Michael Jordan in all probability 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, mentioned as a lot throughout a brief dialog with Marvin Harrison Jr.’s dad, Corridor of Fame extensive receiver and former Colts nice Marvin Harrison.
“Good luck in your son, man!” Jordan mentioned to the elder Harrison. “I have been making an attempt to signal him with the Jordan Model, however Nike took him! Man, I cherished him!”
Marvin Harrison Jr. has been intent on doing issues his approach since being drafted by the Cardinals with the fourth total choose. Even after signing his rookie contract, the NFL, Cardinals and Fanatics are nonetheless not permitted to promote his jersey on the desires on his representatives, based on 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 as a way to get a head begin on making 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 take a look at his top and then you definitely take a look at his motion capacity. These two issues normally do not match up like that,” Cardinals cornerback Garrett Williams mentioned earlier this summer season. “So, for him to do it and make every part look so simply, the ball-tracking capacity, he is every part folks mentioned he’s.”