Running back, James Madison (from Drake), 2025–⁠26

Nick Herman

Number
No. 23
Height
5′10″
Weight
200 lb
Class (2026)
Sophomore
Hometown
Chicago, IL

Nick Herman plays running back for James Madison, after Drake (2025).

2026 so far

292 rushing yards, 3 TD

Last game: vs. Georgia State, W 49–⁠22

Next game: at App State, Oct 22

Game by game this season, rushing yards
  1. 3LIB
  2. 132WAG
  3. 60@SDSU
  4. 18@ODU
  5. 46MRSH
  6. 21@GASO
  7. 12GAST

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

253rushing yards, career highvs. Morehead State, 20252rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Wagner, 2026

Team titles: Pioneer Football League champions, 2025

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2025Drake1259217.4577
2026James Madison432926.8377
Career1681,2137.2877

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2025Drake1111310.3038
2026James Madison5459.0017
Career161589.9038

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2025Drake23RBFr.
2026James Madison23RBSo.5′10″200

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2025Drake (FCS)1330.2792nd (n=576)0.1035.720%–
2026James Madison490.1561st (n=478)0.107.210%0.18

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Rushing detail

SeasonTeamSuccessLine yardsSecond levelOpen fieldStuffed
2026James Madison49%3.901.301.907%

Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Game by game

2026 James Madison 7 games, 292 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.LibertyW 20–⁠132303––
Sep 12vs.WagnerW 87–⁠38132277212
Sep 19atSan Diego StateW 26–⁠13126009228
Sep 26atOld DominionW 46–⁠2061808––
Oct 3vs.MarshallW 45–⁠1794611415
Oct 10atGeorgia SouthernW 27–⁠2442109––
Oct 17vs.Georgia StateW 49–⁠22212012––
2025 Drake 11 games, 921 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 28vs.Upper IowaW 41–⁠72806––
Sep 13atSouth Dakota StateL 21–⁠3721901013
Sep 20atSouth DakotaL 21–⁠42218013––
Oct 4vs.ValparaisoW 41–⁠0753227––
Oct 11atSan DiegoW 19–⁠161596019235
Oct 18vs.DavidsonW 45–⁠014134132456
Oct 25atMaristW 31–⁠171653015––
Nov 8vs.St. Thomas (MN)L 13–⁠20126001319
Nov 15atDaytonW 14–⁠6151531661−2
Nov 22vs.Morehead StateW 17–⁠102725317715
Nov 29atSouth DakotaL 17–⁠38137401117

No box score in the source for Nov 1 at Butler, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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