Harold Fannin

Former tight end at Bowling Green. 2024: 117 catches, 1,550 receiving yards, 10 TD.

TE · Bowling Green · Jr.

6′4″ · 230 lb · Canton, OH

CFB Index 99 · #1 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceCleveland — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 3, #67 overall

The story

Former tight end at Bowling Green. 2024: 117 catches, 1,550 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Drafted round 3 by the Cleveland in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Bowling Green, 2,391 receiving yards — drafted at #67 overall by Cleveland.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 109 yds vs Eastern Illinois.Eastern Illinois · W 38-152023

2025

Drafted by Clevelandround 3, pick 67

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Bowling Green

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #67

Cleveland · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Scot Loeffler

Bowling Green

Played his entire career under Scot Loeffler.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

#67Rd 3 · Pick 3

ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Scot Loeffler — 20-19 over that span.

2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

99All-America level #1 of 135?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (100th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#162 / 610 · 74th pct

19.7%

TD rate#222 / 610 · 64th pct

7.9%

Yards / catch#240 / 610 · 61st pct

12.7

Catch rate#316 / 610 · 48th pct

89.8%

EPA / target#329 / 610 · 46th pct

0.84

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 168 · 100th pct

1550

Receptions#1 / 168 · 100th pct

117

Rec TDs#1 / 168 · 100th pct

Long catch#8 / 168 · 95th pct

Rush yards#2 / 27 · 94th pct

Rush TDs#3 / 27 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#32 / 168 · 81st pct

13.2

Fumbles lost#1 / 47 · 72nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

73rd → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

73rd → 74th percentile

Catch rate

35th → 48th percentile

TD rate

90th → 64th percentile

Yards / catch

80th → 61st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	9.6	121	11.8	0.9
Road6g	8.3	117	14.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.6	130	13.0	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	8.3	107	12.5	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

99 · #1 of 135 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Bowling Green	117	1,550	13.2	10	--
2023	Bowling Green	44	623	14.2	6	--
2022	Bowling Green	19	218	11.5	1	--
Career		180	2,391	13.3	17	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

vs Fordham

6 rec · 67 yds

Dominant 24-point win at home against Fordham.

With J. Pegues — 10 rush yds (1 car) · J. Henderson — 29 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Old Dominion · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +5.53Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 59 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 4 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.24Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 65 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 6 · Akron · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +4.24Harold Fannin Jr. run for 31 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 5 · Old Dominion · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.06Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 43 yds to the ODU 21 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Akron · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.04Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 63 yds to the AKR 33 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Western Michigan · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.58Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 29 yds to the WMU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Old Dominion · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.50Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 18 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 8 · Kent State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 32 yds to the KENT 47 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Northern Illinois · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 11 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 11 · Central Michigan · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Connor Bazelak pass complete to Harold Fannin Jr. for 14 yds to the CMU 32 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-17vs Fordham	6	67	11.2	0	21	Season-high 213 yds
Wk 2	L 27-34@ Penn State	11	137	12.5	1	32	137-yard receiving day
Wk 4	L 20-26@ Texas A&M	8	145	18.1	1	65	145-yard receiving day
Wk 5	L 27-30vs Old Dominion	12	188	15.7	2	59	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 27-20@ Akron	9	135	15.0	0	63	135-yard receiving day
Wk 7	L 7-17vs Northern Illinois	4	25	6.3	1	16
Wk 8	W 27-6vs Kent State	10	171	17.1	0	32	171-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 41-26@ Toledo	6	74	12.3	1	18
Wk 11	W 23-13@ Central Michigan	7	86	12.3	0	31
Wk 12	W 31-13vs Western Michigan	10	137	13.7	2	29	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 38-13@ Ball State	9	125	13.9	1	37
Wk 14	L 12-28vs Miami (OH)	8	47	5.9	0	14
Bowl	L 31-38vs Arkansas State	17	213	12.5	1	35
Total		117	1550	12.8	10	65

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology