{"id":463600,"date":"2026-10-12T09:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463600\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:52:20","slug":"marvin-harrison-jr-traded-to-houston-texans-by-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463600\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Harrison Jr. traded to Houston Texans by Arizona Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLENDALE, Ariz. \u2014\u00a0The Houston Texans got a big win Sunday against the Tennessee Titans and then received even bigger news in the aftermath: The offense has added wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. in a trade with the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n

The Texans also received a 2027 seventh-round draft pick in the deal, while the Cardinals added 2027 second- and sixth-round picks, according to a person familiar with the deal, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the full terms had not been announced.<\/p>\n

The trade reunites Harrison with quarterback C.J. Stroud, who was his college teammate at Ohio State.<\/p>\n

Texans coach DeMeco Ryans announced the trade after his team\u2019s 26-3 win over the Titans. Houston (1-4) made the trade despite being three games behind the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC South.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe traded for Marvin Harrison,\u201d Ryans said to close his news conference in Nashville, Tenn. \u201cSee ya!\u201d<\/p>\n

Texans wide receiver Nico Collins celebrated the trade, which was more surprising for its timing than the actual transaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s official? Is that official? That\u2019s what\u2019s up. That\u2019s dope, man,\u201d Collins said. \u201cGlad he\u2019s here. Another playmaker, another ability. Let\u2019s get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harrison \u2014 the No. 4 pick out of Ohio State in 2024 \u2014 had a disappointing two-plus seasons in Arizona. The 24-year-old was on the inactive list Sunday as the team pursued a trade.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Harrison\u2019s production plummeted through the first four games this season, with just five catches for 85 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0The Texans hope to figure out how to get the most out of Harrison, who was widely seen as a can\u2019t-miss prospect after a stellar college career with the Buckeyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stroud said he talked to people in the Texans organization about Harrison before the trade and had high praise for his former teammate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe brings a dynamic playmaker, somebody who runs great routes, can catch really any ball, and I\u2019m just super excited to get with him,\u201d Stroud said. \u201cI loved him in college. He\u2019s probably the hardest worker I\u2019ve ever been around in my life. And then just who he is off the field, he\u2019s a great dude, quiet guy, but definitely you feel his presence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Texans certainly hope Harrison has more of a presence in their offense than he did in the desert.<\/p>\n

First-year Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur and quarterback Jacoby Brissett were supportive of Harrison despite his sparse usage, saying he was doing everything he could to be productive. But the emergence of Michael Wilson \u2014 who had his first 1,000-yard receiving season last year \u2014 and the presence of All-Pro tight end Trey McBride made Harrison an afterthought in LaFleur\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n

Harrison is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison, who was an eight-time Pro Bowl selection with the Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n

AP\u2019s Rob Maaddi in Tampa, Fla., and AP freelance writers Teresa Walker and Jeremy Gover in Nashville, Tenn., contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GLENDALE, Ariz. \u2014\u00a0The Houston Texans got a big win Sunday against the Tennessee Titans and then received even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7705,9955,77,56,58,57,79,21863,158053],"class_list":["post-463600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-c-j-stroud","tag-demeco-ryans","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-texans","tag-marvin-harrison-jr","tag-marvin-harrison-jr-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}