Player Dossier

2023-2025

Kansas

Blake Herold

DT • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Shenandoah, IA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Blake Herold shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.3

Efficiency

10.8

Consistency

9.1

Season Value

7.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

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.

Blake Herold, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Blake Herold shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Kansas paired 10 primary output with 23.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.8 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: West Virginia

Loss with 2 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2024 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.8

Usage

3.3

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Illinois: 0. UNLV: 0. West Virginia: 2. TCU: 0. Arizona State: 0. Houston: 1. Iowa State: 0.5. BYU: 0. Colorado: 0. Baylor: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 1 by 24.2. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 1 by 14.2. Iowa State: 4 by 21.7. BYU: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 4 by 16.7. Baylor: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.4 · n=4 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=6 · -0.0 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · n=6 · +0.0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=5 · -0.0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 11/30@ BaylorL 17-4522000
Sat 11/23vs ColoradoW 37-2143000
Sun 11/17@ BYUW 17-1310000
Sat 11/9vs Iowa StateW 45-36420.5000
Sat 10/19vs HoustonW 42-1411100
Sun 10/6@ Arizona StateL 31-3511000
Sat 9/28vs TCUL 27-3811000
Sat 9/21@ West VirginiaL 28-3211110
Fri 9/13vs UNLVL 20-2311000
Sat 9/7@ IllinoisL 17-2330000
Fri 8/30vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

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

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    Kansas

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonKansas0
2024 Regular SeasonKansas3.510.83.33.5
2025 Regular SeasonKansas1023.37.56.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Cincinnati

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Primary metric

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.5 takeover score.

#2

West Virginia

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.

#3

Oklahoma State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 31.6 takeover score.

#4

Iowa State

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.3 takeover score.

#5

West Virginia

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Kansas

10 primary output · 23.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage

22.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Kansas

7.8

3.5 primary · 10.8 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Kansas

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8367

Shenandoah · Shenandoah, IA

Committed To
Kansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

63

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 23 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Blake Herold quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DT
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
63