2023 Football Roster
Sep 13 (Sat)
5 p.m.
Harold Fannin Jr.
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Canton, Ohio
- High School:
- McKinley HS
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Bowling Green |
HONORS
2024 - 2025 Senior Bowl participant ... BGSU’s First-Ever Consensus All-American ... Walter Camp All-America (1st) ... AFCA All-America (1st) ... Associated Press All-America (1st) ... FWAA All-America (1st) ... Sporting News All-America (2nd) ... Pro Football Focus All-America (1st) ... USA Today All-America (1st) ... Sports Illustrated All-America (1st) ... Bleacher Report All-America (1st) ... Action Network All-America (1st) ... Phil Steele All-America (1st) ... CBS Sports/247 Sports All-America (2nd) ... The Athletic All-America (2nd) ... ESPN.com All-America (2nd) ... MAC’s Vern Smith Leadership Award (League Overall MVP) ... MAC Offensive Player of the Year ... All-MAC (1st) ... CFN Tight End of the Year ... Phil Steele All-MAC (1st) ... CFN All-American (1st) ... HERO Sports Group of Five Offensive Player of the Year ... HERO Sports Group All-America (1st) ... CFN MAC Player of the Year ... CFN MAC Offensive Player of the Year ... CFN MAC Tight End of the Year ... CFN All-MAC (1st) ... Mackey Award Finalist ... Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist ... Sporting News Midseason All-American ... Associated Press Midseason All-American (2nd) ... ESPN.com Midseason Top-25 Player ... CFN preseason first-team All-American ... Phil Steele preseason first-team All-MAC ... Athlon Sports preseason first-team All-MAC. 2023 - First-team All-MAC ... CFN third-team All-American ... Hero Sports first-team Group of Five All-American ... Pro Football Focus All-MAC.
BROKE 21+ BOWLING GREEN RECORDS: Single-Game Receiving Yards by a Tight End (213, vs. Arkansas State, Dec. 26, 2024) ... Single-Game All-Purpose Yards by a Tight End (221, vs. Arkansas State, Dec. 26, 2024) ... Single-Game Receiving Touchdowns by a Tight End (2, he has it done 3 times - tied with 5 others) ... Single-Season Receptions by a Tight End (117) ... Single-Season Receiving Yards by a Tight End (1555) ... Single-Season Receiving Touchdowns by a Tight End (10) ... Single-Season All-Purpose Yards by a Tight End (1620) ... Single-Season 100-Yard Receiving Games by a Tight End (8) ... Single-Season Receiving Yards Per Game by a Tight End (119.6) ... Single-Season Rushing yards by a Tight End (65) ... Single-Season Yards per Rush by Tight End (7.1) ... Most consecutive 100-yard Receiving Games by a Tight End (4) ... Career Receptions by a Tight End (180) ... Career Receiving Yards by a Tight End (2,396) ... Career Receiving Touchdowns by a Tight End (17) ... Career All-Purpose Receiving Yards by at Tight End (2,555) ... Career Rushing Yards by a Tight End (159) ... Career Rushing Touchdowns by a Tight End (5) ... Career Receiving Yards per Catch by a Tight End (13.3) ... Career 100-Yard Receiving Games by a Tight End (9) ... Career Receiving Yards Per Game by a Tight End (66.6).
CAREER FBS TIGHT END RECEIVING RANKINGS: Career receiving yards by a tight end (2396) – No. 7 ... Career receptions by a tight end (180) – T-No. 10 ... Career receiving yards per game by a tight end (66.6) – No. 4 ... Career all-purpose yards by a tight end (2555) – No. 5.
CAREER MAC TIGHT END RECEIVING RANKINGS: Career receiving yards by a tight end (2396) – No. 2 ... Career receptions by a tight end (180) – No. 1 ... Career receiving yards per game by a tight end (66.6) – No. 1 ... Career receptions per game by a tight end (5.0) – No. 1 ... Career receiving touchdowns by a tight end (17) – T-No. 6.
2024 | Junior
SET 10 FBS RECORDS: Single-season receiving yards by a tight end (1,555) ... Single-season receptions by a tight end (117) ... Single-season receiving yards per game by a tight end (119.6) ... Single-season receptions per game by a tight end (9.0) ... Receiving yards by a tight end in a bowl game (213, vs. Arkansas State in the 2024 68Ventures Bowl) ... Receptions by a tight end in a bowl game (17, vs. Arkansas State in the 2024 68Ventures Bowl) ... Receptions in a game by tight end (17,** vs. Arkansas State, **Tied) ... Single-season receiving yards by a tight end in the regular season (1,342) ... Single-season receiving yards per game by a tight end in the regular season (111.8) ... Pro Football Focus Era: Broken Tackles by a Tight End (34).
