Player Dossier

2019-2024

UCF

RJ Harvey

RB • 5'9" • 205 lbs • Orlando, FL, USA

Workhorse runnerBig-play efficiency

RJ Harvey leans workhorse runner traits and 72.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

87%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

96

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Virginia • UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Player Story

RJ Harvey built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Orlando, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with UCF and Virginia. The clearest part of RJ Harvey's career was his backfield work: 3,792...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8356

Edgewater · Orlando, FL

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 28
Overall
No. 60
NFL Team
Denver Broncos

RJ Harvey, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCF. RJ Harvey leans workhorse runner traits and 72.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
4,512
Rushing yards
3,792
Receiving yards
720
Touchdowns
49
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2024 · UCF · Player Highlight

R.J. Harvey college highlights at UCF.

Season
2024
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

RJ Harvey quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
4,512
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 39 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · UCF
Top game
Oklahoma State
Recruit profile
3-star · Edgewater · Virginia
High school pipeline
Edgewater · 44 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 2 · Pick 28 · Denver Broncos
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
1,844 scrimmage yards · RB 5th (top 1%) · Big 12 2nd (top 1%) · National 5th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia00000-
2020 Regular SeasonUCF2330016.3
2021 Regular SeasonUCF00000-
2022 PostseasonUCF12542925062.8
2022 Regular SeasonUCF12957767190662.8
2023 PostseasonUCF131271207084.1
2023 Regular SeasonUCF131,5271,2962311884.1
2024 Regular SeasonUCF121,8441,5772672590.1

Related Context

RJ Harvey played RB for Virginia and UCF. Across 6 tracked seasons, RJ Harvey recorded 83 passing yards, 3,792 rushing yards, and 720 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

UCF paired 1,844 primary output with 72.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 72.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 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 Virginia, UCF.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · UCF

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

153.7

Efficiency

72.3

Usage

36.8

Consistency

88.3

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Hampshire: 150. Sam Houston: 126. TCU: 209. Colorado: 169. Florida: 110. Cincinnati: 125. Iowa State: 196. BYU: 137. Arizona: 198. Arizona State: 137. West Virginia: 149. Utah: 138

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Hampshire: 12 by 100. Sam Houston: 19 by 69.1. TCU: 30 by 67.8. Colorado: 20 by 65.3. Florida: 17 by 56.3. Cincinnati: 19 by 62. Iowa State: 25 by 81.7. BYU: 18 by 81.3. Arizona: 24 by 84.4. Arizona State: 27 by 52.9. West Virginia: 18 by 84.5. Utah: 23 by 62.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins170.8 · Games = 4 · +25.6 vs Losses
Losses145.1 · Games = 8 · -25.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

100 vs New Hampshire

Result
Sat 11/30vs Utah100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 14-2820119613196
Sat 11/23@ West Virginia100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 21-31161308.1022198.3
Sun 11/10@ Arizona State100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 31-35251275.1032105.1
Sat 11/2vs Arizona100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 56-12221848.4032148.3
Sat 10/26vs BYU100 rush yards · 2+ TDL 24-37161277.9022107.6
Sat 10/19@ Iowa State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 35-38251967.8027.8
Sat 10/12vs CincinnatiL 13-1917945.5002316.6
Sat 10/5@ FloridaL 13-2416754.7011356.5
Sat 9/28vs Colorado150 scrimmage yardsL 21-4816774.8004928.4
Sat 9/14@ TCU100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 35-34291806.2021297.0
Sat 9/7vs Sam Houston100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 45-14191266.6046.6
Thu 8/29vs New Hampshire100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 57-31114212.9021812.5

Player Story

RJ Harvey story

RJ Harvey built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Orlando, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with UCF and Virginia. The clearest part of RJ Harvey's career was his backfield work: 3,792 rushing yards, 579 carries, 43 rushing touchdowns, and 720 receiving yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with UCF. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 83 passing yards, 720 receiving yards, and 115 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF and Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: RJ Harvey moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Virginia

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UCF

    2020-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia0
2020 Regular SeasonUCF37.82.63
2021 Regular SeasonUCF0-3
2022 PostseasonUCF1,01170.1181,011
2022 Regular SeasonUCF1,01170.1180
2023 PostseasonUCF1,65467.933.1643
2023 Regular SeasonUCF1,65467.933.10
2024 Regular SeasonUCF1,84472.336.8190

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oklahoma State

Week 11 · W 45-3 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

206

Scrimmage Yards

95.3 takeover

206 scrimmage yards and 38.1 usage.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 10 · W 56-12 · Conference game

198

Scrimmage Yards

93 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

198 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.

#3

@ Iowa State

Week 8 · L 35-38 · Conference game

196

Scrimmage Yards

91.8 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

196 scrimmage yards and 53.2 usage.

#4

@ TCU

Week 3 · W 35-34 · Conference game

209

Scrimmage Yards

89.3 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

209 scrimmage yards and 44.8 usage.

#5

@ Cincinnati

Week 10 · W 28-26 · Conference game

171

Scrimmage Yards

89 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

171 scrimmage yards and 40.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · UCF

1,844 primary output · 72.3 efficiency · 36.8 usage

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#2

2023 Postseason · UCF

84.1

1,654 primary · 67.9 efficiency · 33.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UCF

84.1

1,654 primary · 67.9 efficiency · 33.1 usage

Milestones

17

100+ rush yards

8

150+ scrimmage yards

17

2+ TD games