The Arizona Cardinals are giving up wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
Selected fourth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft after a decorated college career, Harrison has been ruled inactive for a Week 5 home game against the Detroit Lions (2-2), according to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, as the Cardinals (1-3) finalize a trade. In a follow-up post, Schefter identified the Houston Texans (0-4) as “a team” with discussions about Harrison.
Details of the deal were not immediately known, but earlier in the day, The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero wrote on social media that the former Ohio State wideout “won’t come cheap: League sources say Arizona wants a second-round pick and more.”
Schefter added that “Arizona has told inquiring teams it wants first-round value in return for Harrison” but “is now comfortable enough with any offer it receives to make Harrison inactive.”
Through the first four games of 2026, Harrison continued to be a non-factor in the Cardinals offense after a disappointing start to his pro career with just five receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown on 13 targets. He entered the season with 1,493 receiving yards, the fewest by a wide receiver selected in the top five of the NFL Draft in his first two seasons since Corey Davis (2017-18), per Stathead.
ESPN NFL Field Yates shared that the team that hires him will have Harrison on a cheap contract for the next two seasons before a potential fifth-year option, which his next team must decide on in the upcoming offseason, for the 2028 campaign.