Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 32 career games with 24 starts . . . two-time All-MIAA performer (2014 Honorable Mention, 2015 Honorable Mention) . . . owns 188 career tackles to go along with seven pass breakups, 9.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, one interception, one quarterback hurry and one forced fumble . . . most career stops in a single game is 17, which was against Central Oklahoma (Oct. 31, 2015) . . . was a receiver his first two years at NSU and compiled 14 career catches for 217 yards . . . registered a career-best three catches in a single game twice . . . most yards receiving in a single game is 67, which came against Lincoln (Nov. 9, 2013) . . . longest career reception was 41 yards against the Blue Tigers . . . sat out as a true freshman and took a redshirt.
 
Junior (2015) – Started all 11 games and earned a spot on the All-MIAA Honorable Mention team . . . was second on the team with 111 tackles and ranked sixth in the MIAA with 10.1 tackles per game . . . led the RiverHawks with 5.0 sacks . . . also registered 8.0 TFL’s, and three pass breakups . . . reached double figure tackles in six games, including a 17-tackle performance against Central Oklahoma . . . had 16 stops against Missouri Western State and 14 against Washburn . . . had sacks against Fort Hays State, Emporia State, Nebraska-Kearney, UCO and WU . . . season-best 2.5 TFL’s came against UNK.
 
Sophomore (2014) – Converted to safety prior to the season and played all 11 games with nine starts . . . named All-MIAA Honorable Mention after tying for the team lead in both tackles (77) and interceptions (1) . . . added four pass breakups, 1.5 tackles for loss, one quarterback hurry and one forced fumble . . . season-high 11 tackles came against Central Missouri . . . also finished with nine stops against Missouri Western State and Central Oklahoma . . . had a 24-yard interception return against Washburn . . . all 1.5 TFL’s came against Missouri Southern State . . . forced a fumble against Emporia State.
 
Redshirt Freshman (2013) – Competed in 10 games and made four starts . . . tallied 14 receptions and was fourth on the team with 217 receiving yards . . . averaged 21.7 receiving yards per game and 15.5 yards per catch . . . longest reception of the year was 41 yards against Lincoln . . . also posted a 36-yard reception against Central Oklahoma and a 21-yard catch against Missouri Southern State . . . recorded a season-best three receptions and 67 yards against the Blue Tigers . . . also finished with three catches for 60 yards against the Bronchos . . . earned starting assignments against MSSU, Emporia State, LU, and UCO.
 
Freshman (2012) – Redshirted.
 
High School – Was an all-conference and all-district performer at Del City HS.
 
Personal – Majoring in environmental health and safety management . . . son of Dana Herd . . . born May 11, 1993.