Jamarrion Harkless

Senior defensive lineman for Kentucky. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 13 tackles.

DL · Kentucky · Senior · #7

6′3″ · 346 lb · Lexington, KY

Transferred Purdue → Kentucky for 2026

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The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

2 TFL · 13 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Rutgers

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Kentucky. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 13 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2023.
Transferred from Purdue to Kentucky in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jamarrion Harkless

DL · Kentucky · Sr · #7

Wins his gap play after play. Two seasons at Kentucky, two different head coaches: Ryan Walters and Barry Odom. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Illinois, Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Purdue2-10HC: Barry Odom · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Strength: sacks (85th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (4th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Tackles#2550 / 2975 · 13th pct

Solo tackles#2803 / 2975 · 4th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.0
Road5g	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.0	0.2	0.2	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 · 2025

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Purdue	13	4	2.0	2.5	--	--	--
2024	Purdue	6	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		19	5	2.0	2.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 31-0vs Ball State	2	0	1.0	1.5	—	Season-high 2 tackles
Wk 2	W 34-17vs Southern Illinois	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 17-33vs USC	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 30-56@ Notre Dame	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 27-43vs Illinois	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 20-27@ Minnesota	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 0-19@ Northwestern	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 24-27vs Rutgers	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 16-21@ Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 10-34vs Ohio State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 13-49@ Washington	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 3-56vs Indiana	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		13	4	2.0	2.5	—

The defensive line · Kentucky

#90Mi'Quise GraceDL · Sr.7 tackles for loss · 2025
#94Tavion GadsonDL · Senior4 tackles for loss · 2025
#96Dominic WisemanDT · Fifth Year3 tackles for loss · 2025
#97Tyler ThomasDE · Senior3 tackles for loss · 2025
#7Jamarrion HarklessDL · Senior2 tackles for loss · 2025

6 more on the roster · Kentucky team page

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

Jamarrion Harkless

2023

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

The defensive line · Kentucky