REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023)
Started 11 games at safety ... Bulldogs second leading tackler with 88 tackles this season in 11 games played ... Ranked sixth among all CUSA players in tackles per game with 8.0 despite playing just three snaps at Middle Tennessee … Led Tech in tackles four times this season while also reaching double digits in tackles four times … Recorded three pass-breakups and a game-high 10 tackles in a win at UTEP … Posted a season-high 15 tackles in a win over Northwestern State … Graded in at 74.5 in passing coverage according to PFF while not allowing a receiving touchdown.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (2022)
Appeared in 11 games for the Lumberjacks in 2022, tallying 83 total tackles including a tackle for loss and an interception.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (2021)
Was a defensive force to be reckoned with in all 12 games of the season … Lead the team in solo tackles (41), total tackles (69.0), and forced fumbles (4) … Tied for the team lead with two fumble recoveries … Recorded three pass break ups and two quarterback hurries on the season.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (2020)
Appeared in nine games … Tied for second best on the team with 37 solo tackles … Ended the season with 50.0 total tackles, 2.5 of those being for loss of yardage … Lead the team with three forced fumbles … Had a season-high of 13 total tackles, a forced fumble, and an interception against UTSA (Sept. 19) … Recorded a sack and another interception against Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 7) … Also forced 3 pass breakups on the season.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (2019)
Played in 12 games ... Recorded 11 tackles ... Posted three tackles each against both Nicholls (Sept. 21) and Incarnate Word (Nov. 9) ... Also forced a quarterback hurry against Incarnate Word.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in football at Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas, under head coach J.L. Geist … A two-way player, lined up at both running back and safety … Rejected offers from Air Force, Army and Illinois State, as well as Southland Conference institutions Incarnate Word and Lamar … Listed as a two-star recruit by both Rivals and 247Sports … On the offensive side of the ball, latched onto a pair of first-team all-district citations … Also picked up first-team all-district strong safety accolades on two occasions … A two-time team defensive MVP and three-time team defensive back of the year … Posted 70 tackles, eight tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and intercepted a pass at safety, while rushing the ball 111 times for 1,002 yards and 14 touchdowns on offense in his prep career … Claimed 1,057 all-purpose yards … Three-year letter winner in track and field … A and B honor roll student.

PERSONAL
Born in Houston, Texas n April 11, 2001 … Son of Sandra and Rodney Heard