Nick Herbig: LB · Wisconsin · #19.
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Nick Herbig
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The three seasons at Wisconsin span two head coaches: Paul Chryst and Jim Leonhard. The first one came in 2022: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Iowa — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-0vs Illinois State | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 14-17vs Washington State | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-7vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-52@ No. 3 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-34vs Illinois | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7@ Northwestern | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-34@ Michigan State | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | W 23-10vs Maryland | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | L 10-24@ Iowa | 8 | 7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 15-14@ Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-23vs Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 32 | 15.5 | 11.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
33%16 TFLSack rate
23%11 sacksPD rate
4%2 pass breakups47 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 11 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Leonhard
Pass share
39.6%
326 pass / 497 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #13 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wisconsin, 134 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #132 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Jim Leonhard. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
