It’s extensively anticipated that Ohio State vast receiver and Heisman Trophy finalist Marvin Harrison Jr. shall be one of many first three picks within the 2024 NFL Draft.
Assuming he decides to enter.
Harrison Jr. left the door open to a return to Ohio State on Thursday when assembly with the media previous to Saturday’s Heisman Trophy presentation.
His major motive for probably returning is thrashing Michigan and successful a Large Ten championship, two issues he and his Buckeyes teammates failed to do that season.
“I am nonetheless undecided. You guys know, coming into this yr, I wished to beat ‘The Staff Up North’ (Michigan) and win a Large Ten championship. And clearly I did not do this this yr. So I feel that is an ideal motive to return again, if that is what I determine to do, as a result of that is one thing I positively wished to do in my Ohio State profession. Not with the ability to have carried out that but positively opens the door for me to return again.”
In prior years the thought of a participant of like Harrison Jr. returning to varsity and turning down the NFL Draft would have been remarkable. Not solely as a result of there can be nearly nothing for him to achieve when it comes to draft place, however the threat of harm and turning down a top-five contract can be means an excessive amount of to probability.
However the introduction of NIL and the power for gamers to money in whereas they’re nonetheless in school may make that an attractive possibility if he may land a large enough deal.
He has been the highest vast receiver within the nation for the previous two years and caught 67 passes for 1,211 yards and 14 touchdowns throughout the 2023 season.
He’s in New York Metropolis for the Heisman Trophy ceremony together with LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, Oregon quarterback Bo Nix and Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.
Daniels is the present favourite to win the award, but when Harrison Jr. has his identify known as he can be simply the fourth vast receiver to win it becoming a member of Tim Brown (1987), Desmond Howard (1991) and DeVonta Smith (2020).