Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Kansas
Blake Herold
DT • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Shenandoah, IA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Blake Herold shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
68
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Blake Herold built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Shenandoah, IA wearing No. 94, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Blake Herold's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Blake Herold, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Blake Herold shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 63
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Blake Herold quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · DT
- Career Tackles
- 63
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Shenandoah · Kansas
- High school pipeline
- Shenandoah · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 94 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 43 tackles · DT 20th (top 9%) · Big 12 85th (top 12%) · National 809th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 20 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 52.5 |
Related Context
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Blake Herold played DT for Kansas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Blake Herold recorded 63 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kansas paired 14 primary output with 25.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Loss with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
25.4
Usage
6.4
Consistency
31
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wagner: 1. Fresno State: 0. Missouri: 0. West Virginia: 2. Cincinnati: 6.5. UCF: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Kansas State: 1. Oklahoma State: 2. Arizona: 0. Iowa State: 1.5. Utah: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wagner: 1 by 14.2. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 4 by 16.7. West Virginia: 7 by 49.2. Cincinnati: 5 by 70.8. UCF: 4 by 16.7. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. Kansas State: 7 by 39.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 24.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 7 by 44.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.3 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
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Cincinnati
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs Utah | L 21-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Iowa State | L 14-38 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Arizona | L 20-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 38-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Kansas State | L 17-42 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Texas Tech | L 17-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UCF | W 27-20 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs CincinnatiSplash game | L 34-37 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 41-10 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Missouri | L 31-42 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Wagner | W 46-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Fresno State | W 31-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Blake Herold story
Blake Herold built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Shenandoah, IA wearing No. 94, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Blake Herold's career was his defensive production: 63 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Blake Herold's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 4.5 | 11.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 14 | 25.4 | 6.4 | 9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 56 Cincinnati
Week 5 · L 34-37 · Conference game
Loss with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6.5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ West Virginia
Week 4 · L 28-32 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Iowa State
Week 11 · W 45-36 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 93 West Virginia
Week 4 · W 41-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 121 Oklahoma State
Week 10 · W 38-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
42.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
14 primary output · 25.4 efficiency · 6.4 usage
52.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
20.2
4.5 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kansas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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