#18

Marvin Harrison Jr.

WR

Player profile

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 205
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Last School St. Joseph’s Prep
  • Year Jr.

Follow on Social Media
Twitter: @MarvHarrisonJr
Instagram: @marvinharrisonjr

Ohio State Overview
• Marvin is WR1
• He is a sensational receiver and a nearly unstoppable receiver with great route running skills, superb hands, blocking acumen, length, athletic ability, physicality and speed
• A unanimous All-American in 2022 – Ohio State’s first unanimous All-American receiver – in with first-team accolades by AP, Walter Camp, AFCA, FWAA and TSN
• Selected as the Big Ten Conference’s Richter-Howard Wide Receiver of the Year as a sophomore in 2022 after catching 77 passes for 1,263 yards and 14 touchdowns
• His reception and yardage totals are each fourth all-time at Ohio State for a single season and his TD total is tied for second with David Boston (1997), trailing only Terry Glenn’s 17 in 1995
• 2022 honors also included first-team all-Big Ten honors and being named a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award
• Joined Joey Galloway as only Buckeye receivers to catch three TDs in a game twice (vs. Utah in the Rose Bowl and vs. Arkansas State in 2022), and then upped the standard to three times with a three-TD game later in 2022 vs. Michigan State
• Spectacular against No. 13 Penn State with career-highs of 10 receptions and 185 receiving yards with all 10 catches resulting in first downs in the 44-31 road win
• Also spectacular against No. 3 Michigan (seven receptions for 120 yards and one TD) and No. 1 Georgia in the CFP semifinals (five receptions for 106 yards and two TDs)
• Has accumulated 33 receptions for 538 yards and six TDs in five games vs. ranked opponents (vs. No. 11 Utah, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 13 Penn State, No. 3 Michigan and No. 1 Georgia)
• Ranked second nationally in 2022 with 52 catches of 10-or-more yards and ranked sixth with six 40-or-more yard receptions
• Also ranked in the Top 10 of the national leaders in touchdown catches (4th), receiving yards (6th) and yards per game (8th at 97.2)
• Has caught a pass in 14 consecutive games and has caught at least five passes in 12 games, including the final eight games of the 2022 season
• Has played in all 26 games the past two seasons and has started 14 consecutive games
• Lettered in 2021 as a true freshman after playing in all 13 games, including a start in the Rose Bowl vs. Utah
• Caught 11 passes as a true freshman for 139 yards and three touchdowns
• He was sensational in the Rose Bowl, catching six passes for 71 yards and a Rose Bowl-record tying three touchdowns
• His TDs were huge: a 25-yarder in the 2nd quarter to cut into a 14-0 Utah lead; an 8-yarder in the 3rd quarter to get Ohio State to within 35-28; and a game-tying, 5-yard scoring play in the 4th quarter to make it 38-all
• Marvin is an OSU Scholar-Athlete and an Academic all-Big Ten honoree who is majoring in finance

Honors & Awards
2022: Big Ten Richter-Howard Wide Receiver of the Year; unanimous first-team All-American; Biletnikoff Award finalist; all-Big Ten Conference; Academic all-Big Ten
2021: OSU Scholar-Athlete; Rose Bowl record-tying three touchdown receptions

More on Marvin
• Marvin was one of 14 from Ohio State’s 2021 recruiting class to enroll in classes in January, 2021 and take part in spring drills
• A four-star prospect and the No. 91 player in the nation by 247Sports.com
• Was the top-ranked wide receiver in the state of Pennsylvania
• Finished his career with 2,625 receiving yards and 37 touchdowns, both of which were Philadelphia Catholic League records
• Caught 144 career passes
• Teamed with fellow 2021 Ohio State signee Kyle McCord to help St. Joseph’s win three-straight Pennsylvania 6A state championships
• Had eight receptions for 156 yards and two touchdowns in a state title game win over Central York
• Is the son of Dawne and Marvin Harrison Sr.
• Father is in the NFL Hall of Fame after a 13-year career (all with the Indianapolis Colts) in which he caught 1,102 passes for 14,580 yards and 128 touchdowns