The Arizona Cardinals Drafted Their Next Larry Fitzgerald

Larry Fitzgerald is 6’3 218 pounds, and Marvin Harrison Jr measures 6’4 205 pounds. During his career, Fitzgerald was known as a receiver who could highpoint the football and be physical at the catch point. Fitzgerald also displayed an elite jumping ability and made contested acrobatic catches look routine. Coincidentally we have seen the same thing out of Harrison throughout his career at Ohio State. It seems as though whenever the quarterback is in trouble he can just throw it up to Harrison Jr, and he’ll come down with it…. just like Fitzgerald. Not to mention both players are also exceptional run blockers with their frames. 

The two receivers also have recorded very similar testing times, Fitzgerald recorded a 4.63 40-yard dash, although Harrison did not test at the combine, it was reported that he ran a 4.64 40-yard dash in 2018. Larry Fitzgerald recorded a 38″ inch vertical jump…. Harrison recorded a 39″ inch jump. 

Both Arizona Cardinals Receivers Were Legends in College

Fitzgerald and Harrison were both Heisman Trophy finalists. Both players won the Fred Biletnikoff Award for the best wide receiver in the nation in their final season In college. They were also selected to the All-American teams, as well as All-Conference Teams for their respective conferences.

Nearly every weekend this college football season Marvin Harrison Jr spectacular catches went viral. When Fitzgerald was in College he was a mainstay on ESPN Sports Center’s top 10 plays.

Both Arizona Cardinals Receivers Were Top 5 Picks

Coming out of college both Marvin Harrison Jr and Larry Fitzgerald were labeled as the best positional players and can’t miss prospects in their draft classes. It just so happened both players fell right into the Cardinals’ lap as the rest of the early picks in the draft were filled with quarterbacks. Fitzgerald went 3rd overall in the 2004 draft and Harrison 4th in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Both Arizona Cardinals Receivers will be the Face of the New Era of Cardinals Football

Part of the reason the Arizona Cardinals were fortunate enough to draft both receivers was due to poor seasons the year before. In 2004, this led Larry Fitzgerald to become the new face of Cardinal football, and he was able to represent the most successful era of Arizona Cardinals football, something Harrison will look to replicate.