Junior defensive back on UConn's 2019 roster.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Hartford, CT
The story
3 defensive back on UConn's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTahj Herring-Wilson
This is his third year in the same secondary at UConn. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against East Carolina, Week 13, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at UConn, 63 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Randy Edsall.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Randy Edsall — 6-30 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019
W 24–21
vs Wagner
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With L. Magliozzi — 48 AVG · 54 LONG · 4 NO · M. Beaudry — 158 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.6 · 1 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-21vs Wagner | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-31vs Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-38@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-56@ UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31vs East Carolina | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 17 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |