Michael Jordan most likely is not used to getting rejected, however that is apparently what occurred when he tried to signal Cardinals rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. to the Jordan Model.
Jordan, an NBA legend who was in attendance throughout Saturday’s Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame induction ceremony, stated as a lot throughout a brief dialog with Marvin Harrison Jr.’s dad, Corridor of Fame huge receiver and former Colts nice Marvin Harrison.
“Good luck in your son, man!” Jordan stated to the elder Harrison. “I have been attempting to signal him with the Jordan Model, however Nike took him! Man, I beloved him!”
Marvin Harrison Jr. has been intent on doing issues his manner since being drafted by the Cardinals with the fourth total decide. Even after signing his rookie contract, the NFL, Cardinals and Fanatics are nonetheless not permitted to promote his jersey on the needs on his representatives, in response to NFL Community.
The previous Ohio State standout additionally took a novel method concerning his pre-draft workload. Harrison, on the recommendation of his father, didn’t run at Ohio State’s professional day or on the NFL Mix with a purpose to get a head begin on getting ready for his first NFL season.
That call has already appeared to pay dividends, given the evaluations he is gotten throughout his first few months with the Cardinals.
“You have a look at his top and then you definately have a look at his motion skill. These two issues normally do not match up like that,” Cardinals cornerback Garrett Williams stated earlier this summer season. “So, for him to do it and make all the things look so simply, the ball-tracking skill, he is all the things folks stated he’s.”