#27

Jermari Harris

Former defensive back at Iowa. 2024: 3 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

DB · Iowa · Sr. · #27

6′1″ · 189 lb · Chicago, IL

CFB Index 77 · #46 of 327 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceIowa 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1596 nationally · Signed with Iowa

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Iowa. 2024: 3 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Iowa3-star out of Montini Catholic

202410 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1596 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

1 coach

2019

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

2021

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

2023–2024

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 38-16 over that span.

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2023Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

77All-Conference level #46 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: interceptions (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#91 / 2892 · 96th pct

Interceptions#52 / 862 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#1114 / 2892 · 60th pct

Tackles#1544 / 2892 · 46th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8
Road4g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #46 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #46 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Iowa	27	19	1.0	7	3	--
2023	Iowa	42	31	1.0	8	1	--
2021	Iowa	34	22	1.5	4	4	--
2019	Iowa	2	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		105	74	3.5	19	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 31–14

at Minnesota

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 PD

With R. Dakin — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG · K. Johnson — 206 rush yds (21 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 40-0vs Illinois State	1	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 19-20vs Iowa State	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 38-21vs Troy	2	2	0.0	1	2
Wk 4	W 31-14@ Minnesota	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 6	L 7-35@ Ohio State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 40-16vs Washington	3	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 20-32@ Michigan State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 40-14vs Northwestern	2	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 42-10vs Wisconsin	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 17-20@ UCLA	7	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Total		27	19	1.0	3	7

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

Jermari Harris

2019

202410 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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