Player Dossier

2022-2025

Florida State

Elijah Herring

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Herring shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Tennessee • Memphis • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

Player Story

Elijah Herring built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 31, spending time with Florida State, Memphis, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Elijah Herring's...

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Elijah Herring, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Memphis. Elijah Herring shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
190
TFL
18
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Elijah Herring quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · LB
Career Tackles
190
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Memphis
Top game
Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
St. Mary's · 23 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 31 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
41 tackles · LB 364th (top 29%) · ACC 119th (top 15%) · National 888th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee7112.521-020.5
2023 PostseasonTennessee13421-1033.5
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee13752.501-033.5
2024 PostseasonMemphis1010-011076.6
2024 Regular SeasonMemphis10497.53.523076.6
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State11413.511-029.7

Related Context

Elijah Herring played LB for Tennessee, Memphis, and Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Elijah Herring recorded 190 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Memphis paired 20 primary output with 44.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 31.1 efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, Memphis, Florida State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

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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2023 Postseason · Tennessee

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

31.1

Usage

6.3

Consistency

12.8

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 4. Virginia: 0.5. Austin Peay: 0. Florida: 0.5. UTSA: 2. South Carolina: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Alabama: 0. Kentucky: 0. UConn: 0.5. Missouri: 0. Georgia: 0. Vanderbilt: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 4 by 56.7. Virginia: 5 by 25.8. Austin Peay: 4 by 16.7. Florida: 7 by 34.2. UTSA: 8 by 53.3. South Carolina: 5 by 20.8. Texas A&M: 5 by 20.8. Alabama: 8 by 33.3. Kentucky: 8 by 33.3. UConn: 8 by 38.3. Missouri: 6 by 25. Georgia: 6 by 25. Vanderbilt: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 9 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Iowa

Result
Mon 1/1vs IowaSplash gameW 35-043211
Sat 11/25vs VanderbiltW 48-2452000
Sat 11/18vs GeorgiaL 10-3863000
Sat 11/11@ MissouriL 7-3663000
Sat 11/4vs UConnW 59-3830.5000
Sat 10/28@ KentuckyW 33-2782000
Sat 10/21@ AlabamaL 20-3483000
Sat 10/14vs Texas A&MW 20-1353000
Sat 9/30vs South CarolinaW 41-2051000
Sat 9/23vs UTSASplash gameW 45-1483100
Sat 9/16@ FloridaL 16-29740.5000
Sat 9/9vs Austin PeayW 30-1340000
Sat 9/2vs VirginiaW 49-13520.5000

Player Story

Elijah Herring story

Elijah Herring built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 31, spending time with Florida State, Memphis, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Elijah Herring's career was his defensive production: 190 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Herring'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. 1

    Tennessee

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Memphis

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Florida State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee5.514.43.7
2023 PostseasonTennessee7.531.16.32
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee7.531.16.30
2024 PostseasonMemphis2044.614.512.5
2024 Regular SeasonMemphis2044.614.50
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State6.521.45.9-13.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 5 · W 24-7

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Iowa

Week 1 · W 35-0 · Postseason

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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

vs Akron

Week 3 · W 63-6

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#4

@ West Virginia

Week 1 · W 42-37 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Troy

Week 2 · W 38-17

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Memphis

20 primary output · 44.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage

76.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Memphis

76.6

20 primary · 44.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Tennessee

33.5

7.5 primary · 31.1 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

10

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games