Reed Harris has wasted no time forcing his way into the Sun Devil spotlight. Three games into his ASU run, the senior transfer has piled up 19 catches, 374 yards and five touchdowns, and that kind of start is enough to get people talking about more than just his place atop the receiver depth chart.
The Heisman angle sounds wild at first, especially for a player who is not even on DraftKings’ Heisman Odds list, while Cutter Boley is sitting around +20,000. But Harris’ production has been loud enough to at least make the conversation feel real.
His pace through three games works out to 76 catches, 1,496 yards and 20 touchdowns over a 12-game season. That would put him ahead of 2024 Heisman winner Travis Hunter in yards and touchdowns, though Hunter’s two-way workload makes that comparison a little messy. The last full-time receiver to win the award was DeVonta Smith in 2020, when he posted 117 catches, 1,856 yards and 23 touchdowns.
Even if Harris doesn’t get all the way into the winner’s circle, the path to Heisman buzz is there. Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith earned Heisman votes in 2025 and finished sixth with 87 receptions, 1,243 receiving yards and 12 receiving touchdowns over 13 games. If Harris keeps producing at anywhere near this level, the murmurs will only grow louder.
ASU has seen this kind of award conversation before. Fans were already pushing current New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo toward New York for his own Heisman push, and he answered with 2,074 scrimmage yards and 24 total touchdowns to finish fifth.
Before that, you have to go back to Jake Plummer in 1996, when he finished third after throwing for 23 touchdowns and 2,575 yards while leading the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl. He remains the first and only ASU player to reach the Heisman ceremony in New York City.
Those runs also came with heavyweight competition. Plummer lost out to Florida’s Danny Wuerffel, who threw for 39 touchdowns and 3,625 yards in the 1996 Heisman win. Skattebo, meanwhile, wasn’t even the top running back finisher in his class, with Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty rushing for 2,601 yards as Travis Hunter took home the trophy.
Harris is dealing with a different kind of battle. He’ll be competing for attention with receivers such as Miami’s Malachi Toney and Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith, and he has the added hurdle of playing in a Heisman race that still tilts heavily toward quarterbacks. This year’s field includes names like Trinidad Chambliss, Darian Mensah and Arch Manning.
For ASU, though, the larger pattern is hard to miss. Whenever a Sun Devil has entered the Heisman discussion, the season has usually turned into something memorable in Tempe.
Plummer helped deliver a PAC-10 title and a Rose Bowl trip. Skattebo was part of ASU’s Big 12 title run in its first season, capped by a College Football Playoff berth.
The biggest question now is whether Harris can keep this rolling, and that may depend less on him than on the offense around him. He took a step back against Kansas after his first two games, and ASU struggled as a unit. Cutter Boley finished 11-of-23 passing, well under a 50% completion rate.
If the passing game stalls and Harris’ numbers dip with it, the Heisman talk could disappear before it ever really gets going.
ASU and Harris will get their next chance on Saturday, Oct. 3, when the Sun Devils return home to face Baylor in their second Big 12 game of the season. Kickoff time is TBD.
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