Player Dossier

2019-2023

Oregon State

Calvin Hart Jr.

LB • 6'0" • 226 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Calvin Hart Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
NC State • Illinois • Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Calvin Hart Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Illinois, NC State, and Oregon State. The clearest part of Calvin Hart Jr.'s...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8378

American Heritage · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Calvin Hart Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois. Calvin Hart Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
140
TFL
18
Sacks
8
QB hurries
2
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Calvin Hart Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · LB
Career Tackles
140
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
3-star · American Heritage · NC State
High school pipeline
Stockbridge · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
61 tackles · LB 189th (top 16%) · Pac-12 34th (top 7%) · National 337th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNC State10355.51--035.9
2020 Regular SeasonNC State61732--035.1
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois161.511-173
2021 Regular SeasonNC State10-0--073
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois9211.50.5--016.8
2023 Regular SeasonOregon State11616.53.51-054.4

Related Context

Calvin Hart Jr. played LB for NC State, Illinois, and Oregon State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Calvin Hart Jr. recorded 140 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Oregon State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Illinois paired 3.5 primary output with 60 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, Illinois, Oregon State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

12

Usage

3.6

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. Virginia: 0. Chattanooga: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Minnesota: 0. Nebraska: 0. Michigan State: 1. Purdue: 0. Michigan: 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. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Chattanooga: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 3 by 22.5. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 4 by 26.7. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 11/19@ MichiganL 17-1922000
Sat 11/12vs PurdueL 24-3111000
Sat 11/5vs Michigan StateL 15-23420.500.500
Sat 10/29@ NebraskaW 26-931000
Sat 10/15vs MinnesotaW 26-1411000
Sat 10/1@ WisconsinW 34-1032100
Fri 9/23vs ChattanoogaW 31-010000
Sat 9/10vs VirginiaW 24-332000
Sat 8/27vs WyomingW 38-631000

Player Story

Calvin Hart Jr. story

Calvin Hart Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Illinois, NC State, and Oregon State. The clearest part of Calvin Hart Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 140 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, and 8 sacks across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Calvin Hart Jr.'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

    NC State

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Illinois

    2021-2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Oregon State

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNC State6.521.14.5
2020 Regular SeasonNC State520.15.3-1.5
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois3.56016.1-1.5
2021 Regular SeasonNC State3.56016.10
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois2123.6-1.5
2023 Regular SeasonOregon State1133.18.39

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UCLA

Week 7 · W 36-24 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Nebraska

Week 1 · W 30-22 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Stanford

Week 11 · W 62-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#4

@ North Carolina

Week 8 · L 21-48 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida State

Week 11 · W 38-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Illinois

3.5 primary output · 60 efficiency · 16.1 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · NC State

73

3.5 primary · 60 efficiency · 16.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Oregon State

54.4

11 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games