The Ole Miss Rebels are expected to contend in 2024, and they’ll rely on their offense to rack up points. With his 2025 NFL Draft scouting report, wide receiver Tre Harris is one of the central talents in the Rebels’ attack, and he could carry that talent to the NFL.
Tre Harris’ Draft Profile and Measurements
- Height: 6’1 5/8″
- Weight: 212 pounds
- Position: Wide Receiver
- School: Ole Miss
- Current Year: Redshirt Senior
Under Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss has been extremely active in the transfer portal over the past couple of offseasons. They’ve added impact contributors left and right, and one of the most notable additions has been Harris.
Originally just a two-star recruit from Lafayette, Louisiana, Harris signed with the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs out of high school and broke onto the scene as a true sophomore, logging 40 receptions for 562 yards and four touchdowns.
The following season, he would take his game to even greater heights, putting up a career-high 65 catches for 935 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Harris’ strong production in 2022 earned him an opportunity with Ole Miss, and he made the most of it in 2023, averaging over 18 yards per catch while accumulating 985 yards and eight scores.
Entering what will be his final collegiate season, Harris has a strong track record — but there’s still room for him to keep climbing on his way to the professional ranks.
Harris’ Scouting Report
Strengths
- Has a well-built frame with great proportions, lean mass, and proportional length.
- Explosive, long-striding athlete who can contend vertically with his crisp acceleration.
- Has the foot speed and sudden burst to offset, stack, and decouple from defenders.
- Can use abrupt lateral burst and quick stride frequencies to stem, jab, and break free.
- Possesses hyper-elite catching instincts and ball-tracking ability in tight situations.
- Has steely composure in high-difficulty situations and can go high or low for passes.
- Can make acrobatic catches with quick reaction speed, contortion, and rare control.
- Able to snap route breaks at tight angles while carrying acceleration through pivots.
- Has the zone awareness to suddenly snap, hinge around, and sit in open windows.
- Has shown to stem defenders outside and then capitalize on the space created.
- Can use targeted physicality, arm bars, and rips to keep himself clean, tracking vertically.
- Possesses a degree of short-range fluidity and spatial IQ when creating as a RAC phase.
- Has decent baseline physicality in the RAC phase and can scrape through arm tackles.
- Projects fairly well against press with lateral twitch, explosiveness, size, and physicality.
- Showcases good angle leverage IQ as a run blocker and has tools that translate well.
Weaknesses
- Visibly lacks high-end breakaway speed, and maxes out on the vertical plane.
- Lacks elite hip sink and flexibility, which can impact transition freedom on breaks.
- With his skill set, can, at times, be overreliant on contested-catch opportunities.
- Sometimes attempts to chop his feet before sinking his hips, losing sync on breaks.
- Doesn’t quite have elite hand strength in contested situations, as contact can disrupt.
- Could be more consistent maintaining possession when securing passes to his frame.
- Occasionally tightens his hands too far at the catch point, squeezing passes loose.
- Doesn’t quite have the elite mass and low center of gravity to supplement RAC ability.
- Sometimes over-sets and overruns boundary blocks, losing positioning and leverage.
- Will be a 23-year-old rookie at the start of the 2025 campaign.
Current Draft Projection and Summary
Entering the 2025 NFL Draft cycle, Harris grades out as a fringe top-100 prospect, worthy of consideration in the late Day 2 or early Day 3 range. Another year of quality production could move him closer to the mid-to-late Day 2 range.
At almost 6’2″, 212 pounds, Harris has a solid mix of size, density, and proportional length, which he couples with explosive vertical athleticism and great twitch and foot speed in short areas. The composite physical profile is there, but that’s just the start of Harris’ success.
Beyond his strong athletic foundation, Harris is truly one of the best natural contortionists in the class. Although his hand consistency could still improve in contested situations, Harris’ mix of ball tracking, coordination, body control, timing, and reaction speed is nearly unmatched.
All this being said, Harris’ acrobatic prowess does come at the cost of elite separation ability. He doesn’t quite have elite hip sink, which detracts from the variability of his route tree. And at times, his plant-and-drive footwork and upper-lower synergy can improve.
Nevertheless, there’s a role for Harris as a big-play threat and catalyst at the movement-Z spot. He can threaten vertically and generate big plays with his tracking and body control. He’s also a relatively fluid, agile RAC threat. At his peak, Harris can be a solid starter.
