Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Northwestern
Matthew Harris
CB • 5'11" • LaGrange Highlands, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Matthew Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Player Story
Matthew Harris built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a cornerback from LaGrange Highlands, IL wearing No. 11, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Matthew Harris' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Matthew Harris, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Northwestern. Matthew Harris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Matthew Harris quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · CB
- Career Tackles
- 7
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Eastern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lyons Township · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Lyons Township · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · CB 260th (top 77%) · Big Ten 330th (top 53%) · National 3,045th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 61.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.4 |
Related Context
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Matthew Harris played CB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matthew Harris recorded 7 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 4 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
14.6
Usage
2.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Illinois State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Western Michigan
Player Story
Matthew Harris story
Matthew Harris built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a cornerback from LaGrange Highlands, IL wearing No. 11, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Matthew Harris' career was his defensive production: 7 tackles and 6 interceptions across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Northwestern. 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 Matthew Harris' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 484 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Matthew Harris 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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Northwestern
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 4 | 26.7 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 14.6 | 2.3 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 2 · W 41-0
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 14 · L 33-47 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Michigan
Week 11 · L 9-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 13 · W 24-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#5
vs Minnesota
Week 5 · W 27-0 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
4 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · — usage
61.5
#2
2014 Regular Season · Northwestern
56.7
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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