MINNEAPOLIS — Harrison Phillips claims he's been destined to play nose tackle since Jan. 25, 1996, the day he tied a record for the longest baby ever born at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Neb.
But his mother, Tammie, a self-described "broad-shouldered German farm girl," says young Harry's NFL destiny actually started in the womb weeks before his birth when his rapidly increasing size raised some medical eyebrows.
"I went to my doctor, and she said, 'Oh my, we have to get him out of there now,' " said Tammie Phillips of the now 6-3, 307-pound behemoth whose Vikings debut comes Sunday against the Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium.
