Player Dossier

2019-2023

Buffalo

Darrell Harding Jr.

WR • 6'4" • 222 lbs • Winter Garden, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Darrell Harding Jr. reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

17

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Duke • Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Player Story

Darrell Harding Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Winter Garden, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Buffalo and Duke. The clearest part of Darrell Harding Jr.'s career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8731

Graham-Kapowsin · Graham, WA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Darrell Harding Jr., WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Buffalo. Darrell Harding Jr. reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
886
Receptions
57
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Darrell Harding Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Buffalo · WR
Career Receiving Yards
886
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
Top game
North Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Graham-Kapowsin
High school pipeline
Graham-Kapowsin · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
451 receiving yards · WR 232nd (top 23%) · Mid-American 17th (top 10%) · National 254th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonDuke68130051
2020 Regular SeasonDuke511143046.4
2021 Regular SeasonDuke912141037.2
2022 Regular SeasonDuke2321036
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo1223451374.6

Related Context

Darrell Harding Jr. played WR for Duke and Buffalo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darrell Harding Jr. recorded 886 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Buffalo paired 451 primary output with 88.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 76.1 efficiency.

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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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Duke, Buffalo.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Duke

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

21.7

Efficiency

76.1

Usage

8.9

Consistency

69.3

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina A&T: 32. Middle Tennessee: 6. Georgia Tech: 41. Notre Dame: 6. Wake Forest: 22. Miami: 23

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. North Carolina A&T: 2 by 100. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 40. Georgia Tech: 1 by 100. Notre Dame: 1 by 40. Wake Forest: 1 by 100. Miami: 2 by 76.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins25.5 · Games = 4 · +11.5 vs Losses
Losses14 · Games = 2 · -11.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

Best efficiency game

100 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 11/30vs MiamiW 27-1722311.511.50016
Sun 11/24@ Wake ForestL 27-391222222022
Sun 11/10vs Notre DameL 7-38166606
Sat 10/12vs Georgia TechW 41-231414141041
Sat 9/14@ Middle TennesseeW 41-18166606
Sat 9/7vs North Carolina A&TW 45-132321616019

Player Story

Darrell Harding Jr. story

Darrell Harding Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Winter Garden, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Buffalo and Duke. The clearest part of Darrell Harding Jr.'s career was his receiving role: 57 catches, 886 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Darrell Harding 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

    Duke

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Buffalo

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonDuke13076.18.9
2020 Regular SeasonDuke14373.311.213
2021 Regular SeasonDuke14159.65.9-2
2022 Regular SeasonDuke2143.39.1-120
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo45188.212430

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs North Carolina

Week 10 · L 24-56 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

70

Receiving Yards

95.3 takeover

70 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#2

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 13 · L 11-24 · Conference game

62

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Liberty

Week 3 · L 27-55

59

Receiving Yards

79.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 98.3 efficiency score.

#4

vs Bowling Green

Week 7 · L 14-24 · Conference game

39

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

39 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 6 · W 37-13 · Conference game

51

Receiving Yards

77.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Buffalo

451 primary output · 88.2 efficiency · 12 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Duke

51

130 primary · 76.1 efficiency · 8.9 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Duke

46.4

143 primary · 73.3 efficiency · 11.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games