RJ Harvey: RB · UCF · #7.
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RJ Harvey
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. The four seasons at UCF span two head coaches: Josh Heupel and Gus Malzahn. All-Big 12 in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 196 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Iowa State, Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 17.1% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 13.5% of carries. 15 carries for 75 yds vs Florida; 25 for 196 vs Iowa State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
14 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (73.7%). 13 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (54.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 57-3vs New Hampshire | 11 | 142 | 12.9 | 2 | 60 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs Sam Houston | 19 | 126 | 6.6 | 4 | 24 | 4 rushing TDs |
| Wk 3 | W 35-34@ TCU | 29 | 180 | 6.2 | 2 | 27 | 180-yard day |
| Wk 5 | L 21-48vs Colorado | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-24@ Florida | 16 | 75 | 4.7 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-19vs Cincinnati | 17 | 94 | 5.5 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-38@ No. 9 Iowa State | 25 | 196 | 7.8 | 2 | 80 | Season-high 196 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 24-37vs No. 11 BYU | 16 | 127 | 7.9 | 2 | 54 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-12vs Arizona | 22 | 184 | 8.4 | 3 | 23 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 11 | L 31-35@ Arizona State | 25 | 127 | 5.1 | 3 | 26 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 13 | L 21-31@ West Virginia | 16 | 130 | 8.1 | 2 | 28 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-28vs Utah | 20 | 119 | 6.0 | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 232 | 1577 | 6.8 | 22 | 80 |
Week 3 · 2024
W 35-34
at TCU
180 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 29 yds · 1 TD
Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.
With K. Jefferson — 230 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.6 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · M. McCarthy — 50.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
52%229 carriesFumble rate
1.3%3 of 232 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.8 yds/carry on 232 carries · 24% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 124 | 7.4 | 1.7 |
| Road5g | 142 | 6.4 | 2.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 116 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 147 | 7.2 | 2.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
37.5%
310 pass / 516 run
Plays / game
68.8
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
318 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
First team in the league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 310 FBS backs by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2024 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 3,792 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #60 overall by the Denver Broncos.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Bronco Mendenhall, Josh Heupel and Gus Malzahn.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 2nd NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 2nd NFL season
