Donte Harrison

Senior cornerback for Northern Illinois. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 30 tackles.

CB · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 185 lb · Washington, DC

CFB Index 50 · #185 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Northern Illinois for 2026

How he plays

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

5 PBU · 30 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 4 tackles, vs Holy Cross

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Northern Illinois. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 30 tackles.

His career, year by year

Donte Harrison

CB · Northern Illinois · Sr · #7

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Ohio, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #185 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1362 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.8
Road5g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #185 of 364 corners

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #11 of 21 Mid-American CBs — his program moves to the Mountain West for 2026

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Mountain West.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Northern Illinois	30	19	2.0	0.0	5	1	--
Career		30	19	2.0	0.0	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–17

vs Holy Cross

1 TFL · 2 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With D. Vuckovic — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG · D. Reynolds — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 19-17vs Holy Cross	4	2	1.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 9-20@ Maryland	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 10-38@ Mississippi State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 3-6vs San Diego State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-25vs Miami (OH)	4	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan	5	3	0.5	1	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 8	L 21-48@ Ohio	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 45-3@ Massachusetts	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 19-35vs Western Michigan	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 31-35vs Kent State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Total		30	19	2.0	1	5

How he plays

Play style

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

30Tackles

19Solo

2TFL

0Sacks

5Pass def.

1INT

30 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 21 PD
Week 62 PD
Week 71 INT
Week 131 PD
Week 141 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

Northern Illinois

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Northern Illinois

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -15 net (7 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82

DNA match

Player DNA

Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jevon McIver Jr.’s 2025 season.

Jevon McIver Jr.

88%match

TCU · 2025

Keenan Garber

Kansas State · 2024

87%

Bryson Taylor

Utah State · 2025

87%

Kyu Blu Kelly

Stanford · 2022

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 5

87%

Josh Moten

Marshall · 2023

86%

Matches Jevon on

Class year

Height

Weight

Differs from Jevon on

Tackle volume (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Hezekiah Masses's freshman season at Florida International (2022).

Hezekiah Masses

94%match

Florida International · 2022

All-ACCNFL Rd 5

Abdul Muhammad

Middle Tennessee · 2024

85%

Antoine Jackson

East Carolina · 2023

84%

Keany Parks

Wyoming · 2024

83%

Don Callis

Troy · 2023

82%

Matches Hezekiah on