LED THE NATION'S TIGHT ENDS IN 105+ CATEGORIES: Receptions (117) ... Receiving Yards (1,555) ... Receiving Touchdowns (10) ... Yards After Catch (873) ... YAC per reception (7.5) ... Broken Tackles (34) ... First Downs (74 ... Receptions of 10+ Yards (63) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards (26) ... Receptions of 30+ Yards (13) ... Receptions of 40+ Yards (4) ... Receptions of 50+ Yards (3) ... Receptions of 60+ Yards (3) ... Receptions of 15+ Yards (40) ... Receptions of 25+ Yards (15) ... Games With 100+ Receiving Yards (8) ... Games With 100+ Receiving Yards vs. Associated Press Top-25 (2) ... Yards per game vs. Associated Press Top-25 (141.0) ... Receptions per game vs. Associated Press Top-25 (9.5) ... Percentage of receptions that went for 10+ yards (53.8) ... Percentage of receptions that went for 20+ yards (22.2) ... All-Purpose Yards (1620) ... Receiving Yards Per Game (119.6) ... Receptions Per Game (9.0) ... All-Purpose Yards Per Game (124.62) ... All-Purpose Yards Per Play (12.9) ... Yards per Route Run (3.76) ... Percentage of targets caught (78.0) ... NFL Passer Rated when Targeted (123.8) ... Fourth Quarter Receptions (22) ... Fourth Quarter Receiving Yards (261) ... First Down Receptions in the Fourth Quarter (14) ... Receptions of 25+ Yards in the Fourth Quarter (3) ... First Down Receptions on Fourth Down (5) ... Receptions on 3rd and 10+ (8) ... Receiving Touchdowns on 3rd and 10+ (2) ... Receptions in the Second Half/Overtime (47) ... Receiving Yards in the Second Half/Overtime (658) ... First down receptions in the Second Half/Overtime (30) ... Receptions of 15+ Yards in the Second Half/Overtime (14) ... Receptions of 25+ Yards in the Second Half/Overtime (6) ... Receptions in the First Half (70) ... Receiving Yards in the First Half (897 ... Receiving Touchdowns in the First Half (7) ... Receptions of 15+ Yards in the First Half (26) ... Receptions of 25+ Yards in the First Half (9) ... Receiving Touchdowns inside the Red Zone (7) ... Receiving Touchdowns when losing by 1-7 points (4) ... Receptions when game was tied (20) ... Receiving Yards when the game was tied (326) ... Receiving Touchdowns when the game was tied (3) ... Receiving First Downs when the game was tied (14) ... Receptions of 15+ Yards when the game was tied (9) ... Receptions on the road/neutral site (67) ... Receiving Yards on the road/neutral site (915) ... Receiving Touchdowns on the road/neutral site (5 ... Receptions Per Game on the road/neutral site (9.6) ... Receiving Yards Per Game on the road/neutral site (130.7) ... Receptions at Home (50) ... Receiving Yards on the road/neutral site (640) ... Receiving Touchdowns at Home (5) ... Receptions Per Game at Home (8.3) ... Receiving Yards Per Game at Home (106.7) ... Receiving Yards Per Game vs. FBS Power 4 teams (141.0) ... Receptions Per Game vs. FBS Power 4 teams (9.5) ... Receptions in August/September (37) ... Receiving Yards in August/September (542) ... Receptions per Game in August/September (9.3) ... Receiving Yards per Game in August/September (135.5) ... Touchdowns in Augst/September (4) ... Receiving Yards in October (405) ... Receiving Yards Per Game in October (101.3) ... Receptions in November (34) ... Receptions per game in November (8.5) ... Receiving Yards per game in November (98.8) ... Receptions per game in December/January (17.0) ... Receiving Yards per game in December/January (213) ... All-Purpose Yards per game on the Road/Neutral Site (139.1) ... All-Purpose Yards on the Road/Neutral Site (974) ... All-Purpose Yards per game at home (107.7) ... All-Purpose Yard at home (646) ... All-Purpose Yards in August/September (542) ... All-Purpose Yards per game in August/September (135.5) ... All-Purpose Yards in October (454) ... All-Purpose Yards per game in October (113.3) ... All-Purpose Yards per game in December/January (221.0) ... All-Purpose Yards per game in wins (120.9) ... Receptions of 10+ Yards in home games (30) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards in home games (10) ... Receptions of 60+ Yards in home games (1) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards in road/neutral games (16) ... Receptions of 30+ Yards in road/neutral games (9) ... Receptions of 50+ Yards in road/neutral games (2) ... Receptions of 60+ Yards in road/neutral games (2) ... Receptions of 10+ Yards in August/September (20) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards in August/September (8) ... Receptions of 30+ Yards in August/September (7) ... Receptions of 40+ Yards in August/September (3) ... Receptions of 50+ Yards in August/September (2) ... Receptions of 60+ Yards in August/September (2) ... Receptions of 10+ Yards in October (19) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards in October (6) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards in November (7) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards in December/January (5) ... Receptions of 30+ Yards in December/January (2) ... Receptions on second down (38).
