Jonotthan Harrison has not forgotten a single punch or kick, the brutal pushing and shoving, the sudden tackles to the ground with his classmates piling on top of him.
There was also the constant and flat-out mean name calling. And all the laughing. So much laughing — at his expense.
The New York Jets center endured years of bullying while growing up in central Florida, but refused to let those painful moments stop him from achieving his goals.
"I can get along with anybody," Harrison said in an interview with The Associated Press. "But for whatever reason, people found me to be an easy target to mess with, pick on or whatever, whether they thought it was playful or not."
The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Harrison hardly looks like the type of guy anyone would dare mess with.
From fifth grade through high school, though, it was a different story — one he often shares in schools on days off from practice to bring awareness to bullying and try to prevent it from happening to other youngsters.
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