#98

Herbert Gums Jr.

Former nose tackle at Boise State. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

NT · Boise State · Sr. · #98

6′1″ · 310 lb · Diboll, TX

CFB Index 44 · #166 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceBoise State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former nose tackle at Boise State. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boise State, 68 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Boise State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Andy Avalos

Boise State

2023–2024

Spencer Danielson

Boise State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Andy Avalos → Spencer Danielson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Boise State7-5HC: Andy Avalos · Balanced

2022Boise State10-4HC: Andy Avalos · Run-leaning

2023Boise State8-6HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-heavy

2024Boise State12-2HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #166 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#714 / 2892 · 73rd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Solo tackles#1521 / 2892 · 46th pct

Tackles#1913 / 2892 · 33rd pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road2g	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #166 of 285 interior linemen

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Boise State	21	14	2.5	1.5	--	--	--
2023	Boise State	19	10	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2022	Boise State	22	7	3.0	1.5	--	--	--
2021	Boise State	6	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		68	32	6.5	3.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2024

W 29–24

at UNLV

2 TOT · 0 SACKS · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With M. Madsen — 209 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.5 · 58 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · J. Ferguson-Reynolds — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 56-45@ Georgia Southern	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 56-14vs Portland State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 45-24vs Washington State	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	W 62-30vs Utah State	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	W 29-24@ UNLV	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	W 56-24vs San Diego State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 28-21vs Nevada	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 34-18vs Oregon State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	W 21-7vs UNLV	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 14-31vs Penn State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		21	14	2.5	1.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Herbert Gums Jr.

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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