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Marvin Harrison Jr.

WR·Houston Texans·#18·6'3"·220 lb·2nd year·Ohio State
UNDERPAIDTier 2Round 1, pick 4 in 2024
Updated November 4, 2026
73.3
Model Score
Down from 75.5 last year
Trade value ·an early 2nd

Marvin Harrison Jr. has 9 catches, 125 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in 6 games for the Houston Texans this season through Week 8, 5.6 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 2.2 from last season.

708073.3202420252026

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

A can't-miss college star off to a slow pro start.

The case for

  • Two-time unanimous All-American and 2023 Biletnikoff Award winner at Ohio State; the college tape resume is among the best in the 2024 class.
  • 6'3" 220 frame with the route-running pedigree of an HOF father; the floor profile is built to last.

The worry

  • Career 1,493 yards through two seasons is below what a top-five WR draft pick projects.
  • Kyler Murray's tier-7 QB rank in 2025 (only 5 games played) capped the available targets.

What to watch: Whether the Cardinals find a stable QB tier-3-or-better in 2026; Harrison's ceiling is gated on the QB room.

Full take and bio

Harrison at STTM #27 tier 4 in 2025 with 103 career catches and 12 TDs through two seasons is the slow-start case after the all-time-tier college resume. The Cardinals' QB room (Murray tier 7 with 5 games, Brissett #16 QB) capped the production. The fourth-overall draft capital and the family pedigree keep the long-term ceiling intact even with the slow start.

Harrison was born in Philadelphia, the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Marvin Harrison, and was a two-time unanimous All-American at Ohio State who won the 2023 Biletnikoff Award and was Big Ten MVP. Arizona took him fourth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. Career line is 103 catches for 1,493 yards and 12 TDs across two seasons.

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Plays like: Robert Meachem, Mike Williams, Dedric Ward. Built like: Brian Thomas, Jauan Jennings, Elijah Sarratt. Coming out: Sidney Rice, A.J. Green, DeVante Parker.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 4 stars, 9 starters, 7 backups, 0 didn't stick.

Marvin Harrison Jr. Injury StatusNot listed

Marvin Harrison Jr. is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 6 games

Rec9
Rec Yds125
Rec TD2
Targets21
Yds/Gm20.8
Fantasy PPG5.6
EPA / target1.660
Avg separation1.4 yd
Avg cushion7.9 yd
YAC over exp0.4
Catch %60.0%

5.6 fantasy points a game, 34 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$776K
APY
$8.8M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$35.4M
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2024
Est. Value
$23.5M/yr
underpaid by $14.7M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Fantasy outlookWeek 9

Our rest-of-season board has Marvin Harrison Jr. at WR57 (the public consensus says WR61); the model has 71 PPR points left for him this season.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 4 to the Arizona Cardinals in 2024, out of Ohio State (Big Ten). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#4
Consensus board2nd
Our college model#17 WR

In college, 2021-2023, 30 games: 154 rec, 2,612 yds, 31 TD, 17.0 yds/rec.

Recruited

Class of 2021 · Receiver · High school: St. Joseph's Prep, Philadelphia, PA

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 97 in the nation. Composite 0.9583, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Ohio State

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2021 class are still being added.

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