Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Louisville
Stephen Herron
DL • 6'4" • 240 lbs • New Albany, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Stephen Herron shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
86
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Stanford • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Stephen Herron built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from New Albany, IN wearing No. 14, spending time with Louisville and Stanford. The clearest part of Stephen Herron's career was...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Stephen Herron, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Stanford. Stephen Herron shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 101
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 11
- QB hurries
- 12
Quick Answers
Stephen Herron quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DL
- Career Tackles
- 101
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Stanford
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Trinity · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Lubbock-Cooper · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · DL 191st (top 20%) · ACC 147th (top 24%) · National 1,409th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 21.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 28.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Stanford | 8 | 19 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 28.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 11 | 37 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 61.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Louisville | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 28 | 2.5 | 1 | 8 | - | 0 | 44.7 |
Related Context
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Stephen Herron played DL for Stanford and Louisville. Across 5 tracked seasons, Stephen Herron recorded 101 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Stanford paired 16 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Stanford, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
28.6
Usage
9.3
Consistency
38.5
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colgate: 2. USC: 2. Washington: 0. Oregon State: 0. Notre Dame: 4. Arizona State: 4. UCLA: 2. Washington State: 1. Utah: 0. California: 1. BYU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colgate: 3 by 32.5. USC: 5 by 40.8. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 4 by 56.7. Arizona State: 4 by 56.7. UCLA: 6 by 45. Washington State: 3 by 22.5. Utah: 3 by 12.5. California: 2 by 18.3. BYU: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3.3 · Games = 3 · +2.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -2.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona State
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Arizona State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | vs BYU | L 26-35 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ California | L 20-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Utah | L 7-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Washington State | L 14-52 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | @ UCLASplash game | L 13-38 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Arizona StateSplash game | W 15-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Notre Dame2+ sacks · Splash game | W 16-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | vs Oregon State | L 27-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Washington | L 22-40 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs USCSplash game | L 28-41 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs ColgateSplash game | W 41-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Stephen Herron story
Stephen Herron built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from New Albany, IN wearing No. 14, spending time with Louisville and Stanford. The clearest part of Stephen Herron's career was his defensive production: 101 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, and 11 sacks across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Stephen Herron's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Stanford
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 9.2 | 2.3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 4 | 19.7 | 6.8 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Stanford | 6 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 16 | 28.6 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 2023 Postseason | Louisville | 11.5 | 18.2 | 6.6 | -4.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisville | 11.5 | 18.2 | 6.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCLA
Week 16 · W 48-47 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Arizona State
Week 8 · W 15-14 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Notre Dame
Week 7 · W 16-14
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Vanderbilt
Week 3 · W 41-23
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Florida State
Week 14 · L 6-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Stanford
16 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 9.3 usage
61.1
#2
2023 Postseason · Louisville
44.7
11.5 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 6.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Louisville
44.7
11.5 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 6.6 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
12
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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