Nigel Harris: LB · South Florida · #57.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nigel Harris
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the same linebacker corps at South Florida. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against UCF — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 9.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South Florida | 78 | 48 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | South Florida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 78 | 48 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-20vs Towson | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-17vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-20@ Syracuse | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-55vs No. 13 Florida State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-20@ Cincinnati | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-22vs East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-27vs UConn | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-46@ Temple | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-45vs No. 22 Navy | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-42@ Memphis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-27@ SMU | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-31vs UCF | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
 Bowl | W 46-39vs South Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 48 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
Week 1 · 2016
W 56-20
vs Towson
1 interception · 1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss
Dominant 36-point win at home against Towson.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%10 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups78 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Willie Taggart, all run-heavy offenses — 19-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Taggart
Pass share
39.0%
358 pass / 559 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
352 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
78 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Florida, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Willie Taggart.
