Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 215 lb · Battle Creek, MI
Jacob Herbers: P · Minnesota · #47.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Minnesota’s specialists
Jacob Herbers
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line. He has spent three seasons at Minnesota.
Play style
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
38.3 gross, but 9 of 42 inside the 20 (21.4%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-21vs South Dakota State | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35@ Fresno State | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Purdue | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-17vs Illinois | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 45 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Nebraska | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-10vs Maryland | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26vs No. 5 Penn State | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 41 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-23@ No. 23 Iowa | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 32 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-22@ Northwestern | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-38vs No. 13 Wisconsin | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 43 | 4 | |
 Bowl | W 31-24@ No. 9 Auburn | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 47 | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 1607 | 38.3 | 51 | 9 |
Bowl · 2019
W 31-24
vs Auburn · neutral site
40.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at a neutral site.
Season context: team record and system
3 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 23-15 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
21%9 of 42Touchback rate
0%0 of 42Yards / punt
38.342 puntsLong
51yards38.3 yards/punt on 42 punts · 21% placed inside the 20.
Minnesota carries three punters; Herbers has taken all 42 punts.
How it ended
Three seasons at Minnesota — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