LED ALL FBS PLAYERS In 20+ CATEGORIES: Receiving Yards (1,555) ... Receptions (117) ... Receptions Per Game (9.0) ... Receiving Yards Per Game (119.6) ... Broken Tackles (34) ... Yards After Catch (873) ... Games With 100+ Receiving Yards (8, tied) ... Receptions per game vs. Associated Press Top-25 (9.5) ... First Downs (74) ... Receptions of 10+ Yards (63) ... Receptions of 20+ Yards (26) ... Receptions of 15+ Yards (40) ... First Down Receptions on Fourth Down (5, tied) ... Receiving Touchdowns on 3rd and 10+ (2, tied) ... Receptions in the First Half (70) ... Receiving Yards in the First Half (897) ... Receptions on the road/neutral site (67) ... Receiving Yards on the road/neutral site (915) ... Receiving Yards Per Game vs. FBS Power 4 (141.0) ... Receptions on second down (38).
ADDITIONAL NATIONAL RANKINGS: YAC per reception (T-No. 6) ... Games With 100+ Receiving Yards (T-No. 1) ... Games With 100+ Receiving Yards vs. Associated Press Top-25 (T-No. 2) ... Yards per game vs. Associated Press Top-25 (No. 5) ... All-Purpose Yards (No. 14) ... All-Purpose Yards Per Game (No. 16) ... Yards per Route Run (No. 4) ... Receptions of 30+ Yards (No. 2) ... Receptions of 40+ Yards (No. 49 ... Receptions of 50+ Yards (No. 21) ... Receptions of 60+ Yards (No. 2) ... Receptions of 25+ Yards (T-No. 7) ... Receptions in the Second Half/Overtime (No. 4) ... (Receiving Yards in the Second Half/Overtime (No. 3) ... First down receptions in the Second Half/Overtime (No. 4) ... Receiving Touchdowns inside the Red Zone (No. 6) ... Receiving Touchdowns when losing by 1-7 points (No. 7) ... Receptions Per Game at Home (No. 3) ... Receiving Yards Per Game at Home (No. 10 ) ... Receptions in August/September (No. 6) ... Receiving Yards in August/September (No. 6) ... Receiving Yards in October (No. 8) ... All-Purpose Yards per game on the Road/Neutral Site (No. 7) ... All-Purpose Yards on the Road/Neutral Site (No. 3).
HIGHLIGHTS: Broke the FBS tight end record for receiving yards (1,555), receptions (117), receiving yards per game (119.615) and receptions per game (9) in a season ... Led the nation in receiving yards (1,555), receptions (117), receiving yards per game (119.615) and receptions per game (9.0) ... First tight end in college football history to lead the nation in total receiving yards and total receptions ... His 213 receiving yards and 17 receptions in the 68 Ventures Bowl were both single-game highs among all players during Bowl Season or the College Football Playoff ... Joined Purdue’s Dave Young (1980) as the only tight ends to lead the nation in receptions per game ... The 117 receptions tie Alabama’s DeVonta Smith (2020) for No. 24 all-time in FBS history for a single season ... Named the MAC’s Vern Smith Leadership Award winner, which is the league’s Player of the Year accolade as well as being named the MAC’s Offensive Player of the Year ... was the first tight end in FBS history to be named an overall Player of the Year for a conference ... was only the second tight end in FBS history to be named a league’s Offensive Player of the Year, joining Rutgers’ Marco Battaglia, who in 1995 was the Big East Offensive Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American ... the highest graded overall player by Pro Football Focus at 96.1 ... Highest graded receiver in the nation by Pro Football Focus at 96.6 ... Highest graded pass-catching tight end in run-blocking grade at 73.7 ... 43.6 percent of his offensive snaps came from the in-line ... 28.6 of his offensive snaps came from the slot ... 27.8 percent of his offensive snaps came were out wide ... Played in all 13 of BGSU’s games with 12 starts ... Notched eight games with 100+ receiving yards, which gives him nine for his career. He has nine of BGSU’s 12 all-time 100-yard receiving games by a tight end ... His eight 100-yard games tied for the nation’s lead with Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter (Colorado) ... Led the nation’s tight ends in 100+-yard receiving games by a tight end (2), which also ranked tied for No. 2 in the nation among all players ... Finished career with at least one reception in 31-straight games ... Started the season opener against Fordham and made six receptions for 67 yards ... Had a career day at No. 8 Penn State, including in catches (11) and receiving yards (137) ... only player in