Senior defensive end for New Mexico. 2022: 4 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.
6′6″ · 255 lb · Gonzales, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 616 nationally · Signed with Baylor
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for New Mexico. 2022: 4 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.
Justin Harris
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Three seasons at New Mexico, two different head coaches: Bob Davie and Danny Gonzales. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Fresno State, Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico, 8 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bob Davie → Danny Gonzales. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (86th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #236 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | New Mexico | 32 | 14 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico | 30 | 22 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | New Mexico | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 70 | 40 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 41–0
vs Maine
2 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TFL
Dominant 41-point win at home against Maine.
With M. Kendrick — 170 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 32.7 · 40 rush yds (11 car) · L. Wysong — 43 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-0vs Maine | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-31vs Boise State | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-10vs UTEP | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-38@ LSU | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 14-27vs Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-21@ New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-41vs Fresno State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-27@ Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-17@ Colorado State | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 14 | 6.5 | 4.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Kyle Kennard’s 2021 season.
Matches Kyle on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ethan Burke's junior season at Texas (2023).
Matches Ethan on
Player DNA