Player Dossier

2019-2024

SMU

Jahfari Harvey

DE • 6'4" • 252 lbs • Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jahfari Harvey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Miami • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Jahfari Harvey built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from Port Saint Lucie, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Jahfari Harvey's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9206

Vero Beach · Fort Pierce, FL

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Jahfari Harvey, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · SMU. Jahfari Harvey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
127
TFL
34.5
Sacks
18
QB hurries
18
Passes defended
4
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jahfari Harvey quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · DE
Career Tackles
127
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 54 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · SMU
Top game
California
Recruit profile
4-star · Vero Beach · Miami
High school pipeline
Vero Beach · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
30 tackles · DE 66th (top 25%) · ACC 176th (top 23%) · National 1,395th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMiami11-0--037.5
2020 PostseasonMiami931.51--035
2020 Regular SeasonMiami9153.50.55-035
2021 Regular SeasonMiami92672.511246.7
2022 Regular SeasonMiami10317.55.511051.9
2023 Regular SeasonMiami11212.5121020.1
2024 PostseasonSMU1430.50.5--065.9
2024 Regular SeasonSMU142712791065.9

Related Context

Jahfari Harvey played DE for Miami and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jahfari Harvey recorded 127 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Miami.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

SMU paired 30 primary output with 30.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 30.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 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 Miami, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Postseason · SMU

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

30.4

Usage

9.9

Consistency

50.7

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 1. Houston Christian: 4. Nevada: 1. BYU: 1. TCU: 2. Florida State: 1. Louisville: 1. Stanford: 5. Duke: 1. Pittsburgh: 2. Boston College: 3. Virginia: 2. California: 5. Clemson: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 3 by 22.5. Houston Christian: 1 by 44.2. Nevada: 2 by 18.3. BYU: 3 by 22.5. TCU: 1 by 24.2. Florida State: 2 by 18.3. Louisville: 1 by 14.2. Stanford: 3 by 62.5. Duke: 2 by 18.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 28.3. Boston College: 2 by 38.3. Virginia: 2 by 28.3. California: 5 by 70.8. Clemson: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.5 · Games = 11 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · -1.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs California

Result
Sat 12/21@ Penn StateL 10-38320.500.500
Sun 12/8vs ClemsonL 31-34100.500.500
Sat 11/30vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 38-652311
Sat 11/23@ VirginiaSplash gameW 33-7210.500.500
Sat 11/16vs Boston CollegeSplash gameW 38-2821110
Sun 11/3vs PittsburghSplash gameW 48-2521110
Sun 10/27@ DukeW 28-2720000
Sun 10/20@ Stanford2+ sacks · Splash gameW 40-1033320
Sat 10/5@ LouisvilleW 34-2710000
Sun 9/29vs Florida StateW 42-1620000
Sat 9/21vs TCUSplash gameW 66-4210000
Fri 9/6vs BYUL 15-1832100
Sun 9/1vs Houston ChristianSplash gameW 59-711110
Sun 8/25@ NevadaW 29-2421100

Player Story

Jahfari Harvey story

Jahfari Harvey built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from Port Saint Lucie, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Jahfari Harvey's career was his defensive production: 127 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, and 1 interception across 54 career games in the available record. That gives Jahfari Harvey'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

    Miami

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMiami04.21
2020 PostseasonMiami11.521.15.211.5
2020 Regular SeasonMiami11.521.15.20
2021 Regular SeasonMiami12.525.96.91
2022 Regular SeasonMiami1527.98.62.5
2023 Regular SeasonMiami6.513.93.6-8.5
2024 PostseasonSMU3030.49.923.5
2024 Regular SeasonSMU3030.49.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs California

Week 14 · W 38-6 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Stanford

Week 8 · W 40-10 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 4 · L 31-45

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Virginia

Week 9 · W 14-12 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Central Connecticut

Week 4 · W 69-0

3

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · SMU

30 primary output · 30.4 efficiency · 9.9 usage

65.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · SMU

65.9

30 primary · 30.4 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Miami

51.9

15 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

20

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games