Player Dossier

2018-2023

Michigan State

Harold Joiner III

LB • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Harold Joiner III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 1.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

2

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Auburn • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9375

Mountain Brook · Birmingham, AL

Committed To
Auburn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Harold Joiner III, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Michigan State. Harold Joiner III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 1.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
10
TFL
0.5
Sacks
0.5
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Harold Joiner III quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · LB
Career Tackles
10
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 29 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Rutgers
Recruit profile
4-star · Mountain Brook · Auburn
High school pipeline
Mountain Brook · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 1,027th (top 84%) · Big Ten 435th (top 71%) · National 4,225th (top 71%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn10-0--133.3
2019 PostseasonAuburn80-0--033.3
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn80-0--233.3
2020 Regular SeasonAuburn00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonMichigan State100-0--028.2
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State1060.50.5--028.2
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State42-0--034.9
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State62-0--034.4

Related Context

Harold Joiner III played LB for Auburn and Michigan State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Harold Joiner III recorded 151 rushing yards, 186 receiving yards, and 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Auburn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 2.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 1.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Auburn, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

1.4

Usage

0.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0. Penn State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Michigan

Result
Sat 11/25vs Penn StateL 0-42
Sat 11/18@ IndianaW 24-21
Sun 11/12@ Ohio StateL 3-38
Sat 10/28@ MinnesotaL 12-27
Sat 10/21vs MichiganL 0-4922000
Sat 10/14@ RutgersL 24-27

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Auburn

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2021-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn000
2019 PostseasonAuburn0000
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn0000
2020 Regular SeasonAuburn00
2021 PostseasonMichigan State13.50.71
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State13.50.70
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State02.10.3-1
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State01.40.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rutgers

Week 6 · W 31-13 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

49.5 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Michigan

Week 8 · L 0-49 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Penn State

Week 13 · W 30-27 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Indiana

Week 12 · L 31-39 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Ohio State

Week 12 · L 7-56 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary output · 2.1 efficiency · 0.3 usage

34.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · Michigan State

34.4

0 primary · 1.4 efficiency · 0.2 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Auburn

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games