As the Los Angeles Chargers have played through six weeks of the 2025 NFL season, their rookie class, headlined by Omarion Hampton, Tre' Harris and Oronde Gadsden, has already yielded great dividends.
Yet, with offensive coordinator Greg Roman's recent comments about Harris's emerging blocking ability and its relation to legendary receiver Anquan Boldin, it has become clear that the Chargers have a special, and relatively unnoticed, skill hiding in the wings of their receiver core.
Chargers OC Greg Roman compares Tre' Harris' blocking to Anquan Boldin: "We have some room there to get to that spot, but that's the kind of physicality he can play with."
— Alex Insdorf (@alexinsdorf99) October 16, 2025
Tre' Harris receives an Anquan Boldin comparison from Greg Roman
As Los Angeles selected Harris 55th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft, they knew they were adding a player that had serious potential to become a contested-catch threat, bolstering an already ascendant young receiver core.
In his Senior season at Ole Miss, Harris accumulated 1,030 yards, catching 60 passes over just eight games and stacking up seven touchdowns.
Yet, coming into a roster as a rookie receiver, you need to do the little things, and Harris, so far, has shown an abundant willingness to do so. Although he has just seven receptions on the season for 72 yards, he has shown a consistent ability to handle his blocks in the run game, and it is clear that he has already endeared himself to the coaching staff.
With the extent to which the offensive line has struggled this season, the physicality of every single player on the offense has become increasingly important, and Harris's performance through his first six NFL games has been impressive to say the least.
Any comparison to Boldin is high praise. Across 14 seasons in the NFL, Boldin became known as one of the toughest and most skilled receivers in the league, amassing 13,779 yards and 82 touchdowns over the course of his career. Yet, what he excelled at in addition to his pass-catching ability was his willingness to take on tough, physical blocks for the benefit of the team.
With the archetype that Harris projects to take on, Boldin would essentially be the best possible player for him to model himself after. If he can take on even a fraction of that physicality, he could become an indispensable piece of the Chargers' passing game sooner rather than later.
For a young receiver such as Harris, his willingness to execute his blocks and put his body on the line should earn him more touches eventually, and it will be intriguing to see what he can do when they inevitably come his way.