This season, Ohio State Buckeyes star wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. has made a name for himself this season with several different circus catches on his way to becoming the first unanimous All-American receiver in program history. However, he did not win this year’s Biletnikoff Award, given annually to the nation’s top receiver. But he thinks he should have.
Instead of Marvin Harrison Jr., the award was given to Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Jalin Hyatt. And although he acknowledged that Hyatt had “an unbelievable year,” he felt he deserved the award, instead.
“I did feel as though I deserved to win. Congrats to Jalin, he had an unbelievable year, really. But I think I deserved to win,” Harrison said on Wednesday according to Griffin Strom of Eleven Warriors. “I just can’t dwell on it, I gotta move on. I got bigger and more important things to worry about right now.”
“My mindset going into the year was just be the best player I can be for the team, help the team win, help us reach our goals. Which, we haven’t reached any of those so far,” Harrison said. “Didn’t beat the team up north, didn’t win the Big Ten championship, so obviously on my part, I didn’t do enough yet. Definitely what my mindset was going into this year, and it’s gonna be the same thing going into next year. I’m not worried about any awards or statistics like that. So just take one day at a time.”
Harrison will still have a chance to prove himself in a College Football Playoff showdown with the Georgia Bulldogs.
