Player Dossier

2012-2016

West Virginia

Jarrod Harper

S • 6'0" • Frostburg, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jarrod Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Player Story

Jarrod Harper built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a safety from Frostburg, MD wearing No. 22, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Jarrod Harper's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8525

Mountain Ridge · Frostburg, MD

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Jarrod Harper, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · West Virginia. Jarrod Harper shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
71
TFL
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jarrod Harper quick answers

Latest team and position
West Virginia · S
Career Tackles
71
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2014 Regular Season · West Virginia
Top game
Oklahoma State
Recruit profile
3-star · Mountain Ridge · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Mountain Ridge · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
71 tackles · S 52nd (top 14%) · Big 12 28th (top 7%) · National 319th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonWest Virginia10-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonWest Virginia13510--045.4
2016 Regular SeasonWest Virginia136620-1045.4

Related Context

Jarrod Harper played S for West Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jarrod Harper recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

West Virginia paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · West Virginia

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

25.8

Usage

5.4

Consistency

10.3

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 1. Missouri: 1. Youngstown State: 0. BYU: 0. Kansas State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. TCU: 0. Oklahoma State: 1. Kansas: 0. Texas: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Iowa State: 1. Baylor: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 5 by 30.8. Missouri: 4 by 26.7. Youngstown State: 6 by 25. BYU: 8 by 33.3. Kansas State: 8 by 33.3. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 5 by 30.8. Kansas: 7 by 29.2. Texas: 6 by 25. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5. Iowa State: 7 by 39.2. Baylor: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 10 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.5 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

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Iowa State

Result
Wed 12/28@ MiamiL 14-3155100
Sat 12/3vs BaylorW 24-2175000
Sat 11/26@ Iowa StateW 49-1974100
Sun 11/20vs OklahomaL 28-5631000
Sat 11/12@ TexasW 24-2066000
Sat 11/5vs KansasW 48-2177000
Sat 10/29@ Oklahoma StateL 20-3755100
Sat 10/22vs TCUW 34-1010000
Sat 10/15@ Texas TechW 48-1744000
Sat 10/1vs Kansas StateW 17-1686000
Sat 9/24vs BYUW 35-3283000
Sat 9/10vs Youngstown StateW 38-2165000
Sat 9/3vs MissouriW 26-1144001

Player Story

Jarrod Harper story

Jarrod Harper built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a safety from Frostburg, MD wearing No. 22, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Jarrod Harper's career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with West Virginia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jarrod Harper's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across West Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Jarrod Harper moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    West Virginia

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonWest Virginia0
2013 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00
2014 Regular SeasonWest Virginia000
2015 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00
2016 PostseasonWest Virginia425.85.44
2016 Regular SeasonWest Virginia425.85.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oklahoma State

Week 9 · L 20-37 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Iowa State

Week 13 · W 49-19 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Miami

Week 1 · L 14-31 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Missouri

Week 1 · W 26-11

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Havoc Plays

49.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Kansas State

Week 5 · W 17-16 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

29.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 29.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Regular Season · West Virginia

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2016 Postseason · West Virginia

45.4

4 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · West Virginia

45.4

4 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games