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Thomas Harper Detroit Lions · #12

Safety · 5' 8", 195 lbs · Knoxville, TN · Age 26

Thomas Harper is a Safety for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2026 he recorded 5 tackles.

SafetyUndrafted3-yr veteran
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Thomas Harper
Season avg5 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg68 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
5tkl
0sacks
0int
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Scouting report

Thomas Harper — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

C+
Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Thomas Harper is a Safety for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2026 he recorded 5 tackles.
B+
Coverage
C
Ball skills
C+
Run support
B+
Coverage
Excellent · defense
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C
Ball skills
Solid · defense
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C+
Tackling
Solid · defense
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C+
Splash plays
Solid · defense
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C+
Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Thomas Harper stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #621 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
54Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Thomas Harper — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A-
Tackling
5 TKL
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C+
Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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A+
Coverage
2 PD
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C
Splash
0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Thomas Harper

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
3
pd
2–4
1
int
0–1
19
tackles
7–32
0
ff
0–1
8
games
2–13
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 2 → projected 3 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
+0.0
Net vs last season+1.0 pd
Everything it reads
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3 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
real
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
auto
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 26 — applied to the projection
curve
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 15 / 12 / 2
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Thomas Harper career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
202415262100.5
202512375110
2026 in progress · 2 games252000
Career29689210.5
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Detroit Lions built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
91off index
99def index
+56net
95%playoff odds
61roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A (91), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 86, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Thomas Harper

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2000-11-05

The beginning

Thomas Harper is a Safety for the Detroit Lions, in his 3rd NFL season.

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Thomas Harper is a Detroit Lions safety, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 3 seasons (2024–2026) he has recorded 68 tackles, 1 sack and 2 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2026.

Where things stand

Where Harper goes from here.

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Harper's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
5' 8"
Weight
195 lbs
Born
Knoxville, TN
Age
26
Jersey
#12
Background

Thomas Harper is from Knoxville, TN and is 26 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays safety at 5' 8", 195 lbs.

Over 3 seasons (2024–2026) he has recorded 68 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. Harper is currently on the Detroit Lions roster.

The person

Thomas Harper is a role and nickel defensive back who has recorded 68 tackles with 2 interceptions and 9 passes defensed across 3 seasons (2024–2026).

Coverage production2 career interceptions and 9 passes defensed.
Tackling68 career tackles from the secondary.
Playmaking1 forced fumbles and 0.5 sacks on the blitz.
UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.
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FAQ

Thomas Harper — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Thomas Harper, answered.

What position does Thomas Harper play?
Thomas Harper is a Safety for the Detroit Lions.
When was Thomas Harper drafted?
Thomas Harper entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
How many seasons has Thomas Harper played?
3 (2024–2026).
What are Thomas Harper's career stats?
He has recorded 68 tackles, 1 sack and 2 interceptions.
Thomas Harper career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Target share
0%
WOPR 0.00

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
2
since 2025
Games missed
3
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk3 · Ankle (Out)2026 Wk1 · Ankle2025 Wk18 · Concussion (Out)2025 Wk16 · Concussion2025 Wk15 · Concussion (Out)

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 2 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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