#92

Charles Harris

Senior defensive end for Buffalo. 2018: 6.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

DE · Buffalo · Sr. · #92

6′4″ · 265 lb · Southfield, MI

Buffalo 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Buffalo. 2018: 6.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 3398 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Buffalo, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Southfield

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3398 national

CFB

College

Buffalo

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

Played his entire career under Lance Leipold.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Lance Leipold — 18-20 over that span.

2016Buffalo2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2017Buffalo6-6HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2018Buffalo10-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (88th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#70 / 2662 · 97th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#309 / 2662 · 88th pct

7.5

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Tackles#761 / 2662 · 71st pct

Solo tackles#1124 / 2662 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.6	0.9	0.8	0.2
Road6g	3.7	0.5	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.4	0.9	0.8	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	3.3	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Buffalo	45	20	7.5	6.5	1	--	--
2017	Buffalo	73	44	7.0	4.0	--	--	--
2016	Buffalo	18	16	5.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		136	80	19.5	10.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 48–10

vs Delaware State

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

Dominant 38-point win at home against Delaware State.

With E. Finegan — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG · T. Jackson — 189 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week