Safety, Notre Dame (from Northwestern), 2019–24
Rod Heard
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Farmington, MI
Rod Heard played safety at Northwestern (2019–23) and Notre Dame (2024).
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. Purdue, 2023Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 31 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 67 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 82 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 37 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Career | 228 | 156 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 2 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | Northwestern | 2 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Northwestern | 2 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Northwestern | 2 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | Northwestern | 2 | S | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 2 | S | Sr. (Yr 6) | 5′11″ | 195 |
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
2024 Notre Dame 16 games, 37 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Texas A&M | W 23–13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Northern Illinois | L 14–16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Purdue | W 66–7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 28–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Louisville | W 31–24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Stanford | W 49–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 31–13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Navy | W 51–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Florida State | W 52–3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Virginia | W 35–14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Army | W 49–14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 30 | at USC | W 49–35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. Indiana | W 27–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Georgia | W 23–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. Penn State | W 27–24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 20 ✦ | vs. Ohio State | L 23–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Northwestern 12 games, 82 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Rutgers | L 7–24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. UTEP | W 38–7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Duke | L 14–38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | vs.Penn State | L 13–41 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Howard | W 23–20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | at Nebraska | L 9–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Maryland | W 33–27 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Iowa | L 7–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at Wisconsin | W 24–10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Purdue | W 23–15 | 13 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | at Illinois | W 45–43 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. Utah | W 14–7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Northwestern 12 games, 67 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs.Nebraska | W 31–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Duke | L 23–31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Southern Illinois | L 24–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Miami (OH) | L 14–17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atPenn State | L 7–17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Wisconsin | L 7–42 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atMaryland | L 24–31 | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atIowa | L 13–33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Ohio State | L 7–21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | at Minnesota | L 3–31 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atPurdue | L 9–17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Illinois | L 3–41 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
2021 Northwestern 10 games, 31 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Michigan State | L 21–38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | atDuke | L 23–30 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Ohio | W 35–6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | atNebraska | L 7–56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs.Rutgers | W 21–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 23 | at Michigan | L 7–33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | vs.Iowa | L 12–17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | atWisconsin | L 7–35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs.Purdue | L 14–32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | atIllinois | L 14–47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Northwestern 4 games, 10 tackles
2019 Northwestern 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16 | vs. Massachusetts | W 45–6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅜″ |
| Weight | 183 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅝″ |
| Hand size | 8½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.64 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 s |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ |
| Bench press | 12 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.93 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.46 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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