Damien Harris: RB · Alabama · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Damien Harris
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Four seasons in the Alabama backfield to date. First career honor, 2018: All-SEC. On tape: 111 rushing yards and 13 receiving yards against Arkansas, Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 20.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.2% of his carries. 3 carries for 12 yds vs Tennessee; 15 for 111 vs Arkansas.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
23.8% of carries overall (131/551) → 10.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/139) — 26.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (45.5%). 19 of the team's 48 inside-the-5 carries (39.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-14vs Louisville | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 2 | W 57-7vs Arkansas State | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 3 | W 62-7@ Ole Miss | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | 43 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-23vs No. 22 Texas A&M | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-14vs Louisiana | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 65-31@ Arkansas | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 2 | 19 | Season-high 111 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 39-10vs Missouri | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 8 | W 58-21@ Tennessee | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 29-0@ No. 4 LSU | 19 | 107 | 5.6 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-0vs No. 18 Mississippi State | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 50-17vs The Citadel | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 0 | 73 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-21vs Auburn | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-28vs No. 4 Georgia | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 | |
 Bowl | W 45-34vs No. 4 Oklahoma | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 2 | 11 | |
 Bowl | L 16-44vs No. 2 Clemson | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 150 | 876 | 5.8 | 9 | 73 |
Bowl · 2018
W 45-34
vs Oklahoma · neutral site
48 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 25 yds
Edged out Oklahoma at a neutral site in a shootout.
With T. Tagovailoa — 318 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · J. Jacobs — 98 rush yds (15 car) · 4 rec · 60 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
52%107 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.8 yds/carry on 150 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Nick Saban — 55-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 53.1 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 73.0 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 58.7 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 58.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
43.8%
438 pass / 563 run
Plays / game
66.7
15 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
455 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Alabama, 3,073 rushing yards — drafted at #87 overall by the New England Patriots.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
