Player Dossier

2023-2025

Penn State

A.J. Harris

CB • 6'1" • 191 lbs • Phenix City, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

A.J. Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Georgia • Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

A.J. Harris built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Phenix City, AL wearing No. 4, spending time with Georgia and Penn State. The clearest part of A.J. Harris' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9808

Central · Phenix City, AL

Committed To
Georgia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

A.J. Harris, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. A.J. Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
82
TFL
4
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

A.J. Harris quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · CB
Career Tackles
82
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Penn State
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
4-star · Central · Georgia
High school pipeline
Central · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
33 tackles · CB 87th (top 19%) · Big Ten 144th (top 19%) · National 1,198th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia38-0--043.6
2024 PostseasonPenn State139-0-1050.2
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State133230-4050.2
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State103310-1016.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Penn State to IndianaP4 to P487.9Jan 12, 2026
2024Georgia to Penn StateP4 to P490.7Dec 16, 2023

A.J. Harris played CB for Georgia and Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, A.J. Harris recorded 82 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Penn State paired 9 primary output with 20.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, Penn State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Loss 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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2025 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

3

Consistency

3.3

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 0. Florida International: 0. Villanova: 0. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 2. Northwestern: 0. Iowa: 0. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0. Rutgers: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Villanova: 1 by 4.2. Oregon: 7 by 29.2. UCLA: 4 by 36.7. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Indiana: 8 by 33.3. Rutgers: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 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

UCLA

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 11/29@ RutgersW 40-3643000
Sat 11/8vs IndianaL 24-2787000
Sat 11/1@ Ohio StateL 14-3832000
Sat 10/18@ IowaL 24-2533000
Sat 10/11vs NorthwesternL 21-2210000
Sat 10/4@ UCLASplash gameL 37-4243101
Sat 9/27vs OregonL 24-3075000
Sat 9/13vs VillanovaW 52-611000
Sat 9/6vs Florida InternationalW 34-010000
Sat 8/30vs NevadaW 46-1111000

Player Story

A.J. Harris story

A.J. Harris built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Phenix City, AL wearing No. 4, spending time with Georgia and Penn State. The clearest part of A.J. Harris' career was his defensive production: 82 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 6 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives A.J. Harris' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Georgia

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Penn State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia011.12.4
2024 PostseasonPenn State920.13.59
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State920.13.50
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State215.83-7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 98 UCLA

Week 6 · L 37-42 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Illinois

Week 5 · W 21-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington

Week 11 · W 35-6 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Minnesota

Week 13 · W 26-25 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

47.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

#5

@ USC

Week 7 · W 33-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Penn State

9 primary output · 20.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage

50.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Penn State

50.2

9 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Georgia

43.6

0 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games