Running back, Abilene Christian (from Oklahoma State, Lamar), 2011–15
Herschel Sims
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 5′9″
- Hometown
- Abilene, TX
- Born
- Sep 17, 1991, in Abilene, Texas
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Herschel Sims played running back at Oklahoma State (2011), Lamar (2012) and Abilene Christian (2014–15).
Career highs
109rushing yards, career highat Texas Tech, 2011Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2011
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | 31 | 242 | 7.8 | 2 | 81 |
| 2012* | Lamar | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2014 | Abilene Christian | 34 | 133 | 3.9 | 0 | 14 |
| 2015 | Abilene Christian | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 83 | 422 | 5.1 | 3 | 81 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | 23 | RB | |
| 2012 | Lamar | 23 | RB | |
| 2014 | Abilene Christian | 23 | RB | |
| 2015 | Abilene Christian | 23 | RB | 5′9″ |
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.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Abilene Christian (FCS) | 39 | -0.19 | – | – | -7.3 | 25% |
| 2015 | Abilene Christian (FCS) | 5 | 0.08 | – | – | 0.4 | – |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2015 Abilene Christian 1 game, 5 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Fresno State | L 13–34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
No box score in the source for Sep 19 vs. Houston Christian; Sep 26 vs. Stephen F. Austin; Oct 11 at Lamar; Oct 17 vs. Sam Houston; Oct 25 at Incarnate Word; Oct 31 vs. McNeese; Nov 8 at Northwestern State; Nov 14 vs. SE Louisiana; Nov 21 at Northern Colorado, so those games are not listed.
2014 Abilene Christian 2 games, 133 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs. Georgia State | L 37–38 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Sep 13 | at Troy | W 38–35 | 20 | 96 | 0 | 14 | 1 | −1 |
No box score in the source for Sep 6 vs. Northern Arizona; Sep 28 at Houston Christian; Oct 4 vs. Lamar; Oct 11 vs. Ave Maria University; Oct 18 at McNeese; Oct 25 at Sam Houston; Nov 1 vs. Central Arkansas; Nov 8 vs. Northwestern State; Nov 15 at Stephen F. Austin, so those games are not listed.
2012 Lamar 1 game, 42 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Louisiana | L 0–40 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
No box score in the source for Sep 9 vs. Prairie View A&M; Sep 23 vs. Langston; Sep 29 vs. SE Louisiana; Oct 6 at Northwestern State; Oct 14 vs. McMurry; Oct 20 at Central Arkansas; Oct 27 vs. Sam Houston; Nov 4 at Stephen F. Austin; Nov 10 vs. Nicholls; Nov 18 at McNeese, so those games are not listed.
2011 Oklahoma State 5 games, 242 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | vs. Kansas | W 70–28 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | −1 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Baylor | W 59–24 | 8 | 104 | 1 | 81 | – | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. Kansas State | W 52–45 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | at Texas Tech | W 66–6 | 13 | 109 | 0 | 56 | – | – |
| Dec 3 | vs. Oklahoma | W 44–10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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