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Heisman / Players / Hunter Herring /UL Monroe

Hunter Herring

QB · UL Monroe · Sr · #17

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

111 PASS YDS · 1 PASS TD · 57 RUSH YDS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to UL Monroe for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to UL Monroe for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Quarterback · UL Monroe

Returning around him

  • 78% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (20 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

UL Monroe · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #124 · 2026 recruiting class #115

QB · UL MONROE · SUN BELT

Hunter Herring

  • 4
  • #17
  • 6-5 | 230 lb
  • West Monroe, LA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

42

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / att at the 100th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1279

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2023–2025
1212023
1112025

-8%

Down 8% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1704 national
CFB
College
UL Monroe
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionQB
Class4
Jersey17
Measurements6-5 | 230 lb
HometownWest Monroe, LA
Primary teamUL Monroe

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1704 recruit
Composite rating 0.8315 HighSchool
Signed with Louisiana 2021
Origin Ouachita Christian School Monroe, LA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8315 No. 1704 recruit | HighSchool | Louisiana

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination -- 2023
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 15, 2022
Season Move Context
2023 Louisiana -> -- 3-star | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1279Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1301Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Louisiana

Composite

0.8315

#1704 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Hunter Herring

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Hunter Herring

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the passing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
111Pass yards
1Pass TDs
2INT
Per game
11.1Pass yards
0Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
144.3Pass yards
1Pass TDs
3INT

To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 111): needs 963/game over remaining 3.

To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 111): needs 1,296/game over remaining 3.

To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 8/game over remaining 3.

To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 9.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 11.3/game over remaining 3.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Hunter Herring's story is about how role and output meet each other. For UL Monroe, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #1279 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 111 1 TD | 2 INT | #261/382 (32nd pct)
Completion rate 50.0% 5/10 completions | #309/383 (20th pct)
Yards/attempt 11.1 Explosiveness through the air | #25/382 (94th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Vertical threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Vertical threat

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
5 22nd
ATT
10 29th
CMP%
50.0% 20th
Y/A
11.1 94th

Passing Production

YDS
111 32nd
TD
1 44th
INT
2 52nd

Rushing

CAR
20 51st
YDS
57 56th
YPC
2.9 53rd
TD
2 73rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCMP/ATTYDSTDINTYPAQBRNote
Wk 1W 29-0vs St. Francis (PA)
Wk 2L 0-73@ Alabama
Wk 4W 31-25@ UTEP1/1130013.02.3
Wk 5W 28-16vs Arkansas State
Wk 6L 7-42@ Northwestern1/2480024.095.3
Wk 7L 8-23@ Coastal Carolina0/10010.00.0
Wk 8L 14-37vs Troy3/4501012.588.1Season-high 50 yds
Wk 12L 14-26vs South Alabama
Wk 13L 14-31@ Texas State
Wk 14L 27-30@ Louisiana0/20010.039.4
Total5/10111129.945.0
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023UL Monroe2-10HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning
2025UL Monroe3-9HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-leaning, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025UL Monroe51050.0%11111.112136.2----
2023UL Monroe163053.3%1214.01098.2----
Career2 loaded seasons214052.5%2325.822107.7----
SeasonTeam
2025UL Monroe20572.92--
2023UL Monroe13685.20--
Career2 loaded seasons331253.82--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Rush impact 57 2 rush TD | #180/408 (56th pct)
Usage 5.7% 4.9% pass share | 6.1% rush share | #331/428 (23rd pct)
Passing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 111 #261/382 32nd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 1 #228/407 44th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 5 #298/383 22nd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 50.0% #309/383 20th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 11.1 #25/382 94th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 57 #180/408 56th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Usage Role share 5.7% #331/428 23rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 10 #291/407 29th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 2 #195/407 52nd pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 20 #202/408 51st pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 18 #192/391 51st pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 2.9 #193/407 53rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 2 #113/408 73rd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 9.8% #310/428 28th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 6.1% #245/428 43rd pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 6.1% #311/428 28th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 5.0% #354/428 18th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 4.9% #346/428 19th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 4.1% #336/428 22nd pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.2% #366/428 15th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/258 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Home4g12.50.212.50.0
Road6g10.20.09.20.3

Win vs Loss

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Wins3g4.30.013.00.0
Losses7g14.00.19.10.3

First half vs Second half

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Weeks 1-76g10.20.012.30.2
Weeks 8+4g12.50.26.20.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

42Mid-pack
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (100th). Strength: interceptions (92nd). Concern: pass yards (0th).

Yards / att#1 / 183 · 100th pct
11.1pass
Interceptions#8 / 183 · 92nd pct
2pass
Fumbles lost#1 / 174 · 91st pct
0fumb
Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct
2rush
Rush yards#121 / 183 · 34th pct
57rush
Completion %#176 / 183 · 4th pct
50.0%pass
Pass TDs#180 / 183 · 1st pct
1pass
Pass yards#184 / 183 · 0th pct
111pass

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Hunter HerringUL MonroeAvery JohnsonKansas State· 52% simRocco BechtIowa State· 52% simCade KlubnikClemson· 52% sim
Yards / att
100
Herring
46
Johnson
68
Becht
63
Klubnik
Interceptions
92
Herring
56
Johnson
22
Becht
56
Klubnik
Fumbles lost
91
Herring
66
Johnson
66
Becht
66
Klubnik
Rush TDs
39
Herring
81
Johnson
81
Becht
59
Klubnik
Rush yards
34
Herring
80
Johnson
46
Becht
42
Klubnik
Completion %
4
Herring
33
Johnson
38
Becht
73
Klubnik
Pass TDs
1
Herring
72
Johnson
64
Becht
64
Klubnik
Pass yards
0
Herring
61
Johnson
69
Becht
78
Klubnik

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

Pass share

41.4%

302 pass / 428 run

Plays / game

60.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.3%

241 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Terry Bowden
UL Monroe
2025
Bryant Vincent
UL Monroe
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Terry Bowden → Bryant Vincent. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownWest Monroe, LA
Height6'5"
Weight230 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey17

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 UL Monroe QB4 #1279 #1301 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 UL Monroe QB4 #1920 #2507 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Louisiana QB4 #1782 #1715 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Louisiana QB4 #1565 #1243 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 UL Monroe Sun Belt QB 4 No. 17 | 6-5 | 230 lb | West Monroe, LA
2024 UL Monroe Sun Belt QB 4 No. 17 | 6-5 | 230 lb | West Monroe, LA
2023 UL Monroe Sun Belt QB 4 No. 17 | 6-5 | 230 lb | West Monroe, LA
2022 Louisiana Sun Belt QB 4 No. 17 | 6-5 | 230 lb | West Monroe, LA
2021 Louisiana Sun Belt QB 4 No. 17 | 6-5 | 230 lb | West Monroe, LA