Rookie Spotlight: Tre Harris, WR Ole Miss

Height: 6-3 (unofficial)
Weight: 210 lbs (unofficial)
Hands:
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40 yard dash: 4.5 (projected)
2025 Age: 23
NFL Comparison: Marvin Jones, Keon Coleman, Nico Collins, Cedric Tillman, Courtland Sutton
Breakout Age: 20 (JR at La Tech)

Offensive Market Share Metrics (Final Season – Through only 8 games)

Receptions: 22%
Receiving Yards: 25%
Receiving TDs: 26%
Total Production Percentage: 25%

As a high school prospect: Class of 2020; 3-star

Pros

– Prototypical X receiver build
– Highest yards-per-route-run in CFB in 2024 (5.15), albeit on an incomplete sample (8 games)
– Top 30 in CFB during 2024 in YAC/reception playing in the SEC
– 2024 AP 2nd Team All-SEC selection
– 3rd-highest WR in passer rating when targeted in CFB during 2024
– 2024 Biletnikoff Semifinalist
– Wide catch radius and big mitts
– Productive in every game he was healthy in during 2024 season, no letdowns; always a factor
– Elite contested-catch abilities
– Can line up inside and outside
– Terrific body control to make acrobatic catches
– Extremely effective in the red-zone
– Catches the ball in stride

Cons

– Lacks elite vertical speed
– Can be slightly lumbering getting into his routes at times
– Often catches the ball in traffic, lacks great separation skills
– Tendency to round his routes, not any kind of route-running technician
– Most of his truly monster games in 2024 came against weak opponents like Furman, MTSU and Georgia Southern
– Battled lower body injury in 2024, but has been generally healthy through the three years prior

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVugdhCzJOk

Fantasy Outlook:
Harris makes it look easy out there, gliding across the field with his massive strides before bringing down a poorly thrown ball over the head and arms of the nearest defender. Harris often catches the ball in stride too, but when he doesn’t he rarely gets any farther than where the ball was thrown. That’s often because it was a jump ball or one that was delivered in heavy traffic, and the traffic is usually heavy because Harris lacks elite separation skills. This isn’t a problem, for the most part, as Harris is adept at bringing the ball in regardless of who’s covering him or where it was thrown, as long as it’s in the near vicinity. Harris lacks the athletic talent to make him a really special player, but he’s long and powerful and has good hands, a trifecta that usually bodes well in the NFL. Lacking in the kind of vertical speed you want in a deep threat, Harris helps his cause with his long gait and quick feet. It’s not that he’s slow at all, Harris just doesn’t have the acceleration or explosiveness to get a leg up on his defenders down field. He can play virtually anywhere you put him though, and that paired with his black hole catch radius makes him a QB’s best friend. Yes, Harris is versatile, but he also could use some sharpening of his route running skills, as he tends to round his routes. He can vary his tempo though, so that helps mitigate some of his flaws in that department. An adequate blocker, I’d still like to see Harris play with more strength, as it seems he has it in spades.

Harris projects to be a solid no.2 receiver on any team with legit potential to be a no.1 x-receiver on a pass-happy team that can get him the ball consistently. He’s a polarizing prospect, but then so was Nico Collins, who I compare him to. Not many thought Collins would be special in the NFL, as he was another long, big man who could open up the field on occasion, but in the right situation he’s clearly thrived considerably. I feel the same way for Harris. Let’s hope he lands somewhere that suits him. He’ll probably start out as a second-round pick in traditional non-superflex, non-TE premium dynasty rookie drafts with a chance to move up from there with a good draft process and of course, landing spot playing a substantial eventual role in his perceived value. He’s a playmaker with great traits, efficiency, and a terrific analytical profile on top of the eyeball test.