Matt Herron
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
73
Average

Matt Herron

Wake Forest Demon DeaconsContender
NTDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Weber State
2nd String / Backup

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Matt Herron is listed 2nd string at NT for Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Redshirt senior · #97 · 6'3", 290 lbs

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Depth at NT · Wake Forest Demon Deacons

  1. 19488Zach LohavichanStarter
  2. 29773Matt HerronYou
  3. 39972Josiah Pratt
  4. 49069Sydir Mitchell

Wake Forest Starting Lineup

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Up next for Wake Forest

Wake Forest plays Merrimack at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 2-star recruit out of Olympus, ranked #2,723 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 7 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 73 overall (Average tier).

Recruit2★ · #2,723 NatlTeam Share1%
Holladay, UT
Jersey
#97
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
290 lbs
Transfer
Weber State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—700

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7800
National Rank
#2723
High School
Olympus
Hometown
Salt Lake City, UT

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated defense; 33th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -10 vs unit starters → 73.

Team defense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 33% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-10 for role; −6 depth penalty

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 31WUVATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-7

Oct 18WCALTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Oct 10WNCSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-14

Oct 3WSTANTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 57-3

Sep 26WLOUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-27

Sep 18LMIATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-20

Sep 12WPURTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-36 2OT

Sep 3WAKRTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-16

Matt Herron's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Average
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Team Role

7 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement10%
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