| Notre Dame Fighting Irish–No. 2 | |
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| Position | Safety |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Harrison (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
Roderick Heard II is an American college football safety for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He previously played for the Northwestern Wildcats.
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]
After five seasons at Northwestern, Heard transferred to Notre Dame. [3]
Heard's father Roderick played football at Eastern Illinois. [4]
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