Fantasy football: Where to draft Arizona Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr.

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Arizona Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr. has immense potential after dominating the college ranks at Ohio State. Considered the best wide receiver coming out of college, Harrison Jr. was taken with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft — the first 3 picks were quarterbacks. He was the 2023 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and is expected to have an instant impact at Arizona, especially with QB Kyler Murray healthy. Below, we look at Marvin Harrison Jr.’s 2024 fantasy football average draft position (ADP) and where you should draft him.

Entering 2024, big things are expected of the son of Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison. Junior is expected to be the top option for what should be a revived Cardinals offense. Ideally, Harrison Jr. will be a top-10 fantasy receiver. The 6-foot-3 former Buckeyes superstar is intriguing in terms of fantasy value.

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Marvin Harrison Jr.’s ADP: 17.07

(ADP data courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com; last updated at time of this publishing – ADPs continually change as more drafts occur)

Harrison Jr.’s 17.07 ADP puts him in the range of the 2nd to 3rd round depending on the size of the league. His ADP is the tops on the Cardinals. RB James Conner (51.99) is 2nd and TE Trey McBride (52.01) is 3rd.

Harrison Jr.s’ ADP ranks him 8th among all NFL wideouts. The top 7 are Miami’s Tyreek Hill (3.94), Dallas’ CeeDee Lamb (4.59), Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown (6.76), Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase (8.41), Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson (8.45), Philadelphia’s A.J. Brown (11.36) and the Jets’ Garrett Wilson’s (15.20) The Ram’s Puka Nacua (17.39) and Las Vegas’ Davante Adams (22.69) round out the top 10.

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Marvin Harrison Jr.’s 2023 Ohio State stats

Games: 12

Receptions | targets: 67

Receiving yards: 1,211

Receiving touchdowns: 14

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Where should you draft Harrison Jr.?

Harrison Jr.’s fantasy value is going to be heavily dependent on the success of Murray and the Cardinals offense. Last season, Arizona ranked 24th in points per game (19.4) and didn’t have a quarterback throw for more than 1,800 yards. Murray being healthy should help as he threw for 3,700 or more yards in his first 3 NFL seasons.

Harrison Jr. should be the recipient of many of those targets. In 2021-22, the last season Murray was healthy and played well, 4 Cardinals topped 500 yards with one — current Jacksonville Jaguar Christian Kirk — leading the way with 982. Harrison Jr. doesn’t have that much depth behind him and should see the bulk of the action. The Cardinals also don’t have a major receiving option out of the backfield with Conner at starting running back.

Harrison Jr. topped 1,200 yards and had 14 touchdowns in back-to-back seasons at Ohio State. That’s not an easy feat at the collegiate level, especially without a superstar quarterback last season. His success should continue at Arizona.

Draft Harrison Jr. in the late 1st round of keeper leagues and in the early-to-mid 2nd round in PPR leagues. He should be the first one off the board in dynasty leagues. In standard formats, feel free to let him drop into the middle of the 2nd round. He should see 120-plus targets as a rookie and could easily eclipse 1,200 receiving yards.

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