Justus Harris: DB · Minnesota · #21.
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Justus Harris
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons in the Minnesota secondary to date. On tape: 5 tackles against Purdue, Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-45vs No. 4 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-0@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-14vs Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13@ Purdue | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-23vs Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-16vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-14@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-14vs Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-14@ Indiana | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 23-13vs No. 18 Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 18 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFL31 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 35-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
30.2%
252 pass / 583 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
278 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #476 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Minnesota, 71 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
