Davis Mattek said Trey Harris is the exact kind of lightning-in-a-bottle profile you want after Round 10. Harris posted an absurd 5.5 yards per route run in his final season at Ole Miss—the first college wideout Mattek has ever charted above four. That efficiency plus legitimate vertical speed gives him a wider range of outcomes than "low-ceiling" options like Michael Pittman Jr. or Rashod Bateman being drafted around the same spot. Mattek added that landing with Justin Herbert only juices Harris’s weekly spike potential and creates an inexpensive back-door Chargers stack. He advised fantasy drafters to pull Harris ahead of ADP as a swing for 20-point weeks rather than settling for floor plays.

Erik Beimfohr planted his flag on second-round rookie Trey Harris as the premier round-9 upside swing. Harris checked every pre-draft box Beimfohr wanted: day-two capital and a landing spot that needs an outside vertical playmaker. The Chargers lost both Keenan Allen and Quentin Johnston, leaving only Ladd McConkey and aging Mike Williams to command targets. Harris’ 18.7-yard college aDOT and 4.41 speed align perfectly with Justin Herbert’s top-five deep-ball attempt rate. At an ADP just outside the top-100, Harris carries a WR1 ceiling if he merely proves competent—his path to 100+ targets is clearer than most rookies because Los Angeles ran the eighth-highest pass rate over expectation last season. Beimfohr called him the “slam-dunk” rookie pick who can pay off in Week 17 shootouts.

Pete Overzet urged drafters to smash Trey Harris any time he slips outside the top 110 picks in the Sprint. Harris is routinely going inside pick 100 in Best Ball Mania drafts, and Overzet expects the two markets to converge once casual players stop drafting off outdated pre-draft ranks. The second-rounder steps into a Chargers receiver room with 241 vacated targets after Keenan Allen and Mike Williams departed, and new OC Greg Roman has historically funneled first reads to big-bodied perimeter options (think Marquise Brown’s 27% target share in Baltimore, Michael Crabtree’s 143-target season in San Francisco). Overzet plans to pair Harris with Justin Herbert stacks, but said the rookie’s combination of early opportunity, red-zone prowess, and improving ADP makes him a standalone smash regardless of roster construction.

Sam Monson called Trey Harris the swing piece of the Chargers draft and a must-consider dynasty stash. Harris’s Ole Miss tape features yards-per-route-run numbers comparable to recent NFL breakout stars, but Monson cautioned that the Rebels’ tempo spread can artificially inflate efficiency the way Tennessee’s did for Dontay Thornton and other college outliers. What ultimately impressed Monson were the handful of true pro routes—deep digs, outs and comebacks—where Harris used slick head-fakes, sold corners, and separated with legit sub-4.45 speed at roughly 215 pounds. Monson believes Harris has genuine X-receiver upside in a class short on that prototype. With Ladd McConkey already commanding targets and Quentin Johnston pushed into a niche vertical role, Harris has a clear path to starting snaps and first-round-level ceiling if he hits. Monson framed the selection as second-round risk, first-round reward, making Harris a high-priority dynasty buy before his value spikes.

Beimfohr reached almost two full rounds to grab Trey Harris at pick 86, arguing the market will not let his 119 ADP stand for long. Harris was the most productive and most efficient receiver in the 2024 class, combining down-field contested-catch ability with elite yards-after-catch skills. In Los Angeles he will be asked to do exactly that: win one-on-one outside for Justin Herbert in Greg Roman’s vertical scheme. Beimfohr compared the situation to last year’s Malik Washington ADP steam and insisted that waiting for "value" means someone else will scoop Harris in the 90s. His advice: treat Harris like a high-variance spike-week artist, draft him well ahead of consensus, and enjoy WR2 upside at a WR4 price tag.