NBC’s videotaped introductions for Sunday Night Football have seen players list alma maters like The U, Ball So Hard University and too many high schools and middle schools to count. But Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy raised the bar on Sunday night. Decked out in sunglasses, Hardy announced that he attended school with Hermione, Ron and Harry Potter.

Kraken, as in the deadly sea monsters of fictional yore? Hmmm, he must have been in Slytherin.

Hardy has been known for his over-the-top boasts like his prediction that he’d get 50 sacks in a single season and his pronouncement that he’d “dominate” LeBron James in a one-on-one game. Now it all makes sense; he probably assumed he’d be able to use magic when playing against muggles.