Player Dossier

2022-2025

San Diego State

D.J. Herman

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

D.J. Herman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.9

Efficiency

10.7

Consistency

100

Season Value

37.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

D.J. Herman, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · San Diego State. D.J. Herman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.7 disruption score.

D.J. Herman played LB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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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. Unknown: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 8 by 33.3. Unknown: 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

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 5
First Half0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs First Half
All Games0 · Games = 7

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

Result
Sat 12/27vs North TexasL 47-4982000
Sun 11/23vs San José StateW 25-322000
Sat 10/25@ Fresno StateW 23-011000
Sun 10/12@ NevadaW 44-1011000
Sat 10/4vs Colorado StateW 45-2421000
Sun 9/21vs CaliforniaW 34-022000
Fri 8/29vs Unknown21000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    San Diego State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State06.31.3
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State04.20.90
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State211.622
2025 PostseasonSan Diego State010.71.9-2
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State010.71.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Hawai'i

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.

#2

North Texas

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.4 takeover score.

#3

Washington State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.2 takeover score.

#4

UNLV

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

#5

Hawai'i

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · San Diego State

0 primary output · 10.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage

37.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · San Diego State

37.5

0 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · San Diego State

35.9

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8411

Bishop Gorman · Las Vegas, NV

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

45

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 20 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.