Senior defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 260 lb · Newport Beach, CA
Recruiting
DL recruit
No. 194 nationally · Joined Massachusetts
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2026 roster.
Erik Hehl
Wins his gap play after play. Erik Hehl has been at Massachusetts through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Minnesota — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Shane Montgomery → Joe Harasymiak. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 10 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-14@ Murray State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 7-59@ Minnesota | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 35-42vs Indiana State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Massachusetts
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Massachusetts
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Massachusetts · Last season: 0-12 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #116
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kevon Darton’s 2024 season.
Matches Kevon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to MJ Tafisi's sophomore season at Washington (2021).
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