Willie Harvey

Senior linebacker for Iowa State. 2018: 76 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

LB · Iowa State · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 224 lb · Hastings, FL

Iowa State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2174 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

Statement game12 tackles · 3 TFL · 1 sackvs Baylor (FBS) · L 42-45

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Iowa State. 2018: 76 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Iowa State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa State, 230 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Iowa State2-star out of Pedro Menendez

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2174 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-19 over that span.

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#27 / 2662 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#186 / 2662 · 93rd pct

Tackles#212 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#201 / 2662 · 92nd pct

9.0

Sacks#255 / 2662 · 89th pct

3.5

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.6	0.7	0.4	0.3
Road6g	6.2	0.7	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	0.6	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	0.8	0.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Iowa State	76	46	9.0	3.5	3	--	--
2017	Iowa State	76	36	11.5	4.0	5	1	--
2016	Iowa State	78	38	7.5	3.0	1	--	--
Career		230	120	28.0	10.5	9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 48–42

at Oklahoma State

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.

With B. Purdy — 318 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 84 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · C. Dunn — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week