Stephen Herron

Height:
6-4
Weight:
240
Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Trinity

2023: Appeared in 12 games, making 12 starts ... closed the year with 30 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss ... registered 1.0 sacks ... recorded three tackles in his UofL debut against Georgia Tech ... notched single stops versus Murray State and Indiana ... recorded four stops versus Boston College ... tallied a season high five tackles against NC State ... registered four in a loss to Pitt ... contributed 3 tackles including 0.5 for a loss of five yards in a win over Virginia Tech ... totaled three tackles versus Virginia ... registered four tackles including 0.5 for a four yard loss to go along with two quarterback hits versus Florida St. in the ACC Championship game.

Before Louisville: Played four seasons at Stanford ... Stanford Defensive Player of the Week after recording four tackles, including two sacks, and a forced fumble in Stanford’s win at Notre Dame ... appeared in eight games with four starts as a junior .. led the team with 3.0 sacks while also making 19 tackles ... had seven tackles and a sack at Vanderbilt ... played in six games and started each of the final two as a sophomore ... totaled 14 tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack ... career-best seven tackles (two for loss), a sack and first career forced fumble in a double-overtime win at UCLA ... forced fumble came on UCLA’s final drive and handed the Cardinal the ball with 1:38 left in regulation - allowing Stanford to drive 72 yards in 1:20 to tie the game at 34 and force overtime … played in three games - eligible to retain year of eligibility due to NCAA redshirt rules in 2019 ... finished with two tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss ... prepped at Trinity (Ky.) under head coach Bob Beatty ... four-star recruit by Rivals, PrepStar, ESPN and 247Sports ... nation’s 88th-best recruit by PrepStar, 153rd by 247Sports, 163rd by Rivals and 172nd by ESPN ... Kentucky’s top-ranked recruit by PrepStar ... Kentucky’s second-best recruit by Rivals and ESPN, and third-best by 247Sports ... PrepStar Dream Team ... three-time all-state first team (Kentucky) ... three-time all-area first team (Kentucky) ... two-time district, regional, semi-state and state champions (2016-17) ... 2016 all-state second team (Indiana) ... 2016 all-area first team (Indiana) ... 84 tackles (59 solo), 36 tackles for loss, 19 sacks, 48 hurries, five forced fumbles, fumble recovery, two blocked kicks as a senior ... 97 tackles (26 solo), 42 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, 42 hurries, three forced fumbles, fumble recovery, two blocked kicks as a junior ... 70 tackles (34 solo), 16 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, 37 hurries, two forced fumbles as a sophomore ...75 tackles (22 solo), 15 tackles for loss, seven sacks, 12 hurries and three blocked kicks as a freshman.