He also was a member of the Sacramento Gold Miners, San Antonio Texans and Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Harper attended Eureka High School where he played as a running back.
He moved on to the College of the Redwoods, where he was named to the All-Golden Valley Conference team in 1986.
In July 1992, he signed as a free agent with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.
[9] On August 2, 1996, he signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League.
After his professional career, he was the athletic director, head football coach and a physical education teacher at Templeton High School.