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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Nebraska
MJ Sherman
LB • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
MJ Sherman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Georgia • Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
MJ Sherman built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 48, spending time with Georgia and Nebraska. The clearest part of MJ Sherman's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
MJ Sherman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Nebraska. MJ Sherman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 58
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 6
Quick Answers
MJ Sherman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · LB
- Career Tackles
- 58
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Nebraska
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. John's College · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- St. John's College · 53 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 48 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · LB 466th (top 38%) · Big Ten 192nd (top 24%) · National 1,481st (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia | 7 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia | 4 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 9 | 16 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 20.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 12 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 26 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 44.9 |
Related Context
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MJ Sherman played LB for Georgia and Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, MJ Sherman recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Nebraska paired 12.5 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 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 Georgia, Nebraska.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Win with 5 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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2024 Postseason · Nebraska
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
20.5
Usage
5.8
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. UTEP: 0. Colorado: 5. Northern Iowa: 1. Illinois: 0. Purdue: 3. Rutgers: 0. Ohio State: 3. UCLA: 0. USC: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Iowa: 0.5
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. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Colorado: 1 by 54.2. Northern Iowa: 1 by 14.2. Illinois: 6 by 25. Purdue: 3 by 42.5. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 3 by 42.5. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Colorado
Best efficiency game
54.2 vs Colorado
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs Boston College | W 20-15 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Iowa | L 10-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Wisconsin | W 44-25 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ USC | L 20-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs UCLA | L 20-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Ohio StateSplash game | L 17-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Rutgers | W 14-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 28-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Illinois | L 24-31 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Northern Iowa | W 34-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs ColoradoSplash game | W 28-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UTEP | W 40-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
MJ Sherman story
MJ Sherman built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 48, spending time with Georgia and Nebraska. The clearest part of MJ Sherman's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks across 34 career games in the available record. That gives MJ Sherman'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
Georgia
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Nebraska
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia | 2 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 11.9 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 12.5 | 20.5 | 5.8 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12.5 | 20.5 | 5.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Colorado
Week 2 · W 28-10
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Northern Illinois
Week 3 · W 35-11
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Ohio State
Week 9 · L 17-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 5 · W 28-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia Tech
Week 13 · W 37-14
1
Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Nebraska
12.5 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 5.8 usage
44.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
44.9
12.5 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Georgia
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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