The Ohio State wide receiver corps is arguably the top returning unit in college football each and every year. Marvin Harrison Jr.’s player profile indicates that he may, in fact, be the top receiver in all of college football on that aforementioned unit.
Marvin Harrison Jr. Player Profile
- Height: 6’4″
- Weight: 205
- Number: 18
- Class: Junior
- Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
- High School: St. Joseph’s Prep
- Years Active: 2021-2023
- Previous School(s): n/a
- Draft Eligibility: 2024
As simply stated in his Ohio State biography, “Marvin Harrison Jr. is WR1.” He’s been that since he was playing in his youth football days as Harrison was the top receiver in the state of Pennsylvania in 2021 and set new Philadelphia Catholic League records for receiving yards and touchdowns.
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Harrison Jr. — son of NFL Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison — finished his prep career with 2,625 receiving yards and 37 touchdowns before signing with Ohio State.
After enrolling early and taking part in spring practice drills in 2021, the talented pass catcher caught fire in the Rose Bowl during his freshman year. Harrison Jr. really turned heads following a historical 2022 season.
Marvin Harrison Jr.’s Receiving Stats
- Career Games Played: 26
- Career Starts: 14
- Career Receptions: 88
- Career Receiving Yards: 1,402
- Career Receiving TDs: 17
- Yards Per Catch: 15.9
- Yards Per Game: 53.9
2022 Receiving Stats
- Games Played: 13
- Starts: 13
- Receptions: 77
- Receiving Yards: 1,263
- Receiving TDs: 14
- Yards Per Catch: 16.4
- Yards Per Game: 97.2
2021 Receiving Stats
- Games Played: 13
- Starts: 1
- Receptions: 11
- Receiving Yards: 139
- Receiving TDs: 3
- Yards Per Catch: 12.6
- Yards Per Game: 10.7
Marvin Harrison Jr.’s Career Achievements
After an illustrious start to his career, Harrison earned multiple accolades and tied multiple single-season records in Ohio State history.
His career achievements include:
- CFN First-Team All-American Wide Receiver (2022)
- CFN Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year (2022)
- CFN First-Team All-Big Ten Wide Receiver (2022)
- Unanimous All-American (2022)
- Ohio State’s first unanimous All-American receiver
- Big Ten’s Richter-Howard Wide Receiver of the Year (2022)
- Second-most single-season Ohio State record
- Receiving Touchdowns (14)
- Fourth-most single-season Ohio State records
- Receptions (77)
- Yards (1,263)
- Second Ohio State WR to catch three TDs in multiple games
- Rose Bowl record-tying performance
- Most touchdown receptions — 3 (2021)
- First-Team All-Big Ten
- Biletnikoff Award Finalist
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
- OSU Scholar-Athlete (2021)
