Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Purdue
Jimmy Herman
LB • 6'4" • Carmel, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jimmy Herman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Jimmy Herman built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Carmel, IN wearing No. 29, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Jimmy Herman's career was his defensive production: 28...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Jimmy Herman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Purdue. Jimmy Herman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 28
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jimmy Herman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · LB
- Career Tackles
- 28
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Carmel · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Carmel · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · LB 442nd (top 43%) · Big Ten 167th (top 27%) · National 1,524th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 41.3 |
Related Context
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Jimmy Herman played LB for Purdue. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jimmy Herman recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Purdue paired 3 primary output with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
19.6
Usage
4
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 1. Maryland: 0. Illinois: 0. Iowa: 0. Nebraska: 1. Northwestern: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Indiana: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 7 by 29.2. Iowa: 4 by 16.7. Northwestern: 7 by 29.2. Wisconsin: 3 by 22.5. Indiana: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
29.2 vs Northwestern
Player Story
Jimmy Herman story
Jimmy Herman built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Carmel, IN wearing No. 29, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Jimmy Herman's career was his defensive production: 28 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Jimmy Herman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 3 | 19.6 | 4 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Nebraska
Week 8 · L 14-27 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Wisconsin
Week 12 · L 20-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 45-24
1
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Northwestern
Week 11 · L 17-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
22.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 6 · W 34-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
20 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Purdue
3 primary output · 19.6 efficiency · 4 usage
41.3
#2
2012 Regular Season · Purdue
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Purdue
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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