7 Zach Herzog
Zach Herzog
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    192
  • Year:
    Jr
  • Hometown:
    Windsor, ON
  • High School:
    Holy Names
  • Position:
    DB
  • gp
    12
  • tk
    105.0
  • sac
    1.0
  • int
    1
  • ffum
    2

Bio

2020-21: Impact defender at the strong safety position became just the fifth Charger since Hillsdale joined the G-MAC to earn first-team All-Conference honors in back-to-back seasons...led Hillsdale in tackles with 36 in the four-game spring season and added an interception against Walsh (April 10) as well...had a team-leading 11 tackles against Tiffin (April 3) and finished all four games with at least eight tackles...earned the Charger Defensive Player of the Week award against Walsh (April 10) and also earned the team's Big Stick Award against Findlay (March 13).

2019: Exploded into the starting lineup in his second year with the Chargers and was a critical part of the team’s defensive success...led the Chargers in tackles with 103, 57 solo, and added 2.5 tackles for loss…set the tone for his 2019 campaign with a team-high 20 tackles against Michigan Tech in his first start, earning G-MAC defensive player of the week honors (Sept. 7)…also had a 14 tackle game against Tiffin (Nov. 9) and a 12 tackle game against Lake Erie (Sept. 21)…named first team all-Great Midwest Athletic Conference as a defensive back...won the Charger defensive player of the week award (Oct. 19) and the Every Player, Every Play award for the week of Oct. 26...also named to the One Play Warrior club for the 2019 season.

2018: Saw action in three games during the season.

High School: Three-time Windsor City MVP at Holy Names...First-Team All-Canadian in track and field...Silver medalist in the 100 meter dash at the Windsor city meet and helped the 4x100 relay team to a city championship...Made the honor roll all four years of high school...Parents are Robert and Tina.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 47 33
Assists 58 30
Tackles 105.0 63.0
Tackles per game 8.8 9.0
Sacks 1.0 1.0
Sack yards 5 5
Interceptions 1 1
Returned for touchdown 0 0
Fumble recoveries 1 1
Fumble return TDs - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 - - - - - - -
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 - - - - - 0 0
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 - - - - - - -
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 - - - - - - -
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 - - - - - 0 0
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 - - - - - - -
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 - - - - - 0
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 - - - - - 0
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 - - - - - 0
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 - - - - - 0
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 - - - - - 0
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 - - - - - 0
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 - - - - - 0
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 - - - - - 0
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 - - - - - - - -
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 1 - - - - 0
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 1 - - - - 0
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 1 - - - - 0
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 1 - - - - 0
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 1 - - - - 0
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 1 - - - - 0
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 1 - - - - 0
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 1 - - - - 0
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 1 - - - - 0
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 1 - - - - 0
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 0 - - - - 0 - - - 0 0 -
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 4 at Michigan Tech L, 14-10 1 9 10.0 - - 0.5 1 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Indianapolis L, 35-31 1 11 12.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 18 at Truman L, 38-24 6 3 9.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 - 0 0 - 2 0 0
Sep 25 Missouri S&T W, 38-31 2 2 4.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 2 at Tiffin W, 24-21 1 1 2.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 9 Walsh W, 20-3 3 6 9.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 16 Lake Erie L, 33-14 5 3 8.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0
Oct 23 at Findlay W, 34-29 10 3 13.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0
Oct 30 at Ashland L, 28-17 7 7 14.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0
Nov 6 Ky. Wesleyan W, 31-12 7 4 11.0 1.0 5 1.0 5 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 13 Ohio Dominican W, 21-17 0 6 6.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0
Dec 4 vs. Truman L, 34-17 4 3 7.0 - - 1.0 6 1 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2018-19 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 30 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2017-18 - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 3 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 12 - - - - - - 0 0
Total 30 - - - - - - 0 0

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 3 - - - - - - -
2019-20 11 - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 - - - - - - -
2021-22 12 - - - - - - -
Total 30 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2017-18 - - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 3 - - - - - - - 0
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 12 - - - - - - - 0
Total 30 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2017-18 - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 3 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 11 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 12 - - - - - - - -
Total 30 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 - - - - - - - - - -
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2017-18 - - - - - 0 -
2018-19 3 - - - - 0 .0
2019-20 11 - - - - 0 .0
2020-21 4 - - - - 0 .0
2021-22 12 - - - - 0 .0
Total 30 - - - - 0 .0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2017-18 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2019-20 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
2020-21 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
2021-22 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Total 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2017-18 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 11 57 46 103.0 9.4 - - 2.5 8 1 - - 1 1 2 -
2020-21 4 23 13 36.0 9.0 0.0 0 1.5 3 0 0 0 1 11 0 0
2021-22 12 47 58 105.0 8.8 1.0 5 2.5 12 2 1 0 1 0 6 0
Total 30 127 117 244.0 8.1 1.0 5 6.5 23 3 1 0 3 12 8 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
December 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 12 - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - 0 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - 0 0
December 1 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 12 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -
December 1 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 12 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0
December 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 12 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
December 1 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
December - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 12 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 6 - - - - 0 .0
Away 5 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral 1 - - - - 0 .0
Result Wins 6 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 6 - - - - 0 .0
Month September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 5 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0
December 1 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Month September 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
December 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 12 47 58 105.0 8.8 1.0 5 2.5 12 2 1 0 1 0 6 0
Conference 7 33 30 63.0 9.0 1.0 5 1.0 5 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 18 32 50.0 8.3 1.0 5 1.0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Away 5 25 23 48.0 9.6 0.0 0 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
Neutral 1 4 3 7.0 7.0 - - 1.0 6 1 - - - - - -
Result Wins 6 23 22 45.0 7.5 1.0 5 1.0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Losses 6 24 36 60.0 10.0 0.0 0 1.5 7 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
Month September 4 10 25 35.0 8.8 0.0 0 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
October 5 26 20 46.0 9.2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
November 2 7 10 17.0 8.5 1.0 5 1.0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
December 1 4 3 7.0 7.0 - - 1.0 6 1 - - - - - -

News Mentions

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May 4, 2022

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October 9, 2021

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Defense dominates as Chargers top Walsh, 20-3 for third straight win

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