4 ignored qualities about TE/WR Jacob Harris

Driving Passion

The difference between surrendering and succeeding can be boiled down to passion. Just how badly does a player want to succeed. Because nobody has a flawless, straight shot to the top. That is especially true for a rookie on the LA Rams roster. Playing time is earned on the practice field, it’s not handed out to rookies due to where they were taken in the draft.

For Harris, a former soccer player turned football receiver, the learning curve has been much steeper than most. After all, he converted from high school soccer player to college football player and did so at point-blank range as a preferred walk-on for Western Kentucky.

The college yardage did not pile up instantly. Remember that Jacob Harris was a former high school soccer player? Well, he transferred to UCF and spent the 2018 season exclusively on special teams.

He finally got his break to play offense for the Knights in 2019 and played as a wide receiver for two seasons. Because of his significant soccer background, he can fly down the field, juke, and fake with superb skill. But his receiver’s hands, the bread-and-butter of the role, needed a lot of work.

He was earning his roster spot with the LA Rams before falling to an ACL injury in Week 9. That sidelined him for the rest of the 2021 NFL season.  He was close to playing a role on offense, showing up in the fourth quarter in both the New York Giants and the Houston Texans game.

While the ACL injury derailed his play, it did not derail his development. His passion for the game carried him past the odds in college football and is doing the same at the NFL level.