the regular season (one of three all year) to record 100+ receiving yards against Penn State ... most receiving yards yielded at Beaver Stadium in 2024 ... Also scored a touchdown against the Nittany Lions, which came on BGSU’s opening drive of the game and snapped Penn State’s longest active streak (28 games) of holding its opponents without a touchdown on a game-opening drive. The streak went back to the 2021 season ... part of an offense that scored the most points by an opponent at Beaver Stadium in 2024 ... Became the 43rd Falcon to reach 1,000 career receiving yards in the Penn State game ... Named MAC Offensive Player of the Week and Mackey Award Player of the Week after posting eight receptions for 145 yards at then-No. 25 Texas A&M ... Also scored on a 65-yard touchdown at Kyle Field, which was the longest offensive score allowed by the Aggies since Oct. 1, 2022 ... Notched 97 yards after catch at Texas A&M ... Named MAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Mackey Award Player of the Week after registering a career-high 12 catches for a career-best 193 yards and two touchdowns vs. Old Dominion ... His 193 receiving yards at the time were the most ever by a BGSU tight end in a contest and his 12 receptions were the second-most by a BGSU tight end in a game at the time ... Notched 18-yard and 60-yard touchdowns in first quarter and third quarter, respectfully ... Passed Mark Dowdell (1981-84) and Alex Bayer (2010-13) for most career receiving touchdowns by a BGSU tight end against Old Dominion ... Posted 84 yards after the catch vs. Old Dominion ... Named Co-MAC Offensive Player of the Week, his third weekly offer from the league in a row, after grabbing nine receptions for 135 yards and rushing twice for 37 yards and a touchdown at Akron ... His 31-yard rushing touchdown on 4th-and-2 proved to be the game-winning score against the Zips with 2:39 left to play ... Tallied four catches for 25 yards and a touchdown against NIU ... Broke Mark Dowdell’s (679, 1983) BGSU record for single-season receiving yards by a tight end vs. the Huskies ... Registered 10 catches for 171 yards, with a long of 32 yards, in the win vs. Kent State ... Earned his third John Mackey Award Player of the Week for his efforts against Kent State where the 171 receiving yards were the most for the week by a tight end in the nation and second most by any receiver ... Moved into sole possession of No. 1 all-time at BGSU in career receiving yards by a tight end, passing his position coach Alex Bayer, against the Golden Flashes ... Notched 74 yards on six catches and a touchdown in the victory at Toledo ... Scored on a nine-yard shovel pass up the middle in the first quarter against the Rockets ... Caught seven passes for 86 yards in BGSU’s win at Central Michigan ... Broke Mark Dowdell’s single-season BGSU record (70) for receptions by a tight end against CMU, which was set in 1983 ... Recorded 10 catches for 137 yards and two touchdowns in the victory vs. Western Michigan ... Caught 25-yard and 10-yard passes for scores in the second and third quarter, respectfully, against the Broncos ... Passed Mark Dowdell for No. 1 all-time in the BGSU record book for receptions by a tight end and set the BGSU single-season receiving touchdowns by a tight end record against the Broncos ... Caught nine passes for 125 yards and a score in a win at Ball State. It was his seventh 100+-yard game of the season ... the 1295 receiving yards through game No. 11 set the regular season FBS record for receiving yards by a tight end ... Posted eight catches for 47 yards against Miami (OH) ... Became the third tight end in FBS history to catch 100 passes in a season in the game against the RedHawks ... Also completed his first career pass, a nine-yarder to fellow tight end Levi Gazarek in the third quarter vs. Miami (OH) ... Set a 68 Ventures Bowl record and tied a BGSU bowl record with 17 receptions against Arkansas State ... The 17 receptions also tied the FBS record for tight end receptions in a game and set a bowl record for receptions by tight end ... Recorded 213 receiving yards against Arkansas State in the 68 Ventures Bowl, which set the FBS bowl record for receiving yards by a tight end ... His efforts in the 68 Ventures Bowl broke the FBS tight end receiving records for receiving yards and receptions in a season.
