Draft Analysis: Tre Harris

February 19, 2025 /
  • Height: 6’3″
  • Weight: 210 lb
  • College: Ole Miss
  • Tape watched: LSU, Kentucky, South Carolina
  • NFL Comparison: Christian Watson

Pros

  • Athleticism

Tre Harris is one of the premier field-stretching receivers in the draft. Posting a ludicrous 5.15 yards per route run in 2024, Harris is no stranger to big plays. He is fast, strong, and physical at the catch point. He is a fluid sprinter that can pull away from defenders.

  • YAC

Harris is an aggressive ball carrier that pairs his speed with good vision. He can outrun defenders to the corner and split safeties with the best in his class. He can also be very difficult to tackle with his size and great stiff arm. He averages 7.7 yards after the catch per reception, placing him amongst college receivers like Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Xavier Worthy. Those are two very different but successful NFL receivers, conveying the various paths to success for Harris.

Midline

  • Hands

Tre Harris’ tape is littered with focus drops. He has a bad habit of turning to run without the ball and taking his eyes off deep balls too soon. He also makes some incredible in-air grabs, both in traffic and on the sideline. Harris tracks the ball very well; he just needs to commit to catching it before trying to get additional yards. He had very good stats in contested catch situations as well. Focus and patience are keys for Harris developing into a reliable NFL target.

  • Release

When he is on his game, he is unstoppable off the line of scrimmage. When Harris pops up out of his stance, defenders take advantage of his height and out-leverage him at the line of scrimmage. Harris can eat up defensive backs’ zone cushions. A better arsenal of hand and arm usage would go a long way for Tre Harris.

The duality of Tre Harris. A fantastic release transitions to his dangerous speed. Harris capitalized with a wide open drop.
  • Route Running

There is a lot to like in Harris’ route running ability. He is advanced in using his body and head to fake defenders. He showed the ability to creatively stem his routes.

Harris also had some questionable effort on plays and a knack to wander or drift off his paths.

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Cons

  • Route Tree

Like many receivers covered so far, Tre Harris suffered from a very vanilla route package at Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin kept Harris in a straight line as much as possible. At least 50% of Harris’ routes were a hitch/vertical option based on pre-snap coverage, a staple of Kiffin’s offense.

  • Blocking

Harris was borderline uninterested in the run game. With a large frame and long arms, I expected more in this department out of Harris.

Overview

Oozing with talent and trump cards, Tre Harris may continue to spark interest and shoot up draft boards leading up to April. A true deep threat receiver is hard to find with advanced metrics to support. In back-to-back seasons, the Louisiana Tech transfer caught over 3.1 yards per route run. That stat puts him in elite collegiate company.

Suring up his hands, committing to the run game, and diversifying his route tree are all hurdles to come for Tre Harris’ transition to the NFL. Pre-combine, Harris looks like a surefire Day Two selection for a team looking to add firepower to their receiver room.