Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2023Illinois
Nicario Harper
DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nicario Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Southern Miss • Louisville • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Nicario Harper built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA, spending time with Illinois, Louisville, and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Nicario Harper's career was his...
Read the storyNicario Harper, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois. Nicario Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 57
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Nicario Harper quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 57
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 48 tackles · DB 149th (top 16%) · Big Ten 73rd (top 12%) · National 656th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 2 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 48 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
Related Context
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Nicario Harper played DB for Southern Miss, Louisville, and Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nicario Harper recorded 57 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Illinois paired 5 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Southern Miss, Louisville, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
28.6
Usage
6.4
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Florida Atlantic: 2. Purdue: 0. Nebraska: 1. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Minnesota: 0. Northwestern: 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. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 32.5. Purdue: 5 by 20.8. Nebraska: 17 by 60. Maryland: 7 by 39.2. Wisconsin: 8 by 43.3. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
60 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northwestern | L 43-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Minnesota | W 27-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Wisconsin | L 21-25 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Maryland | W 27-24 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Nebraska10+ tackles | L 7-20 | 17 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Purdue | L 19-44 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 23-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Penn State | L 13-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nicario Harper story
Nicario Harper built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA, spending time with Illinois, Louisville, and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Nicario Harper's career was his defensive production: 57 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Nicario 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
Southern Miss
2017-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Illinois
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 0.5 | 17.1 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 28.6 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 6 · L 7-20 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida International
Week 8
1
Havoc Plays
69.6 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida State
Week 2
1.5
Havoc Plays
67.9 takeover
Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 4 · W 23-17
2
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Maryland
Week 7 · W 27-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage
56.3
#2
2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
37.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Louisville
26.6
0.5 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
1
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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