Is Marvin Harrison Jr. hurting his draft stock by not testing at Ohio State's Pro Day? | Inside Coverage
Jason Fitz and Charles Robinson have a discussion around whether or not star 2024 NFL Draft prospect Marvin Harrison Jr. is hurting his draft stock by skipping athletic testing at Ohio State's Pro Day (after skipping testing at the NFL Combine.) Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” - part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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JASON FITZ: Marvin Harrison Jr. has elected not to work. He's not going to participate in Pro Day at all for Ohio State. So, remember, he didn't participate at the combine, he's not participating now with the Ohio State Pro Day. See, Rob, is this a big deal?
CHARLES ROBINSON: I'm going to get-- Everybody's going to be pissed. We're not allowed to say this anymore. Every-- Everybody can do whatever they want and just watch the tape, and that should be enough. I don't agree with that. OK, I think you can-- you can pick and choose. Like, OK, if you don't want to do at the combine, that's fine. But you got to do it at your Pro Day. Like, what you're not doing in one spot, I think it's productive for you to do it in another.
Marvin Harrison Jr. has not run a 40. He hasn't done a vert. He hasn't done a three-cone. He hasn't run a gauntlet. He hasn't-- And everyone's going to say, well, just look at the film. Just look at the film. That's fine. I understand that. A film is a massive component, but I still think it's important.
Yeah. I mean, I think it's a red flag. And I think it's a red flag, considering that maybe he's got a guarantee. Right? You think maybe the agent's already been told by the Cardinals or whoever. You're going. You're not going below us. You're locked in. Don't do anything. You're-- We're taking you.
OK. Malik Nabers is going to run, right? As far as I know, he's going to go during the LSU workout, and he's going to run. He's going to do the agility drills and stuff. Malik Nabers is a really damn good player. And there are people in the personnel community who believe Malik Nabers is actually a better prospect than Marvin Harrison Jr. We've just been waiting on Marvin Harrison Jr. for so long and become so infatuated with him for all these, you know, reasons. He goes on the field, and he plays at a star, you know, level for years.
That's understandable, but that doesn't mean there's not competition in the class. Maybe he doesn't care about that. We'll see how this all turns out, OK? And if he comes into the league and he's a star and he's an All-Pro player or whatever, nobody's going to care. But I can tell you this. If he comes in and hey, all of a sudden you're realizing maybe he does run a 4.6 40 and it shows up a little more in the NFL level where people are everybody's running with is faster than the guys he was playing against in the Big Ten, maybe he's, you know, not as clean a catcher as everybody thinks.
Maybe there's just certain things that start to pop out on the NFL level. People are going to look back at this process, and they're going to go, that's why. We got to have-- Even the most polished players, we got to have them going through the process so that we can see them up close and start to add that to the rest of the data set. That's-- That's my only problem with it. He will be the rare player. I will bet you it won't matter, you know. He's so good. It's-- It's not going to matter unless he's not still a great player on the NFL level.
JASON FITZ: If, for some reason, Marvin Harrison Jr. isn't great, then fans are going to look at all of this and say, well, why didn't you tell us? Why wasn't it a red flag? So that's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.
