RJ Harvey

Former running back at UCF. 2024: 1,577 rushing yards, 22 rushing TD, 20 catches.

RB · UCF · Sr. · #7

5′9″ · 205 lb · Orlando, FL

CFB Index 96 · #3 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDenver — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 28, #60 overall

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 1581 nationally · Signed with Virginia

Statement game22 car · 184 yds · 3 TDvs Arizona (FBS) · W 56-12

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at UCF. 2024: 1,577 rushing yards, 22 rushing TD, 20 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Denver in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UCF, 3,792 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #60 overall by Denver.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Virginia3-star out of Edgewater

202412 games

All-Big 12first

2025

Drafted by Denverround 2, pick 60

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1581 national

CFB

College

UCF

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #60

Denver · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Josh Heupel

UCF

2022–2024

Gus Malzahn

UCF

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 2nd NFL season

#60Rd 2 · Pick 28

DenverEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

96All-America level #3 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: td rate (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#21 / 442 · 95th pct

14.0%

TD rate#29 / 442 · 94th pct

9.6%

Yards / carry#37 / 442 · 92nd pct

6.9

EPA / carry#56 / 442 · 87th pct

0.39

Success rate#100 / 442 · 77th pct

51.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 335 · 99th pct

Rush yards#5 / 335 · 99th pct

1577

Carries#16 / 335 · 95th pct

232

Yards / carry#16 / 335 · 95th pct

6.8

Long run#18 / 335 · 94th pct

Rec yards#24 / 330 · 93rd pct

267

Receptions#74 / 330 · 77th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

83rd → 87th percentile

Success rate

76th → 77th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 95th percentile

Yards / carry

87th → 92nd percentile

TD rate

85th → 94th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

229 carries

14%

Stuffed (≤0)

36%

Grind (1–3)

27%

Chunk (4–9)

24%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	124	7.4	1.7
Road5g	142	6.4	2.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	116	6.8	1.5
Weeks 8+6g	147	7.2	2.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 310 FBS backs by CFB Index Score.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #3 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UCF	232	1,577	6.8	22	--
2023	UCF	226	1,416	6.3	16	--
2022	UCF	118	796	6.7	5	--
2020	UCF	3	3	1.0	0	--
Career		579	3,792	6.5	43	--

Season	Team
2024	UCF	20	267	13.3	3	--
2023	UCF	19	238	12.5	2	--
2022	UCF	22	215	9.8	0	--
2020	UCF	--	--	--	--	--
Career		61	720	11.8	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 35–34

at TCU

180 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD

Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.

With K. Jefferson — 230 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.6 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · M. McCarthy — 50 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Iowa State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39RJ Harvey run for 80 yds for a TD (Grant Reddick KICK)
Week 5 · Colorado · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08KJ Jefferson pass complete to RJ Harvey for 75 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 1 · New Hampshire · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92RJ Harvey run for 60 yds to the UNH 1 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Florida · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.37KJ Jefferson pass complete to RJ Harvey for 35 yds to the FLA 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · TCU · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.33R.Harvey rushed for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 2 · Sam Houston · 2&16 · Q1 · EPA +3.28RJ Harvey run for 19 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 9 · BYU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.16RJ Harvey run for 54 yds to the BYU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Cincinnati · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.13RJ Harvey run for 31 yds to the CIN 35 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Arizona · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.05RJ Harvey run for 18 yds for a TD (Grant Reddick KICK)
Week 2 · Sam Houston · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.92RJ Harvey run for 22 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 57-3vs New Hampshire	11	142	12.9	2	60
Wk 2	W 45-14vs Sam Houston	19	126	6.6	4	24	4 rushing TDs
Wk 3	W 35-34@ TCU	29	180	6.2	2	27	180-yard day
Wk 5	L 21-48vs Colorado	16	77	4.8	0	13
Wk 6	L 13-24@ Florida	16	75	4.7	1	13
Wk 7	L 13-19vs Cincinnati	17	94	5.5	0	31
Wk 8	L 35-38@ Iowa State	25	196	7.8	2	80	Season-high 196 yds
Wk 9	L 24-37vs BYU	16	127	7.9	2	54
Wk 10	W 56-12vs Arizona	22	184	8.4	3	23	3 rushing TDs
Wk 11	L 31-35@ Arizona State	25	127	5.1	3	26	3 rushing TDs
Wk 13	L 21-31@ West Virginia	16	130	8.1	2	28
Wk 14	L 14-28vs Utah	20	119	6.0	1	23
Total		232	1577	7.0	22	80

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

229Carries

1581Yards

17.1%Top-5 share

13.5%Stuffed rate

Just 17.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.5% of his carries. 15 carries for 75 yds vs Florida; 25 for 196 vs Iowa State.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

14/193rd/4th & short

13/24Inside-5 share

14 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (73.7%). 13 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (54.2%).