Rashaad Harding

Senior linebacker for Liberty. 2021: 80 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Liberty · Sr.

6′1″ · 225 lb · Lafayette, LA

CFB Index 45 · #330 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceLiberty 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1903 nationally · Signed with UL Monroe

Statement game15 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 2.5 sacksat UL Monroe (FBS) · L 28-31

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Liberty. 2021: 80 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2017.
Transferred from UL Monroe to Liberty in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Liberty, 212 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20177 games

Signed with UL Monroe3-star out of Carencro

202112 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1903 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017

—

Liberty

2018

Turner Gill

Liberty

era →

2019

Hugh Freeze

Liberty

era →

2021

Hugh Freeze

Liberty

Coaching transition mid-career: Turner Gill → Hugh Freeze. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017UL Monroe4-8HC: Matt Viator · Run-leaning

2018UL Monroe6-6HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2019UL Monroe5-7HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

45Rotational starter #330 of 578?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#181 / 2743 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#253 / 2743 · 90th pct

8.0

Sacks#346 / 2743 · 86th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#481 / 2743 · 82nd pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road6g	6.5	1.1	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	0.6	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	8.4	0.7	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #330 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #330 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Liberty	80	33	8.0	3.0	1	--	--
2019	UL Monroe	60	30	7.5	2.0	2	--	--
2018	UL Monroe	43	23	1.5	1.5	--	--	--
2017	UL Monroe	29	18	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		212	104	20.0	7.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 36–12

at UAB

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

Dominant 24-point win on the road against UAB.

With M. Willis — 287 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.7 · 144 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · M. Morgan — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs Campbell	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 21-13@ Troy	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-17vs Old Dominion	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-24@ Syracuse	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 36-12@ UAB	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-13vs Middle Tennessee	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 28-31@ UL Monroe	15	3	3.5	2.5	—	0	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 8	W 35-26@ North Texas	13	8	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 62-17vs Massachusetts	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-27@ Ole Miss	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 14-42vs Louisiana	10	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 16-31vs Army	11	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		72	30	8.0	3.0	—	1

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

Rashaad Harding

20177 games

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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