Michael Harrison

#87 · TE · Sr. · San Diego State6′3″ · 220 lb · San Francisco, CA

Michael Harrison: TE · San Diego State · #87.

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Michael Harrison

TE · San Diego State · Sr · #87

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The three seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Mike Sanford Jr., Deion Sanders and Sean Lewis. A game that shows it: 46 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Washington State — Week 9, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	San Diego State	18	150	8.3	0	18
2023	Colorado	31	284	9.2	5	25
2022	Colorado	2	12	6.0	0	9
Career		51	446	8.7	5	25

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-14vs East Texas A&M	3	22	7.3	0	9
Wk 2	L 0-21vs Oregon State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 3	L 10-31@ California	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 9	L 26-29vs Washington State	6	46	7.7	0	18	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 10	L 24-56@ No. 15 Boise State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	L 16-21vs New Mexico	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 12	L 20-41@ UNLV	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 13	L 20-41@ Utah State	3	17	5.7	0	11
Wk 14	L 20-31vs Air Force	2	23	11.5	0	14
Total		18	150	8.3	0	18

Signature game

Week 9 · 2024

L 26-29

vs Washington State

6 rec · 46 yds

With D. O'Neil — 195 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 51.6 · J. Napier — 3 rec · 44 yds · 27 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Utah State · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA −4.21Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for a loss of 3 yards to the USU 4
Week 14 · Air Force · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.49Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 14 yds to the SDSU 43 for a
Week 9 · Washington State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +1.57Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 18 yds to the WSU 4 for a
Week 14 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.28Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 9 yds to the SDSU 35
Week 11 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.93Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 16 yds to the UNM 4 for a
Week 9 · Washington State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.83Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 13 yds to the WSU 18 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Utah State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −0.61Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for no gain to the SDSU 13 San Diego State Penalty, personal foul (Tyler McMahan) to the SDSU 7
Week 9 · Washington State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.34Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 6 yds to the SDSU 32
Week 2 · Oregon State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA −0.31Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 2 yds to the SDSU 40
Week 13 · Utah State · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +0.31Danny O'Neil pass complete to Michael Harrison for 9 yds to the USU 2

Teams and coaches

2022Colorado1-11HC: Karl Dorrell and Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024San Diego State3-9HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 37 (#117 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

37Below cohort / limited sample #117 of 135 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: epa / target (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#517 / 610 · 15th pct

80.0%

TD rate#522 / 610 · 7th pct

0.0%

Yards / catch#571 / 610 · 6th pct

7.1

Explosive rate#587 / 610 · 2nd pct

0.0%

EPA / target#602 / 610 · 1st pct

0.03

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#103 / 168 · 37th pct

Rec yards#130 / 168 · 23rd pct

150

Yards / catch#147 / 168 · 12th pct

8.3

Rec TDs#143 / 168 · 8th pct

Long catch#158 / 168 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

38th → 1st percentile

Explosive rate

5th → 2nd percentile

Catch rate

58th → 15th percentile

TD rate

89th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

14th → 6th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	21.8	8.9	0.0
Road4g	1.2	10.2	9.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	1.7	13.0	8.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	18.5	10.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Pass share

46.9%

375 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

66.6

12 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

396 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

18 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

37 · #117 of 135 TEs · 2024

Michael Harrison

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Style of play

Fans

San Diego State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

18 catches in 9 games

Five seasons, two schools