The New York Jets currently hold the 10th pick in the NFL Draft, meaning there’s a good chance they’ll be locked into one of the second-tier linemen or receivers. That doesn’t mean New York’s first-round selection won’t be a key piece of a potential Super Bowl window and an attempt at continued success. But in all likelihood, that pick won’t be Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. Harrison has long been projected to be the top receiving prospect in this year’s class. His floor, it seems, is the No. 4 pick. That didn’t stop Jets receiver Garrett Wilson from singing his praises for the son of an NFL Hall of Famer.
Wilson was teammates with Harrison during the 2021 season, the year he would eventually declare for the draft and find his way to New York. Harrison’s biggest season may have been 2023, but his incredible skill set hasn’t been a secret.
“He did 18 reps at 225 [pounds] on like his second day of being in the facility,” Wilson said, per the New York Post. “I had done my test two years earlier, and they actually had to change the bar to 185 for me. It was a big discrepancy, like, ‘Oh wow, this dude is not joking around.’ “It tells you a lot about his work ethic. That’s not something you just have. You build that.” Harrison is highly touted for his ability to separate, contort his body, and make plays at the catch point. Those are all traits worthy of the hype, but Wilson feels that a lesser tangible trait helps set him apart. “The best way I can describe Marvin is he’s a grinder,” Wilson said. “He’s always going to be the best player on the field, but in a rare case that he wasn’t, he would be grinding the whole day after to make sure that was never the case again. That’s my favorite thing about him.”
