Senior cornerback on USC's 2025 roster.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Palmdale, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 334 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on USC's 2025 roster.
D.J. Harvey
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Across five seasons and three programs, five head coaches: J.C. Price, Brent Pry, Brent Brennan, Ken Niumatalolo and Lincoln Riley. The receipt: 2 tackles against Purdue — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Donte Williams → Lincoln Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #6 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | USC | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | San José State | 58 | 40 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | San José State | 28 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | 1 |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 101 | 71 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-13vs Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-20vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-17@ Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 45-31vs Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 29-10vs UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 27-30@ TCU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
USC
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · USC
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #9 · 2026 recruiting class #1
Player DNA
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dontez Fagan’s 2024 season.
Matches Dontez on
Differs from Dontez on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jeremiah Johnson's junior season at Georgia State (2024).
Matches Jeremiah on
Player DNA