NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah told Seattle Sports that Marvin Harrison Jr., the can’t-miss prospect he evaluated at Ohio State, is unrecognizable as an Arizona Cardinal.
“I don’t even recognize Marvin Harrison Jr. from the guy I watched in college,” Jeremiah said.
The scout goes on to speak rather definitively on how Harrison not only needs a change of scenery, but that it might not even work elsewhere.
“I don’t have all the information to know what has gone on there,” he said. “He’s obviously going to have to go somewhere else but I’m not even confident that a fresh start and a new place is going to unlock him. He looks sluggish, he doesn’t look like he can separate.”
Harrison has one catch for 33 yards through two games. While his first two seasons since going fourth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft weren’t pacing that poorly, it still was nowhere close to the level of being the nearly-guaranteed star wideout he was evaluated to be in the draft by experts like Jeremiah.
Jeremiah went on to say that of the Buckeyes’ plethora of high-tier wideout prospects over a short span, he would have had Harrison ranked ahead of Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Since those drafts, though, he says it’s clear that Harrison is the worst of the four.
Harrison had a handful of all-22 clips from Sunday’s catch-less loss go viral on social media, including a few run-blocking scenarios in which a lack of effort is clear.
“I just don’t see it that way,” Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur said when asked if Harrison is not exerting maximum effort. “I think his running style is different than some other people. If that’s people’s narrative on him, that’s fine. I know his teammates don’t feel that way.”
This has led to trade speculation, which ESPN’s Dan Graziano said naturally spawned dialogue from opposing front offices on if Harrison could indeed be made available by Arizona. Harrison will be under contract for at least one more season beyond 2026. The Cardinals, however, will have to decide on his fifth-year option next offseason, and if this trend continues, they will surely decline that.