Zack Harden
Minnesota Golden Gophers
72
Average

Zack Harden

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
SSDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

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Zack Harden is the projected starter at SS for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Sophomore · #4 · 6'1", 210 lbs

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Depth at SS · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 1472Zack HardenStarter
  2. 22272Mekhai Smith
  3. 33161Jordan Lampkins

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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Up next for Minnesota

Minnesota plays UCLA at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Newton, ranked #1,049 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 3 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 72 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,049 NatlTeam Share0%
Covington, GA
Jersey
#4
Class
SO
Height
6'1"
Weight
210 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025300

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8672
National Rank
#1049
High School
Newton
Hometown
Covington, GA

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 18th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them -13 vs unit starters → 72.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 18% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
-13 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 31LIUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-16 OT

Oct 24WIOWATKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
6
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 13-10

Oct 11LPURTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-13

Oct 3WMICHTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 20-14

Sep 27WWASHTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Sep 19WAKRTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 41-7

Sep 12LMSSTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-13

Sep 4WEIUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Zack Harden's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Average
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Team Role

3 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement0%
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