harris was a sixth-round draft choice out of Division II’s Texas A&M-Kingsville and considers the day he was drafted by Tampa Bay as the greatest moment in his career.

“I would say 1997, April it might have been the 28th, I got a very important phone call,” Harris said. “Coach (Tony) Dungy was on the other line telling me they were going to pick me in the sixth round and to this day that was the most exciting thing you can ever imagine as a kid growing up, student athlete to get that call.”

Although the Rams were left off the final ballots for the 2011 Pro Bowl, they have three players who were selected to be alternates. Defensive end Chris Long, middle linebacker James Laurinaitis and running back Steven Jackson could still end up in Hawaii since the game is played before the Super Bowl and there tends to be several selected stars who opt out of playing the game.

“We had three guys that were recognized as alternates,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “To me, if you get recognized in this league at all in the conversation of Pro Bowl, I think is something we all ought to be proud of. The way they have it now with the Pro Bowl before the Super Bowl there is a decent chance that one, two, three of those guys might find their way into the game.”