The NFL Draft kicks off with its opening round on April 27 in Kansas City, so Rivals is taking a look back at its projected first-round picks when they were high school prospects. We move on to our projected No. 19 - Oklahoma offensive lineman Anton Harrison, who was a four-star prospect in the 2020 class.
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No. 19: OL Anton Harrison, Oklahoma
Where they were ranked: The Washington (D.C.) Archbishop Carroll four-star was the No. 15 offensive tackle in the 2020 class and third in the state rankings behind Rakim Jarrett and Mekhail Sherman. Harrison finished No. 166 overall.
Recruitment: Penn State, Michigan and many others were making a serious run at Harrison but the four-star prospect decided Labor Day was the right time to inform then-coach Lincoln Riley he wanted to play for the Sooners. The history of the offensive line in Norman was definitely a major plus in helping Oklahoma land him.
Biggest question: If Tampa is looking for an offensive tackle and the other top ones - Peter Skoronski, Paris Johnson, Jr., Broderick Jones and Darnell Wright - are already off the board do they go early on Harrison or wait until later in the draft?
Memories: I remember Harrison being just absolutely massive in high school as he weighed in around 330 pounds at the Rivals Five-Star Challenge but he didn’t carry a bunch of bad weight and he did struggle a little bit with power coming right at him even during those days.
A lot of the edge rushers at that event in Atlanta came straight through him a couple times as he still needed to anchor down and have a better base but he was pretty nimble on his feet for that size especially at that age.
Instead of gaining weight by going to Oklahoma like most offensive tackles do as they fill out their frame and get in a college weight program, Harrison trimmed at least 15-17 pounds off his body for the NFL Combine where he checked in at 315 pounds.
The analysis of his college film on NFL.com is incredibly accurate to what we witnessed in high school as well: Harrison is a huge prospect who gets great arm extension and who can keep rushers at bay with his length but needs to have more pop once they get into him and power through them to win those battles.
