When you’re a rookie coming into the league as a fourth-round pick, the chances of you getting huge snaps your first season likely are low. When you are a rookie fourth-round pick with the likes of OLBs T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith playing in-front of you, you’re lucky to see the field at all.
That’s been the case for OLB Nick Herbig as the preseason star has been rather quiet to start the NFL regular season, having five combined tackles (three solo) in five games played. He’s played 55 defensive snaps thus far (11 per game) along with 107 special teams snaps (79%).