Luke Herzog brings veteran, playmaking edge to St. Thomas defense
Herzog is a senior linebacker at St. Thomas (MN) who has already shown he can be a disruptive, assignment-sound defender: in the 2021 season, he earned Pioneer Football League Freshman Defensive Player of the Year after posting 47 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and 4 sacks, and in the 2023 season he added a PFL Defensive Player of the Week nod after a six-tackle, all-around impact game. At 6-1, 241, he looks like a tone-setter with enough size to hold the point and enough burst to make plays behind the line — the kind of steady, high-effort linebacker coaches love because he raises the floor of a defense.
