Player Dossier

2018-2024

Kent State

Matt Harmon

LB • 6'5" • 254 lbs • Rockwood, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matt Harmon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

10.9

Efficiency

27.4

Consistency

24.4

Season Value

19.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Matt Harmon, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Kent State. Matt Harmon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.4 disruption score.

Matt Harmon played LB for Kent State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Matt Harmon recorded 98 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Kent State paired 2.5 primary output with 37.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Loss with 2.5 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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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

27.4

Usage

10.9

Consistency

24.4

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. Unknown: 0. Tennessee: 2.5. Penn State: 2. Eastern Michigan: 0.5. Ball State: 1. Bowling Green: 1.5. Western Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0. Buffalo: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 5 by 20.8. Tennessee: 5 by 45.8. Penn State: 5 by 40.8. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 30. Ball State: 9 by 47.5. Bowling Green: 7 by 44.2. Western Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Miami (OH): 3 by 12.5. Akron: 5 by 20.8. Buffalo: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

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

Losses0.9 · Games = 11
First Half1 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · Games = 12

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tennessee

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Ball State

Result
Wed 11/27@ BuffaloL 7-4322101
Wed 11/20vs AkronL 17-3851000
Thu 11/14@ Miami (OH)L 7-3433000
Thu 11/7vs OhioL 0-4130000
Sat 10/26@ Western MichiganL 21-5242000
Sat 10/19@ Bowling GreenL 6-27721.5000
Sat 10/12vs Ball StateL 35-3793100
Sat 9/28vs Eastern MichiganL 33-52620.5000
Sat 9/21@ Penn StateL 0-5653110
Sat 9/14@ TennesseeL 0-71531.5010
Sat 9/7vs Unknown52000
Sat 8/31@ PittsburghL 24-5521000

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2018-2024

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201920202021202120232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonKent State110.34.6
2019 Regular SeasonKent State04.20.7-1
2020 Regular SeasonKent State122.52.31
2021 PostseasonKent State8.517.24.97.5
2021 Regular SeasonKent State8.517.24.90
2023 Regular SeasonKent State2.537.517.6-6
2024 Regular SeasonKent State9.527.410.97

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Tennessee

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.

#2

Buffalo

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.

#3

Arkansas

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#4

Penn State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.6 takeover score.

#5

Toledo

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Kent State

2.5 primary output · 37.5 efficiency · 17.6 usage

39.9

#2

2019 Regular Season · Kent State

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Kent State

31.6

1 primary · 22.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.7856

Lawrence Central · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

98

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 31 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.