Player Dossier

2019-2023

Ball State

John Harris

DL • 6'2" • 264 lbs • Greenwood, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

John Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

13

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

John Harris built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 97, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of John Harris' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7694

Roncalli · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

John Harris, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ball State. John Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
52
TFL
2
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

John Harris quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · DL
Career Tackles
52
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
2-star · Roncalli · Ball State
High school pipeline
Roncalli · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 97 · Junior
2023 Tackles rank
8 tackles · DL 638th (top 64%) · Mid-American 270th (top 51%) · National 3,020th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonBall State11-0--037
2020 Regular SeasonBall State33-01-016.6
2021 Regular SeasonBall State9230.50.53-040.8
2022 Regular SeasonBall State81711-2036.7
2023 Regular SeasonBall State680.502-025.6

Related Context

John Harris played DL for Ball State. Across 5 tracked seasons, John Harris recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Ball State paired 4 primary output with 15.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

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

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2023 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

9.7

Usage

2.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 0. Indiana State: 0.5. Toledo: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Kent State: 2

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. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Indiana State: 2 by 13.3. Toledo: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 0 by 20

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Kent State

Result
Sat 11/18vs Kent StateSplash gameW 34-300000
Wed 11/1@ Bowling GreenL 21-2421000
Sat 10/21vs Central MichiganW 24-1711000
Sat 10/14vs ToledoL 6-1321000
Sat 9/16vs Indiana StateW 45-7210.5000
Sat 9/9@ GeorgiaL 3-4511000

Player Story

John Harris story

John Harris built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 97, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of John Harris' career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives John Harris' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ball State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonBall State04.20.8
2020 Regular SeasonBall State17.52.71
2021 Regular SeasonBall State415.143
2022 Regular SeasonBall State413.92.50
2023 Regular SeasonBall State2.59.72.3-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UConn

Week 7 · W 25-21

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Army

Week 5 · W 28-16

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Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#3

vs Buffalo

Week 13 · W 20-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

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@ Penn State

Week 2 · L 13-44

1

Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Buffalo

Week 16 · W 38-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Ball State

4 primary output · 15.1 efficiency · 4 usage

40.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Ball State

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Ball State

36.7

4 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games