Jarvis Miller

Senior linebacker for Massachusetts. 2019: 60 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Massachusetts · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 225 lb · Suffield, CT

Massachusetts 2019 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Massachusetts. 2019: 60 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Massachusetts, 81 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Mark Whipple

Massachusetts

2019

Walt Bell

Massachusetts

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Whipple → Walt Bell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Massachusetts1-11HC: Walt Bell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#445 / 2688 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#713 / 2688 · 71st pct

4.5

Solo tackles#857 / 2688 · 67th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.0	0.6	0.2	0.0
Road6g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.4	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Massachusetts	60	26	4.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Penn State	7	3	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Penn State	10	5	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Penn State	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		81	35	6.5	2.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 37–29

vs Akron

2 TOT

Edged out Akron at home in a shootout.

With M. Curtis — 173 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.2 · 69 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · G. Georgopoulos — 40 AVG · 47 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week