Hershey McLaurin Season 2025

2024 / AS A SENIOR AT HOUSTON
• Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts
• Recorded 50 tackles, 8.0 total tackles-for-loss, three pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble
• Graded 71.1 in pass rush that ranked sixth among Big 12 safeties (PFF)
• Had 1.0 tackle-for-loss and a pass breakup twice against Oklahoma and Iowa State
• Produced 2.0 tackles-for-loss twice against Cincinnati and Kansas State
• Forced a fumble at TCU
• Intercepted a pass and had a half-sack at Arizona
• Recorded a career-high 11 tackles and added a tackle-for-loss vs. Baylor

2023 / AS A JUNIOR AT WEST VIRGINIA
• Appeared in 12 games with eight starts
• Finished with 44 tackles, 6.0 tackles-for-loss and three pass breakups
• Tied for third on the team in tackles-for-loss
• Had 1.0 tackle-for-loss and 0.5 sacks vs. Duquesne
• Produced 2.0 tackles-for-loss and two pass breakups at TCU
• Recorded five tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss and a pass breakup vs. Oklahoma State
• Had a season-high nine tackles at Oklahoma

2022 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT WEST VIRGINIA
• Appeared in all 12 games with two starts
• Recorded 45 tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss and one pass breakup
• Had a 14-yard punt return in the season-opener at No. 17 Pitt
• Posted five tackles with a tackle-for-loss vs. Kansas
• Recorded a season-high nine tackles at Texas Tech
• Broke up a pass vs. No. 7 TCU

2021 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT JONES COUNTY JC
• Two-time All-Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference selection
• Finished with 36 tackles and five interceptions
• Tied for fourth in the nation in interceptions
• Part of a defense that ranked sixth in the nation with 16.3 points per game allowed
• Had a season-high nine tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss and an interception at Pearl River
• Recorded two interceptions at Copiah-Loncoln

2020 / AS A FRESHMAN AT JONES COUNTY JC
• One-time MACCC Defensive Player of the Week
• Appeared in all five games in the COVID-19 shortened season
• Totaled 21 tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss, two interceptions, four pass breakups and one fumble recovery
• Had a season-high eight tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss and an interception vs. Pearl River

HIGH SCHOOL
• Played at Collins High School where he was a four-year starting quarterback
• First team all-area selection
• Won 29 games across his final three seasons
• Threw for over 6,000 yards and 73 touchdowns in his career
• Also an MVP for Collins’ basketball team