Undrafted in 2015.
Four years later, he tied for the NFL lead in interceptions.
Now he helps your people prepare for the role before it’s theirs.
2014 to 2015 · Virginia
He captained Virginia through his last season with a damaged shoulder in a harness. The draft passed him by.
2015 · Minnesota
Cut, then the practice squad. When the Vikings called him up in December, his first NFL game was a start: 76 snaps, 10 tackles at Arizona.
2016 to 2018 · Minnesota
Two more seasons learning behind Harrison Smith. Then, in 2018, the starting job.
“He was asking questions like he was starting on Sunday Night Football.”
2019 · Minnesota
He tied for the NFL lead with six interceptions and was named PFF First-Team All-Pro (2019). In the playoffs at New Orleans, he picked off Drew Brees.
2020 · Minnesota
After an 0–2 start, he asked to address the team. “Your talent, your abilities, they’re enough.”
Today
Now he brings the same preparation to companies, schools and teams.
Read his story
For kickoffs, leadership summits and manager programs, where your next leaders are already in the seats.
In seventh grade, an NFL player told Anthony’s school that one kid in the room would go on to do great things. Anthony decided to be that kid.
From high school locker rooms to the pros. He spent three seasons as a backup who prepared like a starter.
Four ideas Anthony comes back to, on stage and off.
His words: “Continuing to put myself in a position to stay ready if an opportunity comes up.”
To Vikings.com, November 2017
Learn the next job while you do this one, so nothing skips a beat when the call comes.
His words: “When you don’t do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it, bad things happen.”
To the Virginia football team, July 2025
Readiness gets built on ordinary days, long before the big one.
His words: “You cannot get better from lies.”
To the Virginia football team, July 2025
Confidence comes from honest work. You can’t fake the preparation.
His words: “He got to trust me, and I got to trust him.”
To the Virginia football team, July 2025
Get to know the people you’ll depend on before the pressure arrives.
Eight NFL seasons and 98 games with the Vikings, Eagles and Broncos. Team captain at Virginia (2014). PFF First-Team All-Pro (2019).
2025 · Virginia
“Whatever your role is on this team, maximize it.”
With Dalvin Cook · Eagan, Minnesota
“Everything about Ant is a leader.”
“All he did was work and battle.”
“His attention to detail is the biggest thing.”
The Anthony Harris Foundation runs free youth camps in Richmond, where he grew up, plus Thanksgiving meals and holiday programs.
On the Vikings Social Justice Committee, he helped direct $250,000 a year to community groups, and joined 50 Minneapolis students on a trip to the Smithsonian’s African American history museum.
2019 · Washington, D.C.
Four weeks at Eagles training camp through the NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship, working with the rookie defensive backs.
2022 · Round Rock, Texas
When a girl in Texas lost her father, Anthony flew in after the season and took her to her father-daughter dance.
“I wanted her to feel like a princess.”
Start with a conversation on stage, or build a program for your next leaders.
Moderated
Anthony on stage with your host, plus questions from the audience. It fits any agenda.
Best forConferences, client events and offsites
Keynote
How to prepare for a role before it’s yours, and deliver when the call comes.
Best forKickoffs, all-hands meetings, leadership summits and school assemblies
Half-day session
For managers and leadership teams: composure, communication and making the call under pressure.
Best forManagement teams and new-manager groups
Program
For emerging leaders and new managers, learning the next role before they step into it.
Best forHigh-potential and emerging-leader programs
2025 · Virginia
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