CAREER AT PURDUE
• Appeared in 22 games with 12 starts across three seasons
• Totaled 19 tackles and 2.5 sacks
• Had the best game of his career with 1.5 sacks vs. Ball State (Aug. 30, 2025)
2025 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Started all 12 games
• Totaled 13 tackles and 2.5 sacks
• Had a season-high three tackles and 1.5 sacks vs. Ball State (Aug. 30)
• Recorded a sack vs. Rutgers (Oct. 25)
2024 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Appeared in the first 10 games of the season
• Totaled six tackles
• Produced a career-high two tackles at Illinois (Oct. 12)
2023 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Did not appear in any games
HIGH SCHOOL
• A consensus three-star prospect
• Slotted as the No. 8 player in Kentucky and the 90th overall defensive lineman according to 247Sports
• Won the 2022 Kentucky 5A state championship with Frederick Douglas
• Named to the 2022 Lexington All-City team
PERSONAL
• Parent(s): Jefferson Harkless III
• Sibling(s): Jefferson Harkless IV
• Major: Sociology