J.D. Harmon: CB · Kentucky · #11.
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J.D. Harmon
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Kentucky since. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Georgia, Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 1 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-44vs Southern Miss | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-45@ Florida | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 62-42vs New Mexico State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-10vs South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-34@ No. 1 Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-13vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-38vs Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-21@ Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-27vs Georgia | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 36-49@ Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-13vs Austin Peay | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-38@ No. 11 Louisville | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 18-33vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
39tackles this season39 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Mark Stoops — 17-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
34.2%
311 pass / 598 run
Plays / game
69.9
13 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kentucky, 39 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joker Phillips → Mark Stoops. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
