Heath Harding: DB · Miami (OH) · #24.
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Heath Harding
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the same secondary at Miami (OH). One game to point at: 9 tackles against Ball State — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Miami (OH) | 62 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2016 | Miami (OH) | 67 | 43 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 4 |
| 2014 | Miami (OH) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 129 | 84 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-31@ Marshall | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-10vs Austin Peay | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-21vs Cincinnati | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-14@ Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-52@ No. 22 Notre Dame | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 29-37vs Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-17@ Kent State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-45@ Ohio | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-14vs Akron | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 24-27vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-7@ Ball State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 62 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
62tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL62 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Chuck Martin — 13-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
47.3%
387 pass / 431 run
Plays / game
68.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
62 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Miami (OH), 129 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Don Treadwell, Mike Bath, and Chuck Martin. Multi-era developmental context.
