The first hint Marvin Harrison Jr.’s Ohio State football career might take an uncommon trajectory, even an unprecedented one, came a few weeks after he arrived on campus. Ryan Day typically shies away from remarking too much about individuals in a just-arrived freshman class.

Many of the Buckeye athletes can be seen around campus wearing the Swoosh, and some do the same at the next level. Marvin Harrison Jr. is paving his own way, as it was announced on Tuesday that the star wide receiver has signed a shoe deal with New Balance.

Marvin Harrison Jr., a generational wide receiver prospect, enters the NFL with more hype than when he arrived at Ohio State as a four-star recruit.