Isaiah Harper

#15 · WR · Sr. · Old Dominion5′9″ · 168 lb · Chesapeake, VA · Grassfield

Isaiah Harper: WR · Old Dominion · #15.

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Isaiah Harper

WR · Old Dominion · Sr · #15

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Old Dominion since. The first one came in 2017: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 81 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Western Kentucky — Week 8, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Old Dominion in the news

ODU first trip to RustonWAVY.com Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Old Dominion	55	479	8.7	1	53
2017	Old Dominion	39	462	11.8	0	65
2016	Old Dominion	14	174	12.4	1	45
2015	Old Dominion	4	28	7.0	0	14
Career		112	1,143	10.2	2	65

Season	Team
2018	Old Dominion	4	22	655	138	1
2017	Old Dominion	14	59	698	--	--
2016	Old Dominion	2	2	25	52	--
2015	Old Dominion	--	--	--	--	--
Career		20	83	1,378	190	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-52@ Liberty	6	21	3.5	0	7
Wk 2	L 20-28vs Florida International	4	36	9.0	0	15
Wk 3	L 25-28@ Charlotte	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 4	W 49-35vs No. 13 Virginia Tech	3	37	12.3	0	22
Wk 5	L 35-37@ East Carolina	2	53	26.5	1	49
Wk 6	L 33-52@ Florida Atlantic	8	52	6.5	0	16
Wk 7	L 20-42vs Marshall	8	37	4.6	0	10
Wk 8	W 37-34@ Western Kentucky	3	81	27.0	0	44	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 9	L 17-51vs Middle Tennessee	4	22	5.5	0	16
Wk 11	W 34-31vs North Texas	4	66	16.5	0	53
Wk 12	W 77-14vs VMI	3	13	4.3	0	7
Wk 13	L 13-27@ Rice	8	40	5.0	0	12
Total		55	479	8.7	1	53

Signature game

Week 11 · 2018

W 34-31

vs North Texas

4 rec · 66 yds

Edged out North Texas at home in a shootout.

With N. Rice — 65 yards per punt · 1 punts · 65 long · B. LaRussa — 301 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · North Texas · 3rd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +4.62Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 53 yds to the NoTex 21 for a
Week 8 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +4.18Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 44 yds to the WKent 2 for a
Week 5 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.76Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 49 yds for a TD, (Blake LaRussa pass to Keion White for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 4 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 22 yds to the VTech 47 for a
Week 3 · Charlotte · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Steven Williams pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 12 yds to the ODU 48 for a
Week 1 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.73Isaiah Harper run for 17 yds to the Liber 40 for a LIBERTY Penalty, personal foul (Ceneca Espinoza Jr.) to the Liber 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Rice · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.22Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 10 yds to the Rice 46 for a
Week 13 · Rice · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.81Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 12 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 9 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.80Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 10 yds to the ODU 40 for a
Week 2 · Florida International · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.73Blake LaRussa pass complete to Isaiah Harper for 15 yds to the FlaIn 31 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Bobby Wilder — 24-25 over that span.

2015Old Dominion5-7HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

2016Old Dominion10-3HC: Bobby Wilder · Run-leaning

2017Old Dominion5-7HC: Bobby Wilder · Run-leaning

2018Old Dominion4-8HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (84th percentile). Concern: epa / target (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#287 / 702 · 59th pct

70.5%

Explosive rate#562 / 702 · 20th pct

6.4%

TD rate#574 / 702 · 18th pct

1.3%

Yards / catch#602 / 702 · 14th pct

8.7

EPA / target#658 / 702 · 6th pct

0.11

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#88 / 550 · 84th pct

Rush yards#106 / 277 · 61st pct

Long catch#220 / 550 · 59th pct

Rec yards#233 / 550 · 58th pct

479

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Rec TDs#384 / 550 · 22nd pct

Yards / catch#517 / 550 · 6th pct

8.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

31st → 6th percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 20th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 59th percentile

TD rate

9th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

43rd → 14th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	35.2	8.7	0.0
Road6g	4.8	44.7	13.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	36.7	10.4	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	44.4	11.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Bobby Wilder

Pass share

53.6%

478 pass / 414 run

Plays / game

74.3

12 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

526 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

55 catches and 4 carries in 12 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Isaiah Harper

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Five seasons at Old Dominion

2014

2017 11 games