- Finished the year No. 6 in the nation and No. 1 in the MAC among tight ends with 623 receiving yards
- Finished tied for No. 6 in the nation and No. 1 in the MAC among tight ends with six receiving touchdowns
- Notched 44 receptions, which were No. 1 in the MAC and No. 12 in the nation among tight ends
- Recorded 14.2 yards per reception, which ranked No. 3 in the nation among tight ends with at least 35 receptions
- His 406 yards after catch (YAC) ranked second in the nation, behind only Brock Bowers (486) from Georgia
- Highest graded tight end in the nation by Pro Football Focus at 85.8 and highest graded tight end in the nation by Pro Football Focus in Route Running at 90.7
- Appeared in 11 of BGSU's 13 games with eight starts
- Missed the Ohio and Georgia Tech games with an injury
- Made two receptions for 29 yards in season opener at Liberty
- Had career highs against Eastern Illinois with seven receptions and 109 yards
- Also caught one touchdown pass against EIU
- Caught two passes for six yards at No. 2 Michigan before leaving with an injury
- Made two catches for 19 yards at Miami (OH)
- Caught two passes against Buffalo and rushed for a first down on fourth down (two yards)
- Caught two passes for 34 yards and a touchdown against Akron
- Notched five receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown in win over Ball State
- His 23-yard scoring reception put BGSU up early, 7-0, over the Cardinals
- Made four receptions for 92 yards and one touchdown in win at Kent State
- His receiving touchdown at KSU was on a 47-yard strike from Connor Bazelak
- Also rushed for 25 yards against the Golden Flashes
- Caught five passes for 89 yards and two touchdowns against Toledo
- Recorded eight receptions for 99 yards in the win at Western Michigan
- Caught five passes for 50 yards against Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl
- Appeared in 12 of BGSU's 13 games with one start
- Backup as a true freshman to 2021 first-team All-MAC tight end Christian Sims, who signed a free agent deal with the Los Angeles Rams in 2022
- Led BGSU with four rushing touchdowns and joins Tennessee’s Princeton Fant (5 TDs) as the only tight ends to lead their teams in rushing touchdowns
- Missed the Akron game with an injury
- Made collegiate debut against UCLA at the Rose Bowl
- Against the Bruins he notched a 16-yard reception on very first career collegiate play
- Scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 1-yard rush to put BGSU up, 28-21, in the fourth quarter against Marshall
- Made first collegiate start at Mississippi State and finished with five catches for 49 yards and first collegiate receiving touchdown
- His five receptions at time of game are the second most in the nation by a true freshman tight end in 2022
- Rushed two times for 25 yards and one touchdown in win over Miami (OH)
- Also caught two passes for 25 yards against the RedHawks
- Scored a rushing touchdown for the second-straight game at Central Michigan on a one-yard plunge
- Caught two passes for 16 yards against the Chippewas
- Rushed once for eight yards and a touchdown in win against Western Michigan
- Also caught two passes for 15 yards against the Broncos
- Caught two passes against Kent State
- Caught two passes for 58 yards at Ohio
- Made one reception in the Quick Lane Bowl against New Mexico State
McKinley High School |
Canton, Ohio |
- Played safety and wide receiver at McKinley High School for head coach Antonio Hall
- Named player of the year in the Federal League and Northeast Inland District in 2021
- Also named Stark County Player of the Year as a senior
- Earned first-team All-Ohio as a defensive back after making 106 tackles (82 solo) to go with two interceptions, six forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and two defensive touchdowns
- Caught 36 passes for 601 yards in 2021, while snagging six touchdown receptions and ran for a 78-yard score
- Averaged 28.4 yards a kick return and 15.7 yards a punt return
- Notched two interceptions in 2019 and recorded 42 tackles in four games, while breaking up eight passes passes in 2020
- Also lettered in baseball at McKinley High School
Personal |
- Son of Lakeesha Wise and Harold Fannin Sr.
- Has one brother, Tahoe Wise, and three sisters, Christiana, Sky and the late Haria
- Favorite athlete is Le'Von Bell
- Cites LeBron James as biggest influence due to growing up in the same area and how he still continues to give back to the community
- Received a bike from the community outreach when LeBron James donated bikes to kids in the Canton/Akron communities
- Major is construction management
- Named to the Dean's List in Fall 2024 at BGSU
