One among my favourite occasions of the yr is getting to jot down the Seattle Seahawks pre-NFL Draft scouting reviews. I’ve already nailed it down with these notable Seahawks draft picks over the previous few seasons: Byron Murphy II, Christian Haynes, Tyrice Knight, Devon Witherspoon, Zach Charbonnet, Olu Oluwatimi, Kenny McIntosh, Boye Mafe, Abe Lucas, and Riq Woolen, to call just some.
All through the following few weeks we’ll be trying carefully at numerous gamers going from right here till the NFL Draft begins. At present, we’ll go to Ole Miss not to take a look at quarterback Jaxson Dart, however his star receiver Tre Harris.
Let’s get to the Report!
Prospect Data
Title: Tre Harris
Jersey #: 9
School: Ole Miss Rebels
Place: WR
Awards: – Honorable Point out All-Convention USA at LA Tech (2021);
– First-team All-Convention USA at LA Tech (2022);
– Second-team Related Press All-American (2024);
– First-team All-SEC (2024);
Class: Senior
Model: Possession
Comparability: Tee Higgins
Projection: third Spherical
Stats
2024: 8 G, 60 Rec, 1030 yds, 7 TDs
2023: 12 G, 54 Rec, 985 yds, 8 TDs
2022: 12 G, 65 Rec, 935 yds, 10 TDs
2021: 12 G, 40 Rec, 562 yds, 4 TDs
2020: 7 G, 1 Rec, 20 yds
Mix/Professional Day Outcomes
HT 6’2
WT 205
Arms: 31’ 7/8”
Wingspan N/A
Fingers 9 5/8’’
40 yds 4,54s
10 yd cut up 1,56s
Brief Shuttle: N/A
3 Cone Drill: N/A
VJ 38.5”
BJ 10’ 5’’
Bench Press N/A
RAS: 9,07
Background
His full identify is Cleveland Joseph Harris III. The two-star recruit was a QB (Klint Kubiak trick performs coming?) in highschool who performed basketball and soccer, together with on Malik Nabers’ Comeaux Excessive Faculty staff. Harris dedicated to play broad receiver at Louisiana Tech as a member of the 2020 recruiting class.
Harris performed in seven video games as a real freshman throughout the COVID-19 school season. He opted to realize an additional yr of eligibility because of the pandemic. He grew to become the beginning offensive sort out in 2021 and was named First Staff All-Convention USA in 2022, the place he led the staff in receptions, earlier than coming into the switch portal and committing to play at Ole Miss as a 4-star switch.
Harris set a file in his first recreation at Ole Miss, catching 4 receiving TDs in a single recreation. He had two profitable and productive seasons with the Rebels, together with being named First Staff All-SEC in 2024 regardless of lacking time with accidents, a knee in 2023 and a groin in 2024. Moreover, he led the Rebels in each receptions and receiving yards each years, regardless of taking part in in simply eight video games in 2024.
Evaluating the prospect…
Route Operating
The Ole Miss offense didn’t absolutely exploit Harris’ potential as a route runner. Sixty % of his routes had been go/fade, slant, and hitches. In consequence, Harris has some routes that must be sharpened on the subsequent degree.
He additionally obtained numerous display screen passes, heavy RPOs in a method that doesn’t translate to the NFL. Perceive, the school HC has no aim of constructing a prospect; he desires to win video games. If which means limiting himself offensively or defensively, he’ll try this. Nevertheless, on performs outdoors of these limitations. Harris has proven that he has potential to be explored within the NFL.
He fakes a put up route, with principally the identical actions he executed on a earlier snap. The pinnacle faux makes the defender purchase the route, however he cuts out, leaving the opponent on the bottom and gaining numerous yards on the play.
He waits for the CB to open his hips and threatens the put up route. When the defender must compensate, he assaults the blind spot and executes the out route. He’s a really clever receiver.
Tre Harris averaged an astonishing 11.06 yards per route run vs. man protection in 2024. Harris was the one FBS WR to common greater than 7.5 yards per route run towards man protection for receivers who ran greater than 30 routes.
Harris vs. man protection:
36 routes run;
15 receptions;
398 receiving yards;
26.5 yards per reception;
4 TDs;
Launch versus Off & Press Protection
He eats up floor towards off-coverage, profitable 1-on-1s with regularity. Harris isn’t the smoothest route runner on this draft class, nor essentially the most explosive off the road, however he affords versatility in releases and is aware of find out how to manipulate opponents.
His Cease/Stutter-Go collection allowed Harris to use off-coverage and create vertical separation.
That is simply a normal snap from Tre Harris, working within the slot towards the off-man. Twitch, timing manipulation, physicality on the prime of the route, route breaking, and yards after the catch.
The CB respects his vertical risk and opens up house for the put up route. Harris is a really good receiver who manipulates defenders snap after snap by displaying the identical strikes for various routes.
Has the pace and explosiveness to win vertically on his releases. Harris has efficient physicality on the line of scrimmage, some fascinating double strikes to create false steps on the perimeter and the power to make troublesome receptions.
The CB is caught virtually flat-footed on the line of scrimmage pondering that an inside route is Harris’s goal. Nevertheless, his route is vertical and he can’t attain the receiver. Even with a 4.54s within the 40-yard sprint, watching the tape we see that he’s a vertical risk.
He can simply get out of the zone protection, however there’s a confusion within the opposing secondary that enables Harris to get free. He has open discipline in entrance of him however his QB’s go comes behind him, he must decelerate and are available again to battle and make an unimaginable reception.
He will be bodily coming off the snap and even with tight marking, he can catch the ball with only one hand.
Tenacity
Harris has not proven a constant urge for food as a run blocker, regardless of his bodily dimension. Nevertheless, when he catches passes, he performs with tenacity, preventing for each little bit of yardage on each throw. Take into account that he has usually performed injured and has proven willpower to beat accidents. Harris says he owes this persona trait to his father.
Catch Radius/Drops
Harris suffers from occasional drops in focus, stepping into excellent place, however he must do a greater job of seeing the ball in his fingers to finish the catch course of. He permits throws to return proper at him, main to those drops.
He threatens the “customary” fade route within the redzone. Nevertheless, he comes again and makes a pleasant catch. The superb factor is that he nonetheless manages to remain in bounds for the TD.
Tackles the soccer within the air whereas in protection, displaying good spatial consciousness to win on the catch level.
Good intelligence to search out house within the purple zone. The go comes behind the defender and Harris wants to leap and get the ball to attain the TD with mastery.
STRENGTHS:
– Dimension / weight / size for the place.
– Athletic potential;
– Glorious Catch Radius helps with troublesome receptions;
– YAC;
– Efficient towards Press and Off;
WEAKNESSES:
– Focus drops;
– Work/curiosity as a blocker fluctuates loads;
– Consecutive accidents made him miss numerous time;
– Ole Miss’ scheme restricted his route tree;
Closing Ideas
Even with the arrival of Cooper Kupp, the group of receivers nonetheless must be strengthened. Kupp is already a veteran, MVS shouldn’t be an answer and Jake Bobo, Dareke Younger and Cody White haven’t proven that they’ll make a high quality leap in efficiency. Harris might be the starter alongside Kupp and JSN, exploring verticality and as choices on bottom digs, one thing essential for Klint Kubiak’s scheme and which he confirmed potential for at Ole Miss.
I don’t understand how Seattle views the problem of his accidents and his work on blocking, because the working recreation will probably be a basic a part of the offense. Harris is a giant man however he fluctuates loads and borders on lack of curiosity at sure moments of the sport. Nevertheless, when he’s lively for blocking, he can use his body to assist his teammates loads.
