Stephen Herron Jr.: DL · Louisville · #14.
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Stephen Herron Jr.
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: David Shaw and Jeff Brohm. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against NC State — Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisville | 29 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | Stanford | 37 | 18 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | Stanford | 19 | 12 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | Stanford | 14 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | Stanford | 2 | -- | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Career | 101 | 55 | 15.5 | 11.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-34vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-0vs Murray State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-14vs Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-28vs Boston College | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 13-10@ NC State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 33-20vs No. 10 Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-38@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-0vs No. 20 Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-3vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24vs Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-31@ Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-16vs No. 4 Florida State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-42vs USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
9%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
28%8 hurries29 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
44.0%
408 pass / 519 run
Plays / game
66.2
14 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #209 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Stanford and Louisville, 11 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: David Shaw and Jeff Brohm.
