He made a mental note to change it when he got the chance. 24 overall pick of the NFL draft in April, Harris noticed the carpet. When he went back to the shelter for a visit between helping Alabama win the national championship in January and becoming the No. This was the last of several shelters the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back and his family stayed in during his childhood, a time when they faced multiple evictions and a stint living in a van at Golden Gate Park. The shoes of Harris, his mom and his four older siblings walked over that carpet when they arrived at the Richmond shelter more than a decade ago. But the short-looped industrial weave that covered the floors at the Greater Richmond (California) Interfaith Program (GRIP) had faded into a stained amalgamation from shoe prints of more than 20 years, traces of countless families looking for a fresh start.
The first thing Najee Harris wanted to replace was the carpet.
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