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Heisman / Players / Simeon Harris /Fresno State

Simeon Harris

CB · Fresno State · Jr · #5

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

53 TACKLES · 1 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Fresno State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Fresno State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Fresno State

Returning around him

  • 17% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (13 in / 10 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Fresno State · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #90 · 2026 recruiting class #103

CB · FRESNO STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST

Simeon Harris

  • 3
  • #5
  • 5-11 | 185 lb
  • Vallejo, CA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

77

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 98th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#14901

<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
★★★
#1136 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionCB
Class3
Jersey5
Measurements5-11 | 185 lb
HometownVallejo, CA
Primary teamFresno State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1136 recruit
Composite rating 0.8548 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2022
Origin Benicia Benicia, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8548 No. 1136 recruit | HighSchool

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 Utah State 2023
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Apr 18, 2023
Season Move Context
2023 Colorado -> Utah State 3-star | 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#14901Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#15043Where 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

0.8548

#1136 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 Simeon 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 Simeon 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

final
Through 13g
53Tackles
6.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Final
53Tackles
6.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Simeon Harris is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Fresno State's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 5 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 #14901 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 53 41 solo | #525/4942 (89th pct)
TFL 6.5 Backfield disruption | #340/4972 (93rd 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?

High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defenderCoverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
53 89th
SOLO
41 96th
TFL
6.5 93rd
SACK
1.0 82nd

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
5 90th
INT
5 99th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 7-31@ Kansas420.50.00
Wk 1W 42-14vs Georgia Southern111.00.00
Wk 2W 36-27@ Oregon State530.00.011
Wk 3W 56-7vs Southern200.00.01
Wk 4W 23-21@ Hawai'i760.00.00
Wk 6W 20-17vs Nevada220.00.010
Wk 7L 21-49@ Colorado State200.50.00
Wk 9L 0-23vs San Diego State870.50.00Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 10W 30-7@ Boise State663.01.0103.0 TFL
Wk 12W 24-3vs Wyoming330.00.01
Wk 13L 17-28vs Utah State770.00.01
Wk 14W 41-14@ San José State111.00.020
BowlW 18-3vs Miami (OH)530.00.01
Total53416.51.055
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

2022Colorado1-11HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo
2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning
2025Fresno State9-4HC: Matt Entz · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Fresno State53416.51.055--
2023Utah State59312.50.041--
2022Colorado20150.00.0------
Career3 loaded seasons132879.01.096--
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 5 0 pick-six TD | #6/869 (99th pct)
Pass breakups 5 Coverage disruption | #218/2184 (90th pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 53 #525/4942 89th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 6.5 #340/4972 93rd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.0 #872/4972 82nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 5 #6/869 99th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 5 #218/2184 90th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 41 #188/4584 96th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 24 #279/578 52nd pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 4.8 #457/578 21st pct Takeawaysvs 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g4.00.20.00.6
Road6g4.20.80.20.2

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins9g3.60.60.10.4
Losses4g5.20.40.00.2

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-78g3.50.20.00.4
Weeks 8+5g5.00.90.20.4

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the CB cohort

77All-Conference
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th). Strength: solo tackles (93rd). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).

Interceptions#6 / 817 · 98th pct
5inte
Solo tackles#188 / 2975 · 93rd pct
41defe
Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct
5defe
Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct
6.5defe
Tackles#525 / 2975 · 82nd pct
53defe
Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct
1.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
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 · 7 metrics
Simeon HarrisFresno StateAhmaad MosesSMU· 92% simNick AndersenWake Forest· 91% simOwen LongColorado State· 89% sim
Interceptions
98
Harris
98
Moses
Solo tackles
93
Harris
98
Moses
96
Andersen
99
Long
Passes defended
91
Harris
78
Moses
96
Andersen
91
Long
Tackles for loss
87
Harris
83
Moses
90
Andersen
80
Long
Tackles
82
Harris
99
Moses
99
Andersen
100
Long
Sacks
63
Harris
63
Moses
74
Andersen
80
Long
QB hurries
22
Harris
22
Moses
22
Andersen
22
Long

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

Player DNA

The Ball Hawk

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

CB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tayvonn Kyle’s 2023 season.

Tayvonn Kyle

84%match

Virginia · 2023

#2

Jacob Finley

Northern Illinois · 2025

84%
#3

Audavion Collins

Penn State · 2025

79%
#4

Teldrick Ross

Middle Tennessee · 2023

All-Conference USA
78%
#5

JaTravis Broughton

TCU · 2024

76%

Matches Tayvonn on

PD rate
Tackle volume
Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Andru Phillips's senior season at Kentucky (2023).

Andru Phillips

84%match

Kentucky · 2023

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 6
#2

Jacob Finley

Northern Illinois · 2025

80%
#3

Kenyon Reed

San José State · 2023

79%
#4

Ennis Rakestraw Jr.

Missouri · 2023

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 29
77%
#5

Jordan Drew

Tulsa · 2025

74%

Matches Andru on

Class year
Weight
PD rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

Pass share

44.2%

373 pass / 471 run

Plays / game

64.9

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.4%

282 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Jeff Tedford
Fresno State
2023
Jeff Tedford
Fresno State
2025
Matt Entz
Fresno State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Tedford → Matt Entz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownVallejo, CA
Height5'11"
Weight185 lb
Class3
PositionCB
Jersey5

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 Utah State CB3 #14901 #15043 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 Utah State CB3 #11113 #11361 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West
2022 Colorado CB3 #14729 #14882 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Fresno State Mountain West CB 3 No. 5 | 5-11 | 185 lb | Vallejo, CA
2024 Utah State Mountain West CB 3 No. 5 | 5-11 | 185 lb | Vallejo, CA
2023 Utah State Mountain West CB 3 No. 5 | 5-11 | 185 lb | Vallejo, CA
2022 Colorado Pac-12 CB 3 No. 5 | 5-11 | 185 lb | Vallejo, CA