Player Dossier

2018-2022

Akron

Curtis Harper

DL • 6'2" • 295 lbs • Mckeesport, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Curtis Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

55

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Syracuse • Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Curtis Harper built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Mckeesport, PA wearing No. 1, spending time with Akron and Syracuse. The clearest part of Curtis Harper's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8133

McKeesport · McKeesport, PA

Committed To
Syracuse
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Curtis Harper, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Akron. Curtis Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
61
TFL
9.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Curtis Harper quick answers

Latest team and position
Akron · DL
Career Tackles
61
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Akron
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · McKeesport · Syracuse
High school pipeline
McKeesport · 21 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
17 tackles · DL 392nd (top 40%) · Mid-American 196th (top 36%) · National 2,085th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonSyracuse11-0--037
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse71322--027.6
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse9161.502-022.4
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse7142.51--023.6
2022 Regular SeasonAkron10173.52.511048.8

Related Context

Curtis Harper played DL for Syracuse and Akron. Across 5 tracked seasons, Curtis Harper recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Akron.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Akron paired 9 primary output with 16.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, Akron.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Syracuse

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.3

Usage

3.4

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

UAlbany

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0.5. Rutgers: 0. UAlbany: 2. Liberty: 0. Clemson: 1. Boston College: 0. Louisville: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 3 by 17.5. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. UAlbany: 2 by 28.3. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UAlbany

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs UAlbany

Result
Sat 11/13@ LouisvilleL 3-4122000
Sat 10/30vs Boston CollegeW 21-620000
Fri 10/15vs ClemsonL 14-1722100
Sat 9/25vs LibertyW 24-2121000
Sat 9/18vs UAlbanySplash gameW 62-2422110
Sat 9/11vs RutgersL 7-1711000
Sat 9/4@ OhioW 29-9310.5000

Player Story

Curtis Harper story

Curtis Harper built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Mckeesport, PA wearing No. 1, spending time with Akron and Syracuse. The clearest part of Curtis Harper's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Curtis 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.

  1. 1

    Syracuse

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Akron

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonSyracuse04.20.8
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse413.54.64
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse3.511.33-0.5
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse3.513.33.40
2022 Regular SeasonAkron916.15.35.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 11 · L 28-34 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Maryland

Week 2 · L 20-63

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Miami (OH)

Week 9 · L 9-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

@ Clemson

Week 8 · L 21-47 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#5

vs UAlbany

Week 3 · W 62-24

2

Havoc Plays

60.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Akron

9 primary output · 16.1 efficiency · 5.3 usage

48.8

#2

2018 Regular Season · Syracuse

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Syracuse

27.6

4 primary · 13.5 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games