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LOOK: Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison Jr. Added Visible Upper-Body Muscle Mass In Offseason

Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. made contested catches look easier than they should have been last season, but with added offseason muscle, he might make them look even easier.

Casey Smith

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Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. had about as good of a sophomore season as one could have asked for.

He caught the fourth-most passes for the fourth-most yards and tied for the second-most touchdowns en route to being a Biletnikoff Award finalist and the Big Ten's Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year. But in typical great-player fashion, Harrison listed off multiple things he improved on in the offseason.

"Probably off the field, just taking care of my body, getting treatment," Harrison said at Big Ten Media Days Wednesday. "Going into this year, I just want to stay healthy as healthy as possible. Extra stretching at night, getting with the trainers, eating better. Things like that. Just doing as much as I can to keep my body right."

And there was a picture that circulated Twitter Tuesday that showed he was doing just that, flexing with visible increased muscle mass in his biceps, triceps and shoulders.

Harrison was already a pass-catching freak of nature last season, but the extra upper-body strength will allow the Philadelphia native to break tight coverages at the line of scrimmage and make 50-50 balls even easier to win in the air.

The St. Joseph's Prep product was named one of 10 Big Ten Preseason honorees last week and to the Maxwell Award watch list Monday, but that's something that always puzzled Harrison.

"I already have a lot of expectations on me, so an award like that doesn't really add too much," Harrison said. "Preseason awards are really a little weird to me because you still have to go out and play that year. I don't think you get any awards for doing nothing, so next year I have to prove a lot of things."

If there are still "a lot of things" for Harrison to prove, the rest of the country better be on notice.

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