Mike Harley

Senior wide receiver for Miami. 2021: 57 catches, 543 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Miami · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 182 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 56 · #141 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceMiami 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 303 nationally · Signed with Miami

Statement game10 rec · 170 yds · 1 TDvs Virginia (FBS) · W 19-14

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

harley's having himself a game.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Miami. 2021: 57 catches, 543 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Miami in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Miami, 2,158 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 170 yds vs Virginia.Virginia · W 19-142020

20177 games

Signed with Miami4-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#303 national

CFB

College

Miami

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

Mark Richt

Miami

2019–2020

Manny Diaz

Miami

era →

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, and Jess Simpson. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Miami10-3HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

2018Miami7-6HC: Mark Richt · Run-leaning

2019Miami6-7HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

2020Miami8-3HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #141 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#403 / 655 · 39th pct

72.5%

TD rate#415 / 655 · 36th pct

4.3%

Explosive rate#424 / 655 · 35th pct

10.1%

EPA / target#488 / 655 · 26th pct

0.45

Yards / catch#537 / 655 · 18th pct

9.5

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#77 / 557 · 86th pct

Rec TDs#105 / 557 · 78th pct

Rec yards#176 / 557 · 68th pct

543

Long catch#207 / 557 · 61st pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Rush yards#222 / 273 · 18th pct

Yards / catch#506 / 557 · 9th pct

9.5

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.8	39.6	11.3	0.5
Road4g	6.8	56.5	9.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	38.2	9.5	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	52.3	11.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #141 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #141 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Miami	57	543	9.5	5	--
2020	Miami	57	799	14.0	7	--
2019	Miami	38	485	12.8	3	--
2018	Miami	21	240	11.4	0	--
2017	Miami	9	91	10.1	0	--
Career		182	2,158	11.9	15	--

Season	Team
2021	Miami	1	1	18	--	--
2020	Miami	2	13	213	15	--
2019	Miami	4	22	13	--	--
2018	Miami	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Miami	--	--	--	--	--
Career		7	36	244	15	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 38–34

at Pittsburgh

5 rec · 53 yds

Edged out Pittsburgh on the road in a shootout.

With T. Van Dyke — 426 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.7 · -19 rush yds (4 car) · L. Hedley — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Virginia Tech · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.44Tyler Van Dyke pass complete to Mike Harley for 55 yds for a TD, (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 5 · Virginia · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.16Tyler Van Dyke pass complete to Mike Harley for 16 yds for a TD, (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 11 · Florida State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.08Tyler Van Dyke pass complete to Mike Harley for 10 yds for a TD, (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 1 · Alabama · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.05D'Eriq King pass complete to Mike Harley for 17 yds to the Alab 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · NC State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.03Tyler Van Dyke pass complete to Mike Harley for 22 yds to the MiaFl 47 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Central Connecticut · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.76T.Van Dyke pass complete to CCSU 5. Catch made by M.Harley at CCSU 5. Gain of 5 yards. M.Harley for 5 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 13 · Duke · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Tyler Van Dyke pass complete to Mike Harley for 26 yds to the Duke 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Duke · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.29Tyler Van Dyke pass complete to Mike Harley for 9 yds to the DUKE 48 for a 1ST down DUKE Penalty, Defensive Offside ( Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Duke · 4&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Tyler Van Dyke pass complete to Mike Harley for 14 yds to the Duke 19 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · App State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.15D'Eriq King pass complete to Mike Harley for 12 yds to the AppSt 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-44vs Alabama	3	23	7.7	0	17
Wk 2	W 25-23vs App State	5	27	5.4	0	12
Wk 3	L 17-38vs Michigan State	4	51	12.8	0	27
Wk 4	W 69-0vs Central Connecticut	4	47	11.8	1	16
Wk 5	L 28-30vs Virginia	6	45	7.5	1	16
Wk 7	L 42-45@ North Carolina	3	36	12.0	0	25
Wk 8	W 31-30vs NC State	2	21	10.5	0	22
Wk 9	W 38-34@ Pittsburgh	5	53	10.6	0	20
Wk 10	W 33-30vs Georgia Tech	3	38	12.7	1	24
Wk 11	L 28-31@ Florida State	6	41	6.8	1	12
Wk 12	W 38-26vs Virginia Tech	3	65	21.7	1	55
Wk 13	W 47-10@ Duke	13	96	7.4	0	26	Season-high 96 yds
Total		57	543	10.6	5	55

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

Mike Harley

20177 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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