We all have heard the superlatives for Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
Generational talent. Best player in college football regardless of position. Shoe in NFL draft first-round pick.
The question is how high could Harrison Jr. go? ESPN’s Jordan Reid took a crack at answering that and put the Ohio State junior’s percentage of being the top pick in the draft at just 1%.
It’s hard to fault Reid’s logic, the last wide receiver to be selected with the first pick was in 1996 when the New York Jets picked USC’s Keyshawn Johnson. It has been almost 30 years since then and the majority of top picks have been mainly quarterbacks with a defensive end and offensive tackle sprinkled here and there.
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— College Football Report (@CFBRep) April 16, 2023
Reid does talk up Harrison Jr., saying that “talent-wise, Harrison is a blue-chip player with immediate star potential.” His sources around the league are “understandably very high” on the Buckeye star. Reid thinks that Harrison Jr. will be the highest-ever selection at wide receiver for a Buckeye, besting Terry Glenn at No. 7 overall in 1996.
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