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Heisman / Players / Antoineo Harris Jr. /UConn

Antoineo Harris Jr.

DL · UConn · Sr · #58

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

30 TACKLES · 2 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to UConn for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to UConn for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · UConn

Returning around him

  • 68% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 1 UConn player drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +8 net (53 in / 45 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

UConn · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #114

DL · UCONN · FBS INDEPENDENTS

Antoineo Harris Jr.

  • 4
  • #58
  • 6-3 | 255 lb
  • Chicago, IL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

64

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 80th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#15375

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
UConn
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDL
Class4
Jersey58
Measurements6-3 | 255 lb
HometownChicago, IL
Primary teamUConn

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#15375Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#15510Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Antoineo Harris Jr.

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Antoineo Harris Jr.

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
30Tackles
3Tackles for loss
2Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Projected (13g)
32Tackles
3.2Tackles for loss
2.2Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 30): needs 50/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 30): needs 70/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Antoineo Harris Jr. is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on UConn's defense, with 2.0 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #15375 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 30 13 solo | #1362/4942 (72nd pct)
TFL 3.0 Backfield disruption | #1006/4972 (80th pct)
Sacks 2.0 Pass-rush finish | #491/4972 (90th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
30 72nd
SOLO
13 65th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
2.0 90th
QBH
3 75th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 59-13vs Central Connecticut200.00.00
Wk 2L 20-27@ Syracuse100.00.00
Wk 3L 41-44@ Delaware620.00.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4W 31-25vs Ball State200.00.00
Wk 5W 20-17@ Buffalo520.00.00
Wk 6W 51-10vs Florida International000.00.01
Wk 8W 38-23@ Boston College100.00.00
Wk 9L 34-37@ Rice441.00.00
Wk 10W 38-19vs UAB442.02.002 sacks
Wk 12W 26-16vs Air Force100.00.00
Wk 13W 48-45@ Florida Atlantic310.00.00
BowlL 16-41@ Army100.00.00
Total30133.02.01
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025UConn9-4HC: Jim Mora · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025UConn30133.02.01----
Career1 loaded season30133.02.01----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 3 Quarterback hurries | #462/1878 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 30 #1362/4942 72nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 3.0 #1006/4972 80th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 2.0 #491/4972 90th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 3 #462/1878 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 13 #1622/4584 65th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g1.80.40.40.2
Road7g3.00.10.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins8g2.20.20.20.1
Losses4g3.00.20.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g2.40.00.00.1
Weeks 8+5g2.60.60.40.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

64Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (81st).

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct
3defe
Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct
2.0defe
Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct
3.0defe
Tackles#1362 / 2975 · 53rd pct
30defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct
13defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DL · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Antoineo Harris Jr.UConnTreylin PayneTexas State· 69% simRay ConeyTulsa· 69% simDaniel WingateMaryland· 69% sim
QB hurries
82
Jr.
82
Payne
88
Coney
72
Wingate
Sacks
80
Jr.
80
Payne
80
Coney
74
Wingate
Tackles for loss
63
Jr.
87
Payne
90
Coney
87
Wingate
Tackles
53
Jr.
98
Payne
100
Coney
98
Wingate
Passes defended
48
Jr.
67
Payne
67
Coney
48
Wingate
Solo tackles
44
Jr.
95
Payne
93
Coney
99
Wingate

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaylen Joyner’s 2021 season.

Jaylen Joyner

90%match

Florida Atlantic · 2021

#2

Quashon Fuller

Maryland · 2024

89%
#3

Ethan Hurkett

Iowa · 2022

88%
#4

Deshontez Gray

Army · 2024

87%
#5

Justin Wodtly

Cincinnati · 2023

86%

Matches Jaylen on

Weight
Height
TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Richie Hagarty's senior season at Northwestern (2023).

Richie Hagarty

92%match

Northwestern · 2023

#2

Kristin Booth

Southern Miss · 2023

91%
#3

Cormontae Hamilton

Memphis · 2023

87%
#4

Nathaniel Watson

Mississippi State · 2023

86%
#5

Ovie Oghoufo

LSU · 2023

86%

Matches Richie on

Class year
Height
TFL rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

Pass share

53.5%

451 pass / 392 run

Plays / game

64.8

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.5%

314 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Jim Mora
UConn

Played his entire career under Jim Mora.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownChicago, IL
Height6'3"
Weight255 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey58

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 New Mexico DL4 #15375 #15510 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 UConn FBS Independents DL 4 No. 58 | 6-3 | 255 lb | Chicago, IL
2024 New Mexico Mountain West DL 4 No. 58 | 6-3 | 255 lb | Chicago, IL