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

Days

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Mondays	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Days (not Mon or Sun)	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sundays	13	24	16	8	7.5	3	1	41	41	41

Months

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
December	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
January	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
November	5	9	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
October	3	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
September	3	9	5	4	2.5	1	1	41	41	41

Opponents by Group

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
vs AFC Teams	11	16	11	5	6	2	0	0	0	0
vs NFC Teams	4	11	7	4	1.5	1	1	41	41	41
Outside Own Division	9	19	12	7	3.5	1	1	41	41	41
vs Own Division	6	8	6	2	4	2	0	0	0	0

Opponents by Team

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Baltimore Ravens	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buffalo Bills	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chicago Bears	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cincinnati Bengals	2	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland Browns	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Detroit Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green Bay Packers	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indianapolis Colts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miami Dolphins	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota Vikings	1	5	3	2	1.5	0	0	0	0	0
New England Patriots	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
New York Jets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Chargers	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Seattle Seahawks	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	41	41	41

Outcomes

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Losses	7	13	8	5	1	0	2	1	0	41	41	41
Wins	8	14	10	4	6.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Stadiums

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Huntington Bank Field	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gillette Stadium	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ford Field	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SoFi Stadium	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paycor Stadium	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
M&T Bank Stadium	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
MetLife Stadium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soldier Field	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acrisure Stadium	8	12	10	2	4	2	1	41	41	41

Fumbles

Days

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
Mondays	1	0	0	0
Other Days (not Mon or Sun)	1	0	0	0
Sundays	13	3	1	1

Months

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
December	3	0	0	0
January	1	0	0	0
November	5	1	1	1
October	3	1	0	0
September	3	1	0	0

Opponents by Group

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
vs AFC Teams	11	2	0	0
vs NFC Teams	4	1	1	1
Outside Own Division	9	3	1	1
vs Own Division	6	0	0	0

Opponents by Team

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
Baltimore Ravens	2	0	0	0
Buffalo Bills	1	1	0	0
Chicago Bears	1	0	1	1
Cincinnati Bengals	2	0	0	0
Cleveland Browns	2	0	0	0
Detroit Lions	0	0	0	0
Green Bay Packers	1	1	0	0
Indianapolis Colts	1	0	0	0
Miami Dolphins	1	0	0	0
Minnesota Vikings	1	0	0	0
New England Patriots	1	1	0	0
New York Jets	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Chargers	1	0	0	0
Seattle Seahawks	1	0	0	0

Outcomes

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Losses	7	0	0	2	0	1	1
Wins	8	0	0	1	0	0	0

Stadiums

	G	FF	OPP FR	TD
Huntington Bank Field	1	0	0	0
Gillette Stadium	1	1	0	0
Ford Field	0	0	0	0
SoFi Stadium	1	0	0	0
Paycor Stadium	1	0	0	0
M&T Bank Stadium	1	0	0	0
MetLife Stadium	0	0	0	0
Soldier Field	1	0	1	1
Acrisure Stadium	8	2	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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