The Los Angeles Chargers used a second-round pick on a wide receiver for the second consecutive season. After smashing on Ladd McConkey, the Chargers hope they have found their WR2 in Tre Harris. What is his fantasy football outlook as a rookie?
Tre Harris Fantasy Outlook
Harris’ last season at Ole Miss was truly incredible. He caught 60 passes for 1,030 yards and seven touchdowns. Seems pretty good, right? He did that in eight games. Yes, that means Harris averaged 128.8 receiving yards per game.
The problem is that it took Harris five years to have a dominant season. He was 22 years old, competing against teenagers and 20-year-olds. What impresses us is seeing prospects dominate at a young age. Harris was already midway through his 20th year when he broke out.
When I look at Harris’ production profile, I can’t help but see similarities with Xavier Legette, a receiver I wanted no part of last season.
To be fair, Harris’ fifth-year senior season was more productive, and his first four years were nowhere near as unproductive as Legette’s. However, the most important parallel is how they both dominated in their fifth season.
We want early-declare receivers first and foremost. Four-year players are fine so long as they were good enough to come out after their junior year, but chose not to for whatever reason. Players who need five years in college to prove they are NFL worthy usually aren’t.
That said, Harris isn’t dead on arrival. It helps that he landed well in Los Angeles with an excellent quarterback and a void not just at WR2 but specifically at the role in which Harris plays.
Tre Harris’ route running is so underrated man
➖73.2% Success Rate Vs. Man Coverage
➖72.2% Success Rate Vs. Press CoverageSeparating at ease with his 6’2, 205 lb frame is a rare trait that so few Wide Receivers possess..
The Chargers might be the perfect fit for Tre Harris pic.twitter.com/3qCrmWO25H
— Austin Abbott (@AustinAbbottFF) May 23, 2025
Harris was almost exclusively an outside receiver in college. Ladd McConkey spent 64.6% of his time in the slot as a rookie, and that was without a true X receiver. Harris has the best shot at becoming that guy out of everyone on the Chargers’ roster.
Unfortunately, even the WR2 on this team might have a hard time with consistent fantasy value. The Chargers don’t run enough plays.
Under Jim Harbaugh, the Chargers play extremely slow. They were the slowest team in the league in neutral game script, averaging 30.7 seconds per snap. That was 0.4 seconds slower than the next slowest team, and a staggering 4.0 seconds behind the league’s fastest team.
Justin Herbert averaged just under 30 pass attempts per game last year, by far the lowest of his career. There’s little reason to expect that to change this year, especially with the Chargers spending a first-round pick on Omarion Hampton, giving their running game much more juice than it had last year with J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards.
Now, to be fair, the Chargers weren’t as run-heavy as you may think. They had a 56% neutral game script pass rate. But the overall volume stemming from the slow pace will not improve to the point where there’s room for a whole lot beyond McConkey.
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Will Harris open the season as the clear WR2? He certainly should easily be able to surpass Quentin Johnston. However, with Keenan Allen back in town, it’s hard to imagine the rookie having a meaningful role to start the season.
Of course, there’s a chance Allen is washed and sees his playing time diminish as the season progresses. Harris has second half upside, but it’s highly speculative and would require him sitting on your bench for weeks contributing nothing.
I have Harris ranked as my WR68. I imagine that’s where his ADP will end up as it adjusts to the Allen signing. I do not believe in this player, who has no chance of becoming the leading target earner on his team.
With that said, it would be foolish to assume I will be correct about everything. Harris is a rookie, and I love investing in rookies (because year after year, they’ve proven to be great investments). When discussing the last player on your fantasy roster, Harris is a better dart to throw than a boring veteran with a capped ceiling. He’s just not someone I’m aggressively looking to draft.
Frank Ammirante’s Tre Harris Projection
Tre Harris was taken by the Chargers in the second round after putting up 1,030 yards in only eight games as a senior at Ole Miss. He is a 6’3”, 210-pound wideout who can win on the perimeter and evolve into one of Justin Herbert’s top deep threats. After a quiet camp, along with Keenan Allen’s signing, Harris has fallen in drafts, which has created a buying opportunity.
For one, we can’t overreact to camp results. On top of that, Allen is clearly on the decline, heading into his age-33 season. It wouldn’t be shocking to see Harris emerge as the No. 2 target behind Ladd McConkey.
This is exactly the type of upside stash that you want on your bench in redraft leagues. I also like taking Harris in Best Ball, where his downfield ability can lead to spike weeks. Target Harris in the later rounds of your drafts.