Warren Herring
45  Warren Herring
Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Fairview Heights, Ill.

High School:
Belleville East

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 286

Position:
DL

Experience:
1V

Honors and Awards
2010:
UW Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year

2012: Saw action against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... collected two tackles in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... recorded one tackle at Penn St on Nov. 24 ... saw action against Ohio State on Nov. 17 and at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... recovered a fumble against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... saw action against Minnesota on Oct. 20 ... tallied one tackle, including first career sack and 1.0 TFL, and a pass break up at Purdue on Oct. 13 ... finished with four tackles against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... recorded one tackle at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... collected one tackle against UTEP on Sept. 22 ... made two tackles and 1.0 TFL against Utah State on Sept. 15 ... recorded a tackle at Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... saw action against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1

2011: Played in eight games ... matched career high with two tackles against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... saw playing time at Illinois on Nov. 19 and at Minnesota on Nov. 12 ... recorded one tackle against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... equaled career high with two tackles against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... tied career high with two tackles and added first TFL of career against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... recorded first two tackles of career against Northern Illinois on Sept. 17 ... made Badger debut against Oregon State on Sept. 10

2010:
Redshirt season ... named UW's defensive scout team player of the week for the Ohio State game on Oct. 16

High School: Enrolled at UW in January, 2010 ... ranked by Scout as the No. 41 tight end in the country and by ESPN/Scouts Inc. as the No. 108 defensive end in the country ... named by ESPN/Scouts Inc. as the third-best defensive end in Illinois and by Rivals as the No. 29 player in Illinois ... in his career, caught 32 passes for 428 yards and five touchdowns and made 168 tackles and recorded 23 sacks ... as a senior, named all-state, all-conference, all-city and all-area as a defensive end as he make 63 tackles and recorded 11 sacks ... also chosen by Belleville News Democrat as Defensive Player of the Year ... at tight end, caught eight passes for 109 yards ... in junior season, named first-team all-conference, all-city and all-area as a defensive end as he made 60 tackles and eight sacks ... named second-team all-conference as a tight end, making 14 catches for 159 yards and one touchdown ... named all-conference at tight end in sophomore season after catching 10 passes for 160 yards and four touchdowns ... on defense made 45 tackles and had four sacks ... won letters in football, basketball and track ... two-time Lancer Medallion Recipient ... two-time Recognition Award Recipient (athletics and education) from District 201 Board of Education ... Belleville Youth Leadership nominee ... head coach was Tim Funk

Personal: Parents are Warren and Mia Herring ... father, Warren, played football at Southeast Missouri from 1985-88 ... mother, Mia, ran track at Southeast Missouri from 1987-1990 ... majoring in human ecology with a focus in consumer affairs

Career Defensive Statistics
Season GP/GS UT AT Tot. TFL QBS FC FR INT PD
2011 8/0 3 6 9 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0 0
2012 14/0 7 6 13 1.0-6 1.0-0.5 0 1 0 1
Totals 22/0 10 12 22 2.0-8 1.0-0.5 0 1 0 1

Game-by-Game Tackles
2011 SEASON: Northern Illinois (0-2=2); South Dakota (2-0=2); Indiana (1-1=2); Purdue (0-1=1); Penn State (0-2=2)

2012 SEASON: OSU (0-1=1); USU (1-1=2); UTEP (0-1=1); NEB (1-0=1); ILL (2-2=4); PUR (0-1=1); Penn St (1-0=1); Nebraska (2-0=2)

Career Game Highs
Tackles 4 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6, 2012
Tackles for Loss 1.0 (2x), MR at Purdue, Oct. 13, 2012
Sacks 1.0 at Purdue, Oct. 13, 2012
Interceptions N/A
Passes Defended 1 at Purdue, Oct. 13
2012 Season Game Highs
Tackles 4 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6
Tackles for Loss 1.0 at Purdue, Oct. 13
Sacks 1.0 at Purdue, Oct. 13
Interceptions N/A
Passes Defended 1 at Purdue, Oct. 13