Safety, Vanderbilt (from Florida Atlantic), 2024–26
C.J. Heard
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Class (2026)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Atlanta, GA
C.J. Heard plays safety for Vanderbilt, after Florida Atlantic (2024). Last time out, against Arkansas: 9 tackles. Heard leads Vanderbilt in tackles and sacks this season.
2026 so far
53 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT
Last game: 9 tackles vs. Arkansas, L 21–31
Next game: at Kentucky, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. South Florida, 20242sacks, career highvs. Delaware, 2026Defense
* The season in progress, so far.
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 74 | 49 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 71 | 46 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | Vanderbilt | 53 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Career | 198 | 132 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 8 | S | So. | ||
| 2026 | Vanderbilt | 8 | S | Jr. | 5′11″ | 210 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2026 Vanderbilt 7 games, 53 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT
2025 Vanderbilt 13 games, 71 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 45–3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 6 | at Virginia Tech | W 44–20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at South Carolina | W 31–7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Georgia State | W 70–21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Utah State | W 55–35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Alabama | L 14–30 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. LSU | W 31–24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Missouri | W 17–10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Texas | L 31–34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Auburn | W 45–38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Kentucky | W 45–17 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 29 | at Tennessee | W 45–24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Iowa | L 27–34 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Florida Atlantic 11 games, 74 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Michigan State | L 10–16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Army | L 7–24 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Florida International | W 38–20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at UConn | L 14–48 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Wagner | W 41–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. North Texas | L 37–41 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at UTSA | L 24–38 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs. South Florida | L 21–44 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at Temple | L 15–18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Charlotte | L 27–39 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at Tulsa | W 63–16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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