Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025San Diego State
DJ Herman
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ Herman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · San Diego State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- San Diego State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
DJ Herman built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 45, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of DJ Herman's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- San Diego State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
DJ Herman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · San Diego State. DJ Herman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
DJ Herman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San Diego State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · San Diego State
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bishop Gorman · San Diego State
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Gorman · 116 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · LB 606th (top 48%) · Mountain West 186th (top 36%) · National 2,186th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San Diego State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | San Diego State | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | San Diego State | 7 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | San Diego State | 7 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.2 |
Related Context
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DJ Herman played LB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, DJ Herman recorded 21 passing yards and 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with San Diego State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
San Diego State paired 0 primary output with 10.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · San Diego State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
10.7
Usage
1.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. Stony Brook: 0. California: 0. Colorado State: 0. Nevada: 0. Fresno State: 0. San José State: 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. North Texas: 8 by 33.3. Stony Brook: 2 by 8.3. California: 2 by 8.3. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs North Texas
Player Story
DJ Herman story
DJ Herman built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 45, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of DJ Herman's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass defended across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 21 passing yards and 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives DJ Herman'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.
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San Diego State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | 6.3 | 1.3 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | San Diego State | 2 | 11.6 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 Postseason | San Diego State | 0 | 10.7 | 1.9 | -2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Hawai'i
Week 6 · W 27-24 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 22 North Texas
Week 1 · L 47-49 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
22.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington State
Week 9 · L 26-29
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Havoc Plays
17.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.2 takeover score.
#4
@ UNLV
Week 12 · L 20-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
14.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 80 California
Week 4 · W 34-0
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Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · San Diego State
0 primary output · 10.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage
42.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · San Diego State
42.2
0 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · San Diego State
39
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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