Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr. missed five games last season due to a variety of ailments and ended the year on injured reserve. The 2024 No. 3 pick revealed at last week’s OTAs (via ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss) that he is not yet at 100%, calling it “an ongoing process still.”
Harrison, 23, suffered a concussion and a bout of appendicitis in 2025, but indicated that heel injuries to both feet suffered at the end of the year were the lingering issue. He does not expect the problem to extend into the 2026 season.
The former Ohio State Buckeye and son of Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison Sr. has not lived up to his pre-draft billing as one of the best receiver prospects in recent memory. He was dominant in back-to-back All-American campaigns to close his college career with 2,474 receiving yards (99.0 per game) and 29 total touchdowns. But in his first two NFL seasons, Harrison has amassed just 1,493 receiving yards (51.5 per game), and his eight rookie touchdowns were cut in half last year.
Harrison has also been somewhat limited by the Cardinals’ quarterback situation. Kyler Murray showed in 2024 that he was fully back from his 2022 torn ACL, but he struggled to hit a rhythm with his star rookie receiver. Last year, the two demonstrated a much-improved connection before Murray went down with a foot injury that ultimately ended his season. Backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett averaged 280.5 yards per game over the rest of the season, but most of that yardage went to Trey McBride and Michael Wilson. Harrison, meanwhile, had as many games under 40 receiving yards as he did over in his six games before getting shut down.
Brissett is currently slated to continue as Arizona’s starter in 2026, but he has been seeking a raise to reflect that. The team has thus far been unwilling to play ball with veteran Gardner Minshew and third-round pick Carson Beck also in their quarterback room. They may have high hopes for Beck, but at the moment, none of the three profile as long-term franchise quarterbacks that can get the most out of Harrison.