Marvin Harrison Marvin Daniel Harrison ( born August 25 , 1972 ) is a former American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts . He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft . He played college football at Syracuse . He spent his entire 13 - year career with the Colts , and is widely considered as one of the greatest and most productive wide receivers in NFL history . College career . Harrison was a three - year starter at Syracuse University , playing with Donovan McNabb in his final year . Harrison set a school record with 2 , 718 career receiving yards and ranked second in school history with 20 receiving touchdowns to Rob Moore . Harrison graduated with a degree in retailing . Professional career . Indianapolis Colts . Harrison was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the 19th selection in the 1996 NFL Draft , a selection which was obtained in a trade that sent Jeff George to the Atlanta Falcons . Harrison has gone on to become one of the most productive receivers from that draft class , which included Keyshawn Johnson , Eric Moulds , Bobby Engram , Muhsin Muhammad , Eddie Kennison , Terry Glenn , Amani Toomer , Joe Horn , and Terrell Owens among others . In 2002 Harrison broke Herman Moore ' s single season receptions record by 20 receptions . He finished with 143 catches , and he also had over 1 , 700 yards receiving . In December , 2006 Harrison became just the fourth player in NFL history to record 1000 receptions , joining Jerry Rice ( 1549 ) , Cris Carter ( 1101 ) , and Tim Brown ( 1094 ) . He is also one of only seven wide receivers in NFL history to reach 100 touchdowns . During a 2007 game against the Denver Broncos , Harrison injured his knee while attempting a block and was lost for the season , making only a small appearance in their lone playoff game that season . It marked only the second time Harrison had missed regular season action due to injuries and the first since 1998 . On December 14 , 2008 in a game against the Detroit Lions , Harrison caught his 1 , 095th career reception , passing Tim Brown for third all time . He passed Cris Carter to become second on the all - time NFL reception record list with 1 , 102 receptions during a 23 – 0 Colts victory over the Tennessee Titans on December 28 , 2008 . Following the 2008 NFL season , Harrison asked for and was granted his release by the Colts . After sitting out the entire 2009 season , Harrison quietly retired from the NFL . Professional statistics . " Accurate as of April 13 , 2009 " Connections to shooting incidents . Harrison was sued by Dwight Dixon , a convicted drug dealer who was shot outside Chuckie ' s Garage , a North Philadelphia business owned by Harrison , on April 29 , 2008 . The two men had two altercations earlier in the day when Harrison denied Dixon entry into a sports bar he owned and operated . Dixon alleged that Harrison was the gunman who shot at him . On January 6 , 2009 , Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham confirmed that it was Harrison ' s gun that fired shots at Dixon but they had been unable to determine who pulled the trigger . The Philadelphia District Attorney also stated that she was not going to pursue charges in this case due to conflicting witness statements . Dixon , who had initially given the police a false name and claimed he was robbed by two men when interviewed at the hospital , was subsequently convicted of filing a false report for this incident on January 28 , 2009 . He was sentenced to 6 months probation . Dixon ' s attorney reportedly sought a new trial as the conviction violated Dixon ' s parole in an unrelated case . Harrison is also being sued by Robert Nixon , a victim caught in the crossfire of the shooting who identified Harrison as the shooter in a statement to police . Dixon died on July 21 , 2009 when he was shot several times while in his car outside a building two blocks away from Harrison ' s sports bar . On June 16 , 2010 , Shaun Assael of ESPN The Magazine reports that police confiscated a 9mm handgun from Harrison during a routine traffic stop on Wednesday in Philadelphia . Police will test the gun to see if it matches three spent 9mm shell casings that ended up inside the truck driven by the late Dwight Dixon at the scene of an April 2008 shooting . Dixon , who eventually was shot and killed after filing a civil lawsuit , claimed that the casings came from a second gun that Harrison fired . Authorities already have matched other bullets to a separate gun that Harrison owns — and that he admitted was in his possession on the day the shooting occurred . Police found the gun during a search of Harrison ' s Escalade . The stop occurred as Harrison drove the vehicle the wrong way on a one - way street . Harrison claimed he did not have a gun . But police believed they saw Harrison put what appeared to be a weapon in the console between the two front seats . They concluded that they had probable cause to search the vehicle , and they found the gun . The FBI has become involved in the investigation .