Player Dossier

2021-2024

Oregon

Derrick Harmon

DL • 6'5" • 320 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA

High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence

Derrick Harmon shows a high-volume tackler profile with 34.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Oregon

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan State • Oregon
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho

Player Story

Derrick Harmon built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 55, spending time with Michigan State and Oregon. The clearest part of Derrick Harmon's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.85

Jackson · Jackson, AL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 21
Overall
No. 21
NFL Team
Pittsburgh Steelers

Derrick Harmon, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Oregon. Derrick Harmon shows a high-volume tackler profile with 34.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
112
TFL
17
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
15
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Derrick Harmon quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon · DL
Career Tackles
112
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Oregon
Top game
Idaho
Recruit profile
3-star · Jackson
High school pipeline
Jackson · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 1 · Pick 21 · Pittsburgh Steelers
Latest roster
No. 55 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
43 tackles · DL 46th (top 5%) · Big Ten 107th (top 14%) · National 830th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State11-0--037
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State10283231038.8
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State11403.51.521038.3
2024 PostseasonOregon13320--078.3
2024 Regular SeasonOregon13408.55102078.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Michigan State to OregonP4 to P487.9Apr 23, 2024

Derrick Harmon played DL for Michigan State and Oregon. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derrick Harmon recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Oregon.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Oregon paired 27.5 primary output with 34.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 34.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Oregon.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Idaho

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Oregon

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

34.9

Usage

20.2

Consistency

78.1

Best Game by takeover score

Idaho

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 2. Idaho: 3.5. Boise State: 3. Oregon State: 1. UCLA: 2. Michigan State: 3. Ohio State: 1. Purdue: 2. Illinois: 1. Michigan: 3. Maryland: 2. Washington: 2. Penn 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. Ohio State: 3 by 32.5. Idaho: 5 by 55.8. Boise State: 4 by 46.7. Oregon State: 4 by 26.7. UCLA: 5 by 40.8. Michigan State: 1 by 34.2. Ohio State: 3 by 22.5. Purdue: 1 by 24.2. Illinois: 4 by 26.7. Michigan: 4 by 46.7. Maryland: 5 by 40.8. Washington: 3 by 32.5. Penn State: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.1 · Games = 12 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Idaho

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Idaho

Result
Wed 1/1vs Ohio StateSplash gameL 21-4133200
Sun 12/8vs Penn StateSplash gameW 45-3711110
Sun 12/1vs WashingtonSplash gameW 49-2131110
Sun 11/10vs MarylandSplash gameW 39-1854000
Sat 11/2@ MichiganSplash gameW 38-1743101
Sat 10/26vs IllinoisW 38-943000
Sat 10/19@ PurdueSplash gameW 35-011100
Sat 10/12vs Ohio StateW 32-3133000
Sat 10/5vs Michigan StateSplash gameW 31-1011111
Sun 9/29@ UCLASplash gameW 34-13521.500.500
Sat 9/14@ Oregon StateW 49-1442000
Sun 9/8vs Boise StateSplash gameW 37-3440000
Sat 8/31vs IdahoSplash gameW 24-145121.500

Player Story

Derrick Harmon story

Derrick Harmon built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 55, spending time with Michigan State and Oregon. The clearest part of Derrick Harmon's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Derrick Harmon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Michigan State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oregon

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State04.20.8
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State920.75.19
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State822.45.1-1
2024 PostseasonOregon27.534.920.219.5
2024 Regular SeasonOregon27.534.920.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Idaho

Week 1 · W 24-14

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Ohio State

Week 6 · L 20-49 · Conference game

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.

#3

@ Michigan

Week 10 · W 38-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Boise State

Week 2 · W 37-34

3

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Maryland

Week 11 · W 39-18 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Oregon

27.5 primary output · 34.9 efficiency · 20.2 usage

78.3

#2

2024 Regular Season · Oregon

78.3

27.5 primary · 34.9 efficiency · 20.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

38.8

9 primary · 20.7 efficiency · 5.1 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

12

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games