Player Dossier

2016-2021

Oklahoma State

Devin Harper

LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Knoxville, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Devin Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

84%

Major 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

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Oklahoma State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Player Story

Devin Harper built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 16, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Devin Harper's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.85

Gibbs · St. Petersburg, FL

Committed To
Kansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 14
Overall
No. 193
NFL Team
Dallas Cowboys

Devin Harper, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State. Devin Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
215
TFL
26.5
Sacks
13.5
QB hurries
22
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Devin Harper quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma State · LB
Career Tackles
215
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 53 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State
Top game
Oklahoma
Recruit profile
3-star · Gibbs · Kansas
High school pipeline
Gibbs · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 6 · Pick 14 · Dallas Cowboys
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
95 tackles · LB 63rd (top 6%) · Big 12 6th (top 2%) · National 76th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma State10-0--033.3
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma State45-0--037.6
2018 PostseasonOklahoma State132-01-041.5
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma State134252.521241.5
2019 PostseasonOklahoma State103-0--034.3
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma State1031531-034.3
2020 PostseasonOklahoma State113-01-040.4
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma State11345.5221040.4
2021 PostseasonOklahoma State141010--076.5
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State1485106151076.5

Related Context

Devin Harper played LB for Oklahoma State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Devin Harper recorded 215 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Oklahoma State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Oklahoma State paired 33 primary output with 50.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 50.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

50.4

Usage

11.9

Consistency

56

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 1. Missouri State: 6. Tulsa: 0. Boise State: 2. Kansas State: 2. Baylor: 2. Texas: 1. Iowa State: 3. Kansas: 2. West Virginia: 5. TCU: 2. Texas Tech: 1. Oklahoma: 6. Baylor: 0

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. Notre Dame: 10 by 51.7. Missouri State: 9 by 87.5. Tulsa: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 7 by 49.2. Kansas State: 3 by 32.5. Baylor: 7 by 49.2. Texas: 8 by 43.3. Iowa State: 9 by 67.5. Kansas: 4 by 36.7. West Virginia: 8 by 83.3. TCU: 7 by 49.2. Texas Tech: 5 by 30.8. Oklahoma: 10 by 91.7. Baylor: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.5 · Games = 12 · +1 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs Oklahoma

Result
Sat 1/1@ Notre Dame10+ tacklesW 37-35104100
Sat 12/4vs BaylorL 16-2153000
Sun 11/28vs Oklahoma10+ tackles · Splash gameW 37-33107110
Sun 11/21@ Texas TechW 23-0540.500.500
Sun 11/14vs TCUSplash gameW 63-1775100
Sat 11/6@ West Virginia2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-387320
Sat 10/30vs KansasSplash gameW 55-343000
Sat 10/23@ Iowa StateSplash gameL 21-2496110
Sat 10/16@ TexasW 32-2486100
Sat 10/2vs BaylorSplash gameW 24-1472000
Sat 9/25vs Kansas StateSplash gameW 31-2031001
Sun 9/19@ Boise StateSplash gameW 21-2075000
Sat 9/11vs TulsaW 28-2332000
Sat 9/4vs Missouri StateSplash gameW 23-16952.501.500

Player Story

Devin Harper story

Devin Harper built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 16, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Devin Harper's career was his defensive production: 215 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 53 career games in the available record. His career also includes 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Devin Harper's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Oklahoma State

    2016-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182018201920192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma State000
2017 Regular SeasonOklahoma State05.20.90
2018 PostseasonOklahoma State12.523.75.912.5
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma State12.523.75.90
2019 PostseasonOklahoma State923.26.6-3.5
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma State923.26.60
2020 PostseasonOklahoma State12.525.45.73.5
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma State12.525.45.70
2021 PostseasonOklahoma State3350.411.920.5
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State3350.411.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oklahoma

Week 13 · W 37-33 · Conference game

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6

Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Missouri State

Week 1 · W 23-16

6

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#3

@ West Virginia

Week 10 · W 24-3 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Boise State

Week 3 · W 44-21

3

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Kansas

Week 5 · W 47-7 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State

33 primary output · 50.4 efficiency · 11.9 usage

76.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

76.5

33 primary · 50.4 efficiency · 11.9 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Oklahoma State

41.5

12.5 primary · 23.7 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

19

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games