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Heisman / Players / Kenneth Harris /Oklahoma State

Kenneth Harris

CB · Oklahoma State · Sr · #23

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

33 TACKLES · 1 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Oklahoma State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Oklahoma State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Oklahoma State

Returning around him

  • 44% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -10 net (55 in / 65 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Oklahoma State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #53

CB · OKLAHOMA STATE · BIG 12

Kenneth Harris

  • 4
  • #23
  • 6-0 | 195 lb
  • Columbia, LA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

65

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#13171

<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 DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

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
★★★
#1844 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2020–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionCB
Class4
Jersey23
Measurements6-0 | 195 lb
HometownColumbia, LA
Primary teamOklahoma State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1844 recruit
Composite rating 0.8300 HighSchool
Signed with Arkansas State 2020
Origin Caldwell Parish Columbia, LA, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 3-star | 0.8300 No. 1844 recruit | HighSchool | Arkansas State

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Oklahoma State 2023
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 5, 2022
Season Move Context
2023 Arkansas State -> Oklahoma State 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate

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#13171Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#13110Where 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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Arkansas State

Composite

0.8300

#1844 national

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 Kenneth Harris

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 Kenneth Harris

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
33Tackles
2Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
36Tackles
2.2Tackles for loss
1.1Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 33): needs 47/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 33): needs 67/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 5/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 9/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.

Kenneth Harris is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Oklahoma State's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 2.0 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 #13171 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

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 33 27 solo | #1194/4942 (76th pct)
TFL 2.0 Backfield disruption | #1443/4972 (71st pct)
Sacks 1.0 Pass-rush finish | #872/4972 (82nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash against FBS defenders.

Coverage splash

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
33 76th
SOLO
27 86th
TFL
2.0 71st
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
1 44th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
5 90th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 27-7vs UT Martin210.00.00
Wk 2L 3-69@ Oregon220.00.00
Wk 4L 12-19vs Tulsa110.00.00
Wk 5L 27-45vs Baylor210.00.00
Wk 6L 13-41@ Arizona420.00.02
Wk 7L 17-39vs Houston440.00.01
Wk 8L 17-49vs Cincinnati220.00.00
Wk 9L 0-42@ Texas Tech110.00.01
Wk 10L 21-38@ Kansas220.00.00
Wk 12L 6-14vs Kansas State651.01.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13L 14-17@ UCF320.00.00
Wk 14L 13-20vs Iowa State441.00.01
Total33272.01.05
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

2020Arkansas State4-7HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo
2021Arkansas State2-10HC: Butch Jones · Pass-heavy
2022Arkansas State3-9HC: Butch Jones · Balanced
2023Oklahoma State10-4HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning
2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Oklahoma State33272.01.05----
2023Oklahoma State110.00.0------
2022Arkansas State36294.50.0101--
2021Arkansas State1190.00.062--
2020Arkansas State24200.00.06----
Career5 loaded seasons105866.51.0273--
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 5 Coverage disruption | #218/2184 (90th pct)
QB pressures 1 Quarterback hurries | #1051/1878 (44th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 33 #1194/4942 76th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 2.0 #1443/4972 71st pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.0 #872/4972 82nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 5 #218/2184 90th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 27 #649/4584 86th 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 Thorpe 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
Home7g3.00.30.10.3
Road5g2.40.00.00.6

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins1g2.00.00.00.0
Losses11g2.80.20.10.5

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.50.00.00.5
Weeks 8+6g3.00.30.20.3

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the CB cohort

65Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (90th).

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct
5defe
Solo tackles#649 / 2975 · 77th pct
27defe
Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct
1.0defe
Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct
33defe
QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe
Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct
2.0defe

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

Advanced Savant · CB · 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
Kenneth HarrisOklahoma StateDalton JohnsonArizona· 78% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 77% simBrevin HamblinUtah State· 76% sim
Passes defended
91
Harris
96
Johnson
91
Lafayette
98
Hamblin
Solo tackles
77
Harris
97
Johnson
98
Lafayette
99
Hamblin
Sacks
63
Harris
63
Johnson
63
Lafayette
74
Hamblin
Tackles
59
Harris
98
Johnson
99
Lafayette
99
Hamblin
QB hurries
55
Harris
22
Johnson
22
Lafayette
22
Hamblin
Tackles for loss
47
Harris
47
Johnson
56
Lafayette
56
Hamblin

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

Player DNA

The Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dakerric Hobbs’s 2023 season.

Dakerric Hobbs

88%match

Sam Houston · 2023

#2

Arquon Bush

Cincinnati · 2021

87%
#3

Jaylen Castleberry

Temple · 2025

87%
#4

Lorando Johnson

Arkansas · 2023

86%
#5

Nate Evans

Delaware · 2025

86%

Matches Dakerric on

Weight
PD rate
Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Mike Gundy

Pass share

47.5%

365 pass / 403 run

Plays / game

64.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.9%

223 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2025

1 coach
2020
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2021
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2022
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2023
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2025
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownColumbia, LA
Height6'0"
Weight195 lb
Class4
PositionCB
Jersey23

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 Oklahoma State CB4 #13171 #13110 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Oklahoma State CB4 #12202 #11941 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big 12
2022 Arkansas State CB4 #13095 #13603 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Arkansas State CB4 #12464 #12985 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2020 Arkansas State CB4 #1371 #1385 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Oklahoma State Big 12 CB 4 No. 23 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Columbia, LA
2024 Oklahoma State Big 12 CB 4 No. 23 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Columbia, LA
2023 Oklahoma State Big 12 CB 4 No. 23 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Columbia, LA
2022 Arkansas State Sun Belt CB 4 No. 23 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Columbia, LA
2021 Arkansas State Sun Belt CB 4 No. 23 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Columbia, LA
2020 Arkansas State Sun Belt CB 4 No. 23 | 6-0 | 195 lb | Columbia, LA