Rod Heard II
American football safety (born 2001)
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Roderick Michael Heard II (born April 21, 2001) is an American professional football safety. He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Heard with Northwestern in 2021 | |
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 21, 2001 |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 183 lb (83 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Harrison (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| College | Northwestern (2019–2023) Notre Dame (2024) |
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted |
Early life
Heard attended Harrison High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and was in the last class to graduate before the school closed in 2019.[1] He committed to play college football for the Northwestern Wildcats.[2]
College career
After five seasons at Northwestern, Heard transferred to Notre Dame.[3]
College statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
| 2019 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 9 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 12 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 | 67 | 47 | 20 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 13 | 13 | 85 | 54 | 31 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 16 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 63 | 31 | 231 | 157 | 74 | 3.0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 10+3⁄8 in (1.79 m) | 183 lb (83 kg) | 30+5⁄8 in (0.78 m) | 8+1⁄2 in (0.22 m) | 4.64 s | 1.68 s | 2.74 s | 4.46 s | 6.93 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | 12 reps | |
| All values from Pro Day[4][5] | ||||||||||||
Personal life
Heard's father Roderick played football at Eastern Illinois.[6]
