Player Dossier

2019-2023

Notre Dame

Thomas Harper

S • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Knoxville, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Thomas Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a safety

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Oklahoma State • Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Thomas Harper built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 13, spending time with Notre Dame and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Thomas Harper's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8597

Crane Union · Crane, OR

Committed To
Oregon State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Thomas Harper, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Thomas Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
128
TFL
10
Sacks
1
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Thomas Harper quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · S
Career Tackles
128
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
3-star · Crane Union · Oregon State
High school pipeline
Crane Union · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
35 tackles · S 188th (top 36%) · FBS Independents 31st (top 17%) · National 1,109th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonOklahoma State72-0--010.5
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma State71110--010.5
2020 PostseasonOklahoma State113-0-2026.4
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma State112710-1026.4
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State11201.50-1016.1
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State6301.50-2039.9
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame103551-3050.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Oklahoma State to Notre DameP4 to G5/FCS78.7Dec 6, 2022

Thomas Harper played S for Oklahoma State and Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Thomas Harper recorded 128 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 9 primary output with 23.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.6 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 Oklahoma State, Notre Dame.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

23.6

Usage

5.1

Consistency

35.2

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee State: 1. Navy: 0. NC State: 2. Ohio State: 0. Duke: 0. USC: 2. Pittsburgh: 2. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 2. Stanford: 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. Tennessee State: 3 by 22.5. Navy: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 7 by 49.2. Ohio State: 5 by 20.8. Duke: 5 by 20.8. USC: 3 by 32.5. Pittsburgh: 5 by 40.8. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 3 by 32.5. Stanford: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs NC State

Result
Sun 11/26@ StanfordW 56-2321000
Sat 11/18vs Wake ForestSplash gameW 45-732101
Sat 11/4@ ClemsonL 23-3111000
Sat 10/28vs PittsburghSplash gameW 58-753200
Sat 10/14vs USCSplash gameW 48-2033110
Sat 9/30@ DukeW 21-1453000
Sat 9/23vs Ohio StateL 14-1754000
Sat 9/9@ NC StateSplash gameW 45-2473002
Sat 9/2vs Tennessee StateW 56-332100
Sat 8/26vs NavyW 42-311000

Player Story

Thomas Harper story

Thomas Harper built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Knoxville, TN wearing No. 13, spending time with Notre Dame and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Thomas Harper's career was his defensive production: 128 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 22 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Thomas 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. 1

    Oklahoma State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Notre Dame

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonOklahoma State19.22
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma State19.220
2020 PostseasonOklahoma State515.934
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma State515.930
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State2.59.91.7-2.5
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State4.528.35.12
2023 Regular SeasonNotre Dame923.65.14.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Baylor

Week 5 · W 36-25 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 9 · W 58-7

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 12 · W 45-7

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

vs USC

Week 7 · W 48-20

2

Havoc Plays

64.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.

#5

@ NC State

Week 2 · W 45-24

2

Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame

9 primary output · 23.6 efficiency · 5.1 usage

50.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

39.9

4.5 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Oklahoma State

26.4

5 primary · 15.9 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games