Mike Harris

Former safety at South Alabama. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · South Alabama · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 173 lb · Phenix City, AL

CFB Index 27 · #464 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceJacksonville — drafted 2012, Rd 6, Pick 6, #176 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1090 nationally · Signed with Central

Last played in 2025.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at South Alabama. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central in 2020.

The full story, with sources

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

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How it ended

Four seasons at South Alabama, 69 tackles — drafted at #176 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Recruited3-star out of Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1090 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022–2023

Kane Wommack

South Alabama

2024–2025

Major Applewhite

South Alabama

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kane Wommack → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 15th NFL season

#176Rd 6 · Pick 6

JacksonvilleEntering 15th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Alabama	31	16	1.0	--	--	--
2024	South Alabama	7	3	0.0	--	--	--
2023	South Alabama	22	9	0.0	2	--	--
2022	Baylor	9	4	0.0	--	--	--
Career		69	32	1.0	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21vs Morgan State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 31-33vs Tulane	4	3	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 15-31@ Auburn	3	3	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 22-36@ North Texas	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Troy	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-15vs Arkansas State	5	4	1.0	—
Wk 9	W 38-31@ Georgia State	6	2	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13	W 42-35vs Southern Miss	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 26-49@ Texas State	4	2	0.0	—
Total		31	16	1.0	—

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–21

vs Morgan State

1 tackles

With D. Voisin — 7 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD · A. Pulkkinen — 42.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #464 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

31 tkl · 1 TFL

PD rate

0%0 pass breakups

Tackle volume

31tackles this season

TFL rate

3%1 TFL

31 tackles · 1 for loss.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

Pass share

34.6%

79 pass / 149 run

Plays / game

76.0

3 games

Team sack rate

2.2%

90 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #464 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #464 at the position.

The secondary · South Alabama

Christopher Wallace Jr.S · Sr.73 tackles · 2025
#8Mike HarrisS · Sr.31 tackles · 2025
#2Jayvon HendersonS · Sr.27 tackles · 2025
#8Dallas YoungS · Sr.17 tackles · 2025
#16Brian DillardS · Sr.14 tackles · 2025

29 more on the roster · South Alabama team page

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