Player Story
Jacob Herbers story
Jacob Herbers built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a punter from Battle Creek, MI wearing No. 47, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Jacob Herbers' career was his field-position work: 94 punts, 3,721 punting yards, and 27 punts inside the 20 across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Minnesota. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota.
The arc is straightforward: Jacob Herbers moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.