North Carolina Tar Heels · EDGE RoomEDGE

#11 Jaylen Harvey

Class  RS SO/TRFrom  Penn State (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'2" · 246 lbHometown  Gaithersburg, MD · Quince Orchard

Depth-chart placement

Current role

LDE2

Placement

Backup

Room

EDGE

Experience

3-SO

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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EDGE room context

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Jaylen Harvey holds the LDE · Backup spot in North Carolina Tar Heels’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LDE · StarterDonovan Hoilette Jr.Starter

RDE · StarterMelkart Abou JaoudeStarter

LDE · BackupJaylen HarveyBackup

RDE · BackupJoseph MupoyiBackup

Transfer history

2026Penn State→North Carolina Tar Heels

Background & career

Jaylen Harvey is a left defensive end for North Carolina, standing 6'2" and weighing 246 pounds. The Gaithersburg, Maryland native from Quince Orchard High School transferred to the Tar Heels from Penn State as a redshirt sophomore. Harvey was a four-star recruit in the 2024 class, earning a rating of 0.895 and ranking 407 overall.

Penn State2024 – 2025

North Carolina2026 — present

Previous schoolPenn StateRecruiting4-star · No. 407 nationalOriginGaithersburg, MD · Quince Orchard