#54

Sabastian Harsh

Senior defensive end for NC State. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

DE · NC State · Sr. · #54

6′3″ · 251 lb · Scottsbluff, NE

CFB Index 70 · #95 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to NC State for 2026

How he plays

Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.

QB hurries: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

7.5 TFL · 41 tackles · 13 hurries

Best game: 2.5 TFL, 7 tackles, vs East Carolina

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for NC State. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

Transferred from Wyoming to NC State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Sabastian Harsh

DE · NC State · Sr · #54

Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 7 tackles, 2.5 TFL against East Carolina — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2023Wyoming9-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Wyoming3-9HC: Jay Sawvel · Run-leaning

2025NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #95 of 420?

Medium confidenceBounce-Back7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (91st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#7 / 2975 · 100th pct

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles#872 / 2975 · 70th pct

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.4
Road5g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #95 of 420 edge rushers

Unranked recruit. Now #95 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #7 of 15 ACC DEs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	NC State	41	15	7.5	2.5	3	--	--
2024	Wyoming	41	25	9.0	3.0	--	--	--
2023	Wyoming	47	27	9.0	3.0	1	--	--
2021	Wyoming	7	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		136	72	25.5	8.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 35–31

vs Virginia

2 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 2 SOLO

Edged out Virginia at home in a shootout.

With C. Bailey — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.0 · 44 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD · C. Noonkester — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17vs East Carolina	7	3	2.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 35-31vs Virginia	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-24@ Wake Forest	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 33-45@ Duke	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 21-23vs Virginia Tech	5	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 56-10vs Campbell	2	1	1.5	1.5	—	1
Wk 7	L 7-36@ Notre Dame	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 34-53@ Pittsburgh	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 48-36vs Georgia Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 7-41@ Miami	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 21-11vs Florida State	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-19vs North Carolina	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 31-7vs Memphis	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		41	15	7.5	2.5	—	3

How he plays

Play style

Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

41Tackles

15Solo

7.5TFL

2.5Sacks

3Pass def.

0INT

41 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 51 sack
Week 61.5 sacks · 1 PD
Week 101 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

NC State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · NC State

Returning around him

2 NC State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

NC State · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #32 · 2026 recruiting class #49

DNA match

Player DNA

Pressure Merchant

Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kamari Stephens’s 2024 season.

Kamari Stephens

92%match

Arkansas State · 2024

Michael Reese

Duke · 2023

85%

Ron Stone Jr.

Washington State · 2023

84%

Joe Moore

Arizona State · 2022

NFL Rd 1 · Pk 11

83%

Tre Moore

Georgia State · 2021

83%

Matches Kamari on

Height

TFL rate

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Fernando Sanchez III's senior season at Central Michigan (2024).

Fernando Sanchez III

90%match

Central Michigan · 2024

Michael Reese

Duke · 2023

89%

Daniel Green

Kansas State · 2023

87%

Trace Ford

Oklahoma · 2024

86%

Chris Jones

Florida Atlantic · 2023

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 6

84%

Matches Fernando on

Class year

Height

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Sabastian Harsh

Kamari Stephens

Arkansas State · 2024

93%

Sabastian Harsh

Wyoming · 2024

92%

Michael Reese

Duke · 2023

89%

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

Sabastian Harsh

20248 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Pressure Merchant

Players who play like Sabastian Harsh