Career: Hardin has appeared in eight games for Eastern, totaling five tackles (one for loss) and a quarterback hurry.
2021: Played in four games, making three tackles. He recorded a quarterback hurry against Central Washington (9/11/21) and had two tackles (one for a loss of two yards) against Western Illinois (9/18/21).
2020-21: Played in three games and had a pair of tackles versus Northern Arizona (3/6/21).
2019: Redshirted, but played in one game in accordance with a new NCAA rule that allows student-athletes to play in up to four games and still redshirt. He made his Eagle debut against Northern Colorado (10/12/19) and was in for eight snaps. He was defensive scout team player of the week once, and was also honored once on special teams.
HS: Graduated from Riverside Poly in 2019. In 2017 he was selected to the Cal-Hi All-State Junior Football Team. He also earned All-Inland Valley League honors in high school, as well as all-area accolades. He finished his career as the all-time sack leader at Riverside Poly with 26, including 13 as a sophomore. The Bears finished 6-5 in his senior season, including a 4-2 record in the Inland Valley League. His high school coach was Derek DeWitt. Received a pair of academic awards in high school.
Personal: Health psychology major. Born 12/19/2000 in Redlands, Calif. His parents are Timothy and Meredith Hardin. He also received offers from Air Force and Northern Arizona.
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| Year |
GP |
TT |
Hi |
S |
TL-Yds |
FF-FR |
PBU |
I-Yds |
| 2019 |
1 |
0 |
-- |
0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2020-21 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2021 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| Totals |
8 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
QB Hurries: 2021/1.
