Marvin Harrison Jr. pays homage to papa at Big Ten media day in Indianapolis

As he returned to the city where his daddy endedupbeing a Hall of Fame large receiver, Marvin Harrison Jr. decided to pay homage to his old male.

The Ohio State star used a blue tie and blue shoes to Big Ten media day on Wednesday, which was being held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. 

While the older Harrison neverever played at Lucas Oil Stadium (his time with the Colts ended in 2008, a year priorto the arena opened), the moreyouthful Harrison has some memories of the Colts’ house arena. 

“I keepinmind a lot,” Harrison informed pressreporters. “Definitely keepinmind when he got inducted [to the Colts Ring of Honor] when his name was exposed here. I keepinmind sitting over there on the house sideline. So, I keepinmind sitting in the bleachers over there towards the end of the videogame and sitting with him while I was growing up. I have a image of that.”

But as the moreyouthful Harrison sat in the stands that day and on other journeys to Lucas Oil, he confessed that playing in the arena wasn’t on his mind at the time.

“I was simply a kid at the time and being impressed at how huge the arena is and the brilliant lights, things like that. I neverever dreamed of me getting the chance to possibly play in the Big Ten Championship Game or be in the arena for Big Ten media day. I neverever idea of that at all. I was simply a kid at the minute.”

As Harrison returned to the city where his father shined, the contrasts inbetween the 2 continued. One regional pressreporter brought up how his dad was soft-spoken when he played for the Colts and questioned if he was like him in that method. 

“I’m a little more outbound than him,” Harrison stated. “A little more. But I believe we’re both peaceful, .”

Harrison likewise confessed that he didn’t like the spotlight that comes with being a star football gamer, stating he simply desires “to go out there and play football.” As he acknowledged, though, that the spotlight can aid bring call, image and similarity offers, he revealed some design. The blue shoes were Louis Vuitton-made, as well as the bag and bracelet he had. He likewise used a gray match and a Rolex watch along with it. 

Even though Harrison may have a comparable character to his daddy, he thinks their videogames are a bit various. While Harrison confessed he’s “too young to keepinmind” all of his papa’s profession, he understands enough to think that his playing design is various from his pops. 

“Not as much as you would mostlikely believe,” Harrison stated when asked how much he’s studied his daddy on tape. “I think the videogame hasactually altered. You appearance at the offense he was in, he lined up on the right side every single time. And they neverever altered that. For me, there’s a lot of limit field no matter what hash we’re on. I may have to line up in the slot. 

“So, there’s a lot more things I’m asked to do than he was mostlikely asked to do at that time. But simply the kind of quirks he had and morseo how he approached the videogame.”

While his daddy played 13 seasons with the Colts, and he plays for a group that has controlled the Big Ten, a Harrison has yet to infact play in a videogame at Lucas Oil, which likewise hosts the Big Ten Championship Game each year. Harrison gothere in Columbus in 2021 and with back-to-back losses to Michigan, Ohio State hasactually missedouton the Big Ten title videogame the last 2 years after making it in the 4 seasons prior. 

As he mostlikely getsin his last season with the Buckeyes, playing in Indy for the conference title is atop the list of Harrison’s objectives in 2023. 

“When I devoted to Ohio State, I understood the Big Ten Championship Game’s played at Indy,” Harrison stated. “That’s kind of the one objective that I’ve had in my entire college profession. I sanctuary’t gotten there . No matter how lotsof years I have left in college, I understand that this has to be one of the years I have a possibility to do that.”