Dalton Herrington: LB · New Mexico State · #31.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dalton Herrington
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at New Mexico State since. A game that shows it: 16 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Arkansas State — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
133 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 15 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | New Mexico State | 133 | 63 | 15.0 | 6.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 2016 | New Mexico State | 113 | 47 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 246 | 110 | 20.5 | 6.5 | 9 | 3 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-37@ Arizona State | 13 | 12 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 30-28@ New Mexico | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-27vs Troy | 10 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 4 | W 41-14vs UTEP | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42@ Arkansas | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-45@ App State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-27@ Georgia Southern | 15 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-37vs Arkansas State | 16 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 45-35@ Texas State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-47@ Louisiana | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-10vs Idaho | 12 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 22-17vs South Alabama | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 26-20vs Utah State | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 133 | 63 | 15.0 | 6.5 | 1 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
133tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%15 TFLSack rate
5%6 sacksPD rate
5%6 pass breakups133 tackles · 15 for loss · 6.5 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Doug Martin — 12-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 11.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Road7g | 9.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 10.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 10.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doug Martin
Pass share
64.7%
640 pass / 349 run
Plays / game
76.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
666 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
133 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico State, 246 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doug Martin.
