Player Dossier

2015-2018

Duke

Joe Giles-Harris

LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Nyack, NY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Joe Giles-Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Joe Giles-Harris built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Nyack, NY wearing No. 44, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Joe Giles-Harris' career was his defensive production: 306...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.96

IMG Academy · Bradenton, FL

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Joe Giles-Harris, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Duke. Joe Giles-Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
306
TFL
31.5
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Joe Giles-Harris quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · LB
Career Tackles
306
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
4-star · IMG Academy · Miami
High school pipeline
IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 44 · Junior
2018 Tackles rank
81 tackles · LB 120th (top 11%) · ACC 17th (top 3%) · National 174th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonDuke00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonDuke111008.5432062.9
2017 PostseasonDuke138101-079.6
2017 Regular SeasonDuke13117154.544079.6
2018 Regular SeasonDuke9817122053.1

Related Context

Joe Giles-Harris played LB for Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Joe Giles-Harris recorded 306 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Duke paired 30.5 primary output with 61.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 61.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Duke

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.3

Efficiency

61.5

Usage

15.3

Consistency

56.8

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 2. North Carolina Central: 4. Northwestern: 0. Baylor: 4.5. North Carolina: 2.5. Miami: 2. Virginia: 5.5. Florida State: 0.5. Pittsburgh: 5. Virginia Tech: 1.5. Army: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Wake Forest: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Illinois: 8 by 53.3. North Carolina Central: 8 by 73.3. Northwestern: 6 by 25. Baylor: 12 by 95. North Carolina: 8 by 58.3. Miami: 9 by 57.5. Virginia: 15 by 100. Florida State: 9 by 42.5. Pittsburgh: 8 by 83.3. Virginia Tech: 11 by 60.8. Army: 10 by 41.7. Georgia Tech: 14 by 60. Wake Forest: 7 by 49.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.3 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses2.4 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

100 vs Virginia

Result
Tue 12/26@ Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 36-1483100
Sat 11/25@ Wake ForestSplash gameW 31-2376110
Sat 11/18vs Georgia Tech10+ tacklesW 43-20144000
Sat 11/11@ Army10+ tacklesL 16-21105000
Sat 10/28@ Virginia Tech10+ tacklesL 3-241140.5001
Sat 10/21vs PittsburghSplash gameL 17-2484301
Sat 10/14vs Florida StateL 10-17910.5000
Sat 10/7@ Virginia10+ tackles · Splash gameL 21-281563.5011
Fri 9/29vs MiamiSplash gameL 6-31940.500.500
Sat 9/23@ North CarolinaSplash gameW 27-17841.5000
Sat 9/16vs Baylor10+ tackles · Splash gameW 34-201262.50110
Sat 9/9vs NorthwesternW 41-1763000
Sat 9/2vs North Carolina CentralSplash gameW 60-784211

Player Story

Joe Giles-Harris story

Joe Giles-Harris built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Nyack, NY wearing No. 44, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Joe Giles-Harris' career was his defensive production: 306 tackles, 31.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Joe Giles-Harris' production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.

The arc is straightforward: Joe Giles-Harris moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonDuke0
2016 Regular SeasonDuke18.551.312.618.5
2017 PostseasonDuke30.561.515.312
2017 Regular SeasonDuke30.561.515.30
2018 Regular SeasonDuke1249.510.1-18.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia

Week 6 · L 21-28 · Conference game

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 2 · W 21-7

5

Havoc Plays

97 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 97 takeover score.

#3

vs Baylor

Week 3 · W 34-20

4.5

Havoc Plays

92.3 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.3 takeover score.

#4

vs North Carolina Central

Week 1 · W 49-6

5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Pittsburgh

Week 8 · L 17-24 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

91.4 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Duke

30.5 primary output · 61.5 efficiency · 15.3 usage

79.6

#2

2017 Regular Season · Duke

79.6

30.5 primary · 61.5 efficiency · 15.3 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Duke

62.9

18.5 primary · 51.3 efficiency · 12.6 usage

Milestones

19

Impact games

16

Splash games

14

10+ tackle games