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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON
Heisman / Players / Rahjai Harris /East Carolina

Rahjai Harris

RB · East Carolina · Sr · #47

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSEast Carolina 2023 alumnus

RB · EAST CAROLINA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Rahjai Harris

  • 4
  • #47
  • 5-11 | 214 lb
  • Duncan, SC

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#3084

<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 RB AWARD

Doak Walker

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CONSENSUS

All-American

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Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2023
5792021
2382022
4852023

-16%

Down 16% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1253 national
CFB
College
East Carolina
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey47
Measurements5-11 | 214 lb
HometownDuncan, SC
Primary teamEast Carolina

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1253 recruit
Composite rating 0.8489 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2020
Origin Byrnes Duncan, SC, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 3-star | 0.8489 No. 1253 recruit | HighSchool

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#3084Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3097Where 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 —

Composite

0.8489

#1253 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 Rahjai 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 Rahjai 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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Rahjai Harris already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #3084 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 21.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 2 honors loaded

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 528 485 rush | 43 rec | #171/735 (77th pct)
Rush TD 5 129 carries | #115/739 (85th pct)
Yards/carry 3.8 Per-rush efficiency | #534/735 (27th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
129 87th
YDS
485 77th
YPC
3.8 27th
TD
5 85th

Receiving

REC
7 51st
YDS
43 45th
YPR
6.1 40th
TD
1 89th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

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

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo
2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2023East Carolina2-10HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2023East Carolina1294853.85--
2022East Carolina672383.65--
2021East Carolina1645793.54--
Career3 loaded seasons3601,3023.614--
SeasonTeam
2023East Carolina7436.11--
2022East Carolina9717.91--
2021East Carolina241626.81--
Career3 loaded seasons402766.93--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 7 43 rec yds | #270/552 (51st pct)
Usage 21.4% 37.1% rush share | #75/738 (90th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.05 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #298/362 (18th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 485 #171/735 77th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 5 #115/739 85th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 3.8 #534/735 27th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 7 #270/552 51st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 43 #302/548 45th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.05 #298/362 18th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 158 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 21.4% #75/738 90th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 129 #96/739 87th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 50 #162/733 78th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 12 #365/540 33rd pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 6.1 #332/548 40th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #60/552 89th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 37.1% #77/738 90th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 25.8% #72/738 90th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 24.5% #89/738 88th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 21.9% #76/738 90th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 14.0% #94/738 87th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 12.3% #124/738 83rd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 5.9% #121/738 84th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #78/256 70th pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

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

Status—Awaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

Pass share

44.5%

440 pass / 548 run

Plays / game

76.0

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.7%

343 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
Mike Houston
East Carolina
2022
Mike Houston
East Carolina
2023
Mike Houston
East Carolina

Played his entire career under Mike Houston.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownDuncan, SC
Height5'11"
Weight214 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey47

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-AAC

Trophy Case · Detail

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

All-Conference

2 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

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

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-AAC all_conference East Carolina | AAC RB
2020 All-AAC all_conference East Carolina | AAC RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 East Carolina RB4 #3084 #3097 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 East Carolina RB4 #1154 #1649 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | American Athletic
2022 East Carolina RB4 #1008 #1120 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | American Athletic
2021 East Carolina RB4 #634 #775 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | American Athletic

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 East Carolina American Athletic RB 4 No. 47 | 5-11 | 214 lb | Duncan, SC
2023 East Carolina American Athletic RB 4 No. 47 | 5-11 | 214 lb | Duncan, SC
2022 East Carolina American Athletic RB 4 No. 47 | 5-11 | 214 lb | Duncan, SC
2021 East Carolina American Athletic RB 4 No. 47 | 5-11 | 214 lb | Duncan, SC