Blake Herold
Kansas Jayhawks
81
Good

Blake Herold

Kansas JayhawksRebuilding
LDTDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Blake Herold starting?

Blake Herold is the projected starter at LDT for Kansas Jayhawks.

Redshirt junior · #94 · 6'3", 300 lbs

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Depth at LDT · Kansas Jayhawks

  1. 19481Blake HeroldStarter
  2. 28859Kevin Oatis

Kansas Starting Lineup

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Up next for Kansas

Kansas plays UCF at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:45 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Shenandoah, ranked #1,803 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 43 tackles, 5 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 89th-percentile production nationally — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,803 Natl2-Yr Total63 tackles · 3 sacksTeam Share6%Percentile89th
Shenandoah, IA
Jersey
#94
Class
RS JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
300 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20254352
2024202.51

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8367
National Rank
#1803
High School
Shenandoah
Hometown
Shenandoah, IA

Why this rating?

On a 77-rated defense; 89th-percentile production (×0.92 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
77
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 89% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LTCUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 22-16

Oct 17LKSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-24

Oct 11LUTAHTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-24

Oct 3WMTSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-0

Sep 19LASUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 24-17

Sep 12LMIZTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-21

Blake Herold's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

43 tkl · 5 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement75%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.