Dele Harding

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Elkton, MD, USA

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Dele Harding shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 58.3 disruption score.

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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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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: Illinois
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Dele Harding built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Elkton, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Dele Harding's career was his defensive production: 235...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8578

Eastern Christian · Elkton, MD

Committed To: Illinois
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2016

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Latest team and position: Illinois · LB
Career Tackles: 235
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season: 2019 Postseason · Illinois
Top game: UConn
Recruit profile: 3-star · Eastern Christian · Illinois
High school pipeline: Eastern Christian · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 9 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank: 153 tackles · LB 2nd (top 1%) · Big Ten 1st (top 1%) · National 2nd (top 1%)

Dele Harding played LB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dele Harding recorded 12 receiving yards, 235 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Illinois.

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