Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Penn State
Jaylen Harvey
DE • 6'2" • 251 lbs • Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Harvey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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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: 2025 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Player Story
Jaylen Harvey built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive end from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 44, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Jaylen Harvey's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Jaylen Harvey, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Penn State. Jaylen Harvey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 11
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Jaylen Harvey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 11
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Clemson
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Quince Orchard · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Quince Orchard · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · DE 169th (top 60%) · Big Ten 378th (top 49%) · National 3,039th (top 49%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Penn State | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 36.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 36.6 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Harvey played DE for Penn State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jaylen Harvey recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Penn State paired 3.5 primary output with 10.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Penn State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
10.4
Usage
2.6
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Clemson
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 2. Florida International: 0.5. Oregon: 0. Northwestern: 0. Michigan State: 1. Nebraska: 0. Rutgers: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 2 by 28.3. Florida International: 1 by 9.2. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 0 by 10. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Clemson
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Clemson
Player Story
Jaylen Harvey story
Jaylen Harvey built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive end from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 44, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Jaylen Harvey's career was his defensive production: 11 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Jaylen Harvey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 9.2 | 2.6 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Penn State | 3.5 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 3.5 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 34 Clemson
Week 1 · W 22-10 · Postseason
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 12 · W 49-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 82 Michigan State
Week 12 · W 28-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
27.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 107 Florida International
Week 2 · W 34-0
0.5
Havoc Plays
17 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 17 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 51 Northwestern
Week 7 · L 21-22 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
10.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Penn State
3.5 primary output · 10.4 efficiency · 2.6 usage
36.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Penn State
36.6
3.5 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 2.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Penn State
27.3
1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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