Jakeen Harris

Former defensive back at North Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · North Carolina · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 195 lb · Savannah, GA

CFB Index 58 · #193 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceNorth Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 239 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at North Carolina. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to NC State in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at North Carolina, 234 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20198 games

Signed with NC State4-star out of Person

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#239 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

2024

Freddie Kitchens

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Freddie Kitchens. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2024North Carolina6-7HC: Freddie Kitchens · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #193 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (90th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#267 / 2892 · 90th pct

Tackles#283 / 2892 · 90th pct

Passes defended#327 / 2892 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road4g	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.1	0.1	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #193 of 537 safeties

Former four-star. Now #193 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	67	38	1.0	4	--	--
2023	NC State	2	2	1.0	--	--	--
2022	NC State	20	16	0.0	2	2	--
2021	NC State	38	21	1.0	2	1	--
2020	NC State	76	43	1.5	7	1	--
2019	NC State	31	14	0.0	--	--	--
Career		234	134	4.5	15	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 19–17

at Minnesota

4 SOLO · 10 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Maginness — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG · O. Hampton — 129 rush yds (30 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 19-17@ Minnesota	10	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-10vs North Carolina Central	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 50-70vs James Madison	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-21@ Duke	11	5	0.0	—	2	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 6	L 24-34vs Pittsburgh	7	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	L 34-41vs Georgia Tech	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 35-11@ Florida State	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 31-24vs Wake Forest	3	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-41@ Boston College	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 30-35vs NC State	7	4	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 14-27vs UConn	6	4	0.0	—	0
Total		67	38	1.0	—	4

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

Jakeen Harris

20198 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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