2024-25 Football Roster

#2 Rod Heard II Football Roster

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Height 5-11
Weight 195
Class Graduate Student/*Senior
Hometown Farmington Hills, MI
High School Farmington Hills/Northwestern
Rod Heard II - Football - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AS A GRADUATE (2024)

  • at TEXAS A&M (8/31): Saw playing time and collected a tackle for loss… helped the defense limit the Aggies to 100 yards passing
  • NORTHERN ILLINOIS (9/7): Played and collected four tackles… two solo and two assisted
  • at PURDUE (9/15): Competed in the contest and shared team-high honors with four total tackles… three solo and one assisted… surpassed 200 career tackles combined over career prior to and including Notre Dame
  • MIAMI UNIVERSITY (9/22): Played and collected three tackles… all three tackles were solo
  • LOUISVILLE (9/28): Saw playing time in the win… collected four tackles – two solo, two assisted… added two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry
  • STANFORD (10/12): Played in the win… collected one solo tackle
  • at GEORGIA TECH (10/19): Competed on defense and special teams… posted five tackles – four solo, one assisted
  • at NAVY (10/26): Saw playing time in the victory… posted an assisted tackle… picked up a fumble recovery on a punt
  • FLORIDA STATE (11/09): Competed for the Irish… collected a pair of tackles – one solo, one assisted
  • VIRGINIA (11/16): Saw playing time in the win… collected three solo tackles… forced a fumble… registered a pass breakup
  • ARMY (11/23): Competed in the win… recovered a blocked punt in the first quarter to help set up a touchdown
  • at USC (11/30): Saw playing time on defense… had an assisted tackle… added a pass breakup

PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME (Northwestern)

AS A GRADUATE (2023)

  • Made seven tackles against Rutgers (Sept. 3)
  • Had seven tackles and a sack in the win over UTEP (Sept. 9)
  • Tallied five tackles, a forced fumble, and a pass breakup to help beat Howard (Oct. 7)

AS A SENIOR (2022) 

  • Started all 12 games, recording 67 total tackles and 47 solo tackles — both marks ranked fourth on the team — along with 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one interception, two passes defended and one forced fumble
  • Recorded his third career pass breakup in a win over Nebraska (Aug. 27)
  • Made five tackles, four solo, against Duke (Sept. 10)
  • Notched his first tackle for loss against Miami (OH) (Sept. 24)
  • Totaled seven tackles, five solo, and one forced fumble at Penn State (Oct. 1)
  • Posted seven total tackles, four solo, against Wisconsin (Oct. 8)
  • Recorded a career-high 10 tackles, six solo, and 0.5 sack against Maryland (Oct. 22)
  • Made six solo tackles against Iowa (Oct. 29)
  • Totaled six tackles, three solo, against Ohio State (Nov. /5)
  • Notched a season-high eight solo tackles and tied a career-high 10 total tackles, while also tying for the team lead against Minnesota (Nov. 12)
  • Posted eight total tackles, six solo, against Purdue (Nov. 19)
  • Snagged first career interception, totaled five tackles and posted 0.5 sack against Illinois (Nov. 26)

AS A JUNIOR (2021)

  • Appeared in all 12 games, starting four 
  • Recorded a career-high eight tackles, including his first-career tackle for loss and first two forced fumbles in a career day against Duke (Sept. 18)
  • Recorded four solo tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss against Iowa (Nov. 6)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020)

  • Started his first career game against Maryland (Oct. 24) and recorded a career-high six total tackles
  • Made another start on the road against Iowa (Oct. 31), totaling two total tackles
  • Registered one tackle vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7) and vs. Illinois (Dec. 12)
  • Played in the Big Ten Championship against Ohio State (Dec. 19) and in Citrus Bowl vs. Auburn (Jan. 1)

AS A FRESHMAN (2019) 

  • In his first collegiate game, recorded one tackle against UMass (Nov. 16)

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Three-star prospect 
  • No. 24 player in the state of Michigan and No. 86 cornerback in the country (247sports)
  • Three-time letterwinner and one-time Team Captain 
  • Registered 49 tackles, six pass break ups and an interception on defense with 1,492 yards rushing, 277 yards receiving and 26 total touchdowns as a senior to earn All-State honors from MLive, Detroit Free Press and Detroit News 
  • Had 30 tackles, nine pass breakups and an interception returned for a touchdown as a junior and rushed for 1,566 yards and hauled in 302 receiving yards for 27 touchdowns on offense to earn All-State honors from the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News 
  • Two-time team MVP 
  • Ranks fourth in school history in rushing and scoring 
  • Honor Roll Student 
  • Also lettered three times in track and field 
  • Father Roderick played football at Eastern Illinois