#11

J.D. Harmon

Cornerback for Kentucky. 2016: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 39 tackles.

CB · Kentucky · #11

6′2″ · Paducah, KY

Kentucky 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2212 nationally · Signed with Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 cornerback for Kentucky. 2016: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Kentucky in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kentucky, 39 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2012

Signed with Kentucky2-star out of Paducah Tilghman

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2212 national

CFB

College

Kentucky

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mark Stoops — 17-20 over that span.

2014Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced

2015Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced

2016Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#790 / 2668 · 70th pct

Interceptions#152 / 763 · 68th pct

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Tackles#1000 / 2668 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1737 / 2668 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.4	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Kentucky	39	28	1.0	0.0	1	2	--
2015	Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--	3	--
2014	Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		39	28	1.0	0.0	1	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2016

W 41–38

at Louisville

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out Louisville on the road in a shootout.

With S. Johnson — 338 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.2 · 83 rush yds (8 car) · G. Johnson — 5 rec · 164 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 35-44vs Southern Miss	8	3	0.0	2	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	L 7-45@ Florida	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 62-42vs New Mexico State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 17-10vs South Carolina	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 6-34@ Alabama	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 20-13vs Vanderbilt	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 40-38vs Mississippi State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-21@ Missouri	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 24-27vs Georgia	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 36-49@ Tennessee	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 49-13vs Austin Peay	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 41-38@ Louisville	3	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 18-33vs Georgia Tech	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		39	28	1.0	2	1

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