Jaylen Harvey
North Carolina Tar Heels
88
Great

Jaylen Harvey

North Carolina Tar HeelsAverage
LOLBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Penn State
Projected Starter

Is Jaylen Harvey starting?

Jaylen Harvey is the projected starter at LOLB for North Carolina Tar Heels.

Redshirt sophomore · #11 · 6'2", 245 lbs

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Depth at LOLB · North Carolina Tar Heels

  1. 11188Jaylen HarveyStarter
  2. 21268Calvin Thomas

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Up next for North Carolina

North Carolina plays UConn away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Quince Orchard, ranked #409 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 9 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #409 NatlTeam Share2%
Gaithersburg, MD
Jersey
#11
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
245 lbs
Transfer
Penn State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—91.51

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8950
National Rank
#409
High School
Quince Orchard
Hometown
Gaithersburg, MD

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 62th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 62% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LMIATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-35

Oct 24LSYRTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-30 OT

Oct 17WDUKETKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-20

Oct 3LNDTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 37-26

Sep 19LCLEMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-20

Sep 12WETSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-3

Aug 29WTCUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 15-10

Jaylen Harvey's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

9 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement40%
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