Nick Herbig

LB

#51

Experience: 4 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 24

Weight: 240 lbs

College: Wisconsin

2025 SEASON

Solo
18
SCK
7.5
FF
3
INT
1

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Year

Season

Defense

Field Position

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	11	9	7	2	1.5	2	0	0	0	0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	7	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	11	11	8	3	4	1	1	41	41	41

Game Halves

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st Half	13	14	11	3	3	2	1	41	41	41
Last Two Minutes of Half	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd Half	11	13	7	6	4.5	1	0	0	0	0

Home vs Road

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Home Games	9	17	13	4	5.5	0	2	1	0	41	41	41
Road Games	6	10	5	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Margin of Victory

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
Margin 0-7	5	9	5	4	3.5	0
Margin 15+	1	2	2	0	1	0
Margin 8-14	2	3	3	0	2	1

Point Differential

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Ahead	11	13	10	3	5.5	1	0	0	0	0
Ahead by 1-8 Points	10	8	5	3	2.5	0	0	0	0	0
Ahead by 9-16 Points	3	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Behind	7	9	5	4	1	2	1	41	41	41
Behind by 1-8 Points	6	5	2	3	1	2	1	41	41	41
Behind by 9-16 Points	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tied	15	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Quarters

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st Quarter	9	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
4th Quarter	8	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
4th Quarter within 7	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2nd Quarter	7	7	6	1	2	2	1	41	41	41
3rd Quarter	8	5	1	4	0.5	1	0	0	0	0

Stadium Surfaces

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Grass	12	22	16	6	6.5	0	3	1	0	41	41	41
Turf	3	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Field Position

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	3	1	1	1
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	11	1	0	0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	7	0	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	11	1	0	0

Game Halves

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
1st Half	13	2	1	1
Last Two Minutes of Half	5	0	0	0
2nd Half	11	1	0	0

Home vs Road

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Home Games	9	0	0	2	0	0	0
Road Games	6	0	0	1	0	1	1

Margin of Victory

	G	FF
Margin 0-7	5	1
Margin 15+	1	0
Margin 8-14	2	0

Point Differential

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
Ahead	11	0	0	0
Ahead by 1-8 Points	10	0	0	0
Ahead by 9-16 Points	3	0	0	0
Behind	7	1	0	0
Behind by 1-8 Points	6	1	0	0
Behind by 9-16 Points	4	0	0	0
Tied	15	2	1	1

Quarters

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
1st Quarter	9	1	0	0
4th Quarter	8	1	0	0
4th Quarter within 7	5	1	0	0
2nd Quarter	7	1	1	1
3rd Quarter	8	0	0	0

Stadium Surfaces

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Grass	12	0	0	2	0	1	1
Turf	3	0	0	1	0	0	0

Biography

PRO CAREER

Has played in 30 regular-season games (five starts) in his two-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2023-2024)
Has registered 44 tackles (28 solo), 10 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, 14 quarterback hits, six forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries
Has recorded five tackles (four solo) on special teams
Made NFL start in Week 4 of 2024 (at Indianapolis)
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2023 (vs. San Francisco)

PRO CAREER

Has played in 30 regular-season games (five starts) in his two-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2023-2024)
Has registered 44 tackles (28 solo), 10 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, 14 quarterback hits, six forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries
Has recorded five tackles (four solo) on special teams
Made NFL start in Week 4 of 2024 (at Indianapolis)
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2023 (vs. San Francisco)

2024 (STEELERS)

Played in 13 regular-season games (5 starts)
Registered 22 tackles (13 solo), 5.5 sacks, 11 quarterback hits, four forced fumbles and five tackles for loss
Recorded a career high 2.0 sacks Week 3 vs. Chargers and a forced fumble
Recovered a forced fumble Week 5 vs. Dallas
Recorded a forced fumble in three consecutive games vs all three AFC North opponents (Week 11, Week 12, Week 13)

COLLEGE

Appeared in 31 games (31 starts) at Wisconsin (2020-22)
Recorded 137 tackles (96 solo), 36.0 tackles for loss, 21.0 sacks, seven pass breakups, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries
2022 All-Big Ten first team (consensus)
2022 CBS Sports All-American second team
2022 Walter Camp All-American second team
2022 AFCA All-American second team
2022 Associated Press All-American third team
Played in 11 games (11 starts) games at outside linebacker in 2022
Led the Badgers with 11.0 sacks and 15.5 TFLs while ranking sixth on the team in tackles (47)
Led the nation with 1.0 sacks per game
His 15.5 TFLs led the Big Ten and ranked 18th in the country
His 1.0 sacks per game were the most for a Badger since Tarek Saleh in 1996
His 11.0 sacks were the most in a single season for Wisconsin since Zack Baun recorded 12.5 in 2019
Began the season with a 2.0-sack performance vs. Illinois State
Recorded sacks vs. Washington State and New Mexico State
Registered seven solo tackles and a sack at Northwestern
Totaled 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks vs. Maryland
Dominant at Iowa, totaling 3.0 sacks, eight tackles and a forced fumble

PERSONAL

Four-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals
All-Hawaii Open Division Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2019
Earned invitation to 2020 Polynesian Bowl
Two-time all-state selection
Led Saint Louis School to four consecutive Open Division state championships
Also played basketball in high school
Coach was Cal Lee
Parents are Robyn and Bruce Herbig
Has two brothers, Jake and Nate
Brother Nate played football at Stanford and is currently a guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Moved into his grandparents' house before high school to play at famed Saint Louis School in Honolulu, which produced Marcus Mariota, Tua Tagovailoa and others
Lived away from his parents (who lived on the island of Oahu)

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