Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 14 | L 6-38@ SMU | 6/11 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 | 22.5 | |
| Bowl | L 13-24@ UNLV | 13/20 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 40.2 | |
| Total | 19/31 | 184 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 31.4 |
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CJ Harris
Former quarterback at California. 2024: 184 passing yards, 1 INT.
6′4″ · 220 lb · West Bloomfield, MI
California 2024 — college career complete
Recruiting
3★
DUAL recruit
No. 2606 nationally · Signed with Ohio
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former quarterback at California. 2024: 184 passing yards, 1 INT.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2020.
CJ Harris
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2022: MAC Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 109 pass yds, 23 rush yds against UNLV, Bowl, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at California, 1,013 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2020
- Signed with Ohio3-star out of West Bloomfield
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coach2020
California
2022–2024
California
Played his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Ohio2-1HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced
2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning
2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 92.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 6.2 YPA, 0.5 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 19 | 31 | 61.3% | 184 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 104.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio | 25 | 49 | 51.0% | 248 | 5.1 | 2 | 3 | 94.8 | 37 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio | 52 | 97 | 53.6% | 577 | 5.9 | 3 | 1 | 111.7 | 46 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 133.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 97 | 178 | 54.5% | 1,013 | 5.7 | 5 | 5 | 106.0 | 43 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio | 37 | 168 | 4.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 70 | 288 | 4.1 | 3 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 14 · SMU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.98CJ Harris pass complete to Nyziah Hunter for 60 yds to the SMU 30 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · UNLV · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.37CJ Harris pass complete to Jack Endries for 22 yds to the UNLV 29 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · UNLV · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA -2.36CJ Harris run for 2 yds to the CAL 42 California Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the CAL 48
- Week 1 · UNLV · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.12CJ Harris run for 13 yds to the CAL 47 for a 1ST down
- Week 14 · SMU · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA -1.90CJ Harris run for a loss of 3 yards to the SMU 47
- Week 1 · UNLV · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.63CJ Harris pass complete to Josiah Martin for 4 yds to the UNLV 31 for a 1ST down
- Week 14 · SMU · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.48CJ Harris run for 10 yds to the CAL 49 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · UNLV · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.41CJ Harris pass complete to Josiah Martin for 12 yds to the UNLV 4 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · UNLV · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.21CJ Harris pass complete to Jack Endries for 16 yds to the CAL 31 for a 1ST down
- Week 14 · SMU · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA -1.20CJ Harris pass complete to Jaydn Ott for a loss of 1 yard to the SMU 41
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Scrambler
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
QB
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jonah Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Jonah on
Height
Differs from Jonah on
Class year (lower)
Recruiting rating (higher)
Weight (lower)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Billy Wiles’s path through Southern Miss.
Matches Billy on
Completion %
Yards per attempt
Recruiting rating
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Hunter Watson's sophomore season at Sam Houston (2025).
Matches Hunter on
Height
Differs from Hunter on
Class year (lower)
INT rate (lower)
EPA / dropback (adj) (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like CJ Harris
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology