University of Memphis Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Henderson, Darrell
Jersey Number 8
Darrell Henderson
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Batesville, Miss.
- Prev School:
- South Panola HS
Bio
Career
In 35 career games played, Henderson stands as the second-leading rusher in Memphis history with 3,082 career rushing yards ... 31 rushing touchdowns are third in school history ... Henderson's 40 total touchdowns are tied for second-most in program history ... Henderson is just the third Tiger all-time to rush for over 1,000 yards in multiple seasons ... Has 4,302 career all-purpose yards, which ranks second in program history ... 14 career 100-yard rushing games are second-most in program history.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2018 Doak Walker Award ... Named one of 15 semifinalists for the 2018 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award ... Named to the Maxwell Award and the Doak Walker Award Watch Lists (2018) ... Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2017 fall semester ... 2018 Touchdown Club of Columbus Players to Watch … Attended the club’s banquet in February 2018 … Event honored the top projected players for the 2018 season … 2017 All-American Athletic Conference second team … Two-time American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 4, 2017; Nov. 20, 2017).
2018 (Junior)
Started all 10 games and leads the nation with 9.15 rushing yards per carry ... Compiled 1,446 rushing yards (second-most in FBS) on 158 carries (39th-most in FBS) ... Tied for FBS lead with 20 total touchdowns and tied for second with 17 rushing touchdowns ... Rushed for over 100 yards in seven games ... Compiled back-to-back 200-yard rushing games against Navy and Georgia State ... Second player in program history to log back-to-back 200-yard rushing efforts (DeAngelo Williams, three-straight games in 2005) ... 200-yard rushing game against Navy was the first by a Tiger rusher since Curtis Steele against Tulsa in 2009 ... 1,840 all-purpose yards leads the FBS this season.
2017 (Sophomore)
Played in 12 games and made 10 starts … Missed the AutoZone Liberty Bowl due to injury … Team’s leading rusher with 1,154 yards on 130 carries … Had nine rushing TD … Posted the program’s first 1,000-yard rushing season since Curtis Steele in 2009 … The 1,154 yards are the sixth-most for a season in school history … Had seven 100-yard rushing games, the fourth-most for a season in program history … Logged two rushing plays of 80 or more yards (80 vs. UCLA; 82 vs. Tulane) … The two rushing plays of 80 or more yards are the first time a player has done so in a season since Keith Benton in 1990 … Second on the team in all-purpose yards (1,630) and fourth in scoring (66 points) … The 1,630 all-purpose yards were the fifth-most for a season in school history … Had 24 receptions for 226 yards and two TD and 13 kick returns for 250 yards … Ranked among the conference statistical leaders in rushing (4th) and all-purpose yards (3rd) … Ran for a career-high 169 yards in the season opener vs. Louisiana Monroe … Also had a career-best two rushing TD vs. the Warhawks … Rushed for 105 yards, including an 80-yard scamper on Memphis’ first play from scrimmage, vs. UCLA … Had 112 yards in a home win over Tulane … That game began a string of five-straight 100-yard rushing performances … Followed Tulane game with 123 yards vs. Tulsa, 147 vs. SMU, 122 vs. ECU and 109 vs. UCF (The American Championship Game) … Tied a career high with two rushing TD vs. SMU and ECU … Logged a career-high 278 all-purpose yards in the home win over SMU (147 rush/15 receive/116 return) … The 278 all-purpose yards were the fourth-most for a game in program history.
2016 (Freshman)
Saw action in all 13 games and made six starts in the Tigers offensive backfield … Also played on the Memphis special teams … Squad’s third-leading rusher with 482 yards on 87 carries (5.5 ypc) … Second on team with five rushing TD … Hauled in 20 receptions for 237 yards and three TD … Added two kick returns for 113 yards and one TD … Fourth on squad with 832 all-purpose yards (482 rush/237 receive/113 kick return) … Had a 99-yard kick return for a TD in a road win at SMU … The 99 yard return is the second-longest in school history … Posted season highs for carries (12) and rushing yards (84) vs. Tulsa … Tied season-high carries (12) vs. USF (81 yards) … Recorded season-long rushing and receiving TD in a road win at Tulane … Had a 46-yard TD catch just before halftime to give Memphis a 13-7 lead … Ran 45 yards for a TD to open the fourth quarter vs. the Green Wave … Logged season-bests for receptions (4) and receiving yards (67) vs. Tulane … Grabbed a season-high two TD passes in season-opening win over Southeast Missouri … Member of the Tigers special teams that were fifth nationally on kick returns (26.57 ypr) and had three kick returns for TD … The three kick return TD set a program season record … Also a member of the 2016 Memphis offense that was second in program history for total yards (6,028), points (505) and total TD (57).
High School
Enrolled at Memphis in January of 2016 … A 2014 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen selection … Named the 2014 state of Mississippi Gatorade Football Player of the Year … Also honored as the 2014 Best of MS Preps Player of the Year … A 2014 Parade magazine All-America honorable mention pick … Played for head coach Lance Pogue … For his career, ran for 5,801 yards, which is the eighth-most rushing yards in the state of Mississippi high school football history … Had 847 career carries … Posted career rushing averages of 109.5 yards per game and 6.8 yards per carry … Scored 68 career rushing TD … Also caught 39 passes for 559 yards and seven scores in his career … Had 75 career TD (68 rushing/7 receiving) … As a senior, rushed for 2,253 yards and 32 TD … Helped lead South Panola High School to the state of Mississippi Class 6A championship and a No. 7 national ranking in 2014 … Rushed for 2,024 yards as a junior in 2013.
Personal
Son of Darrell Henderson, Sr., and Barbara Henderson ... Birthday is August 19 ... Majoring in sport and leisure management.
In 35 career games played, Henderson stands as the second-leading rusher in Memphis history with 3,082 career rushing yards ... 31 rushing touchdowns are third in school history ... Henderson's 40 total touchdowns are tied for second-most in program history ... Henderson is just the third Tiger all-time to rush for over 1,000 yards in multiple seasons ... Has 4,302 career all-purpose yards, which ranks second in program history ... 14 career 100-yard rushing games are second-most in program history.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2018 Doak Walker Award ... Named one of 15 semifinalists for the 2018 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award ... Named to the Maxwell Award and the Doak Walker Award Watch Lists (2018) ... Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2017 fall semester ... 2018 Touchdown Club of Columbus Players to Watch … Attended the club’s banquet in February 2018 … Event honored the top projected players for the 2018 season … 2017 All-American Athletic Conference second team … Two-time American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 4, 2017; Nov. 20, 2017).
2018 (Junior)
Started all 10 games and leads the nation with 9.15 rushing yards per carry ... Compiled 1,446 rushing yards (second-most in FBS) on 158 carries (39th-most in FBS) ... Tied for FBS lead with 20 total touchdowns and tied for second with 17 rushing touchdowns ... Rushed for over 100 yards in seven games ... Compiled back-to-back 200-yard rushing games against Navy and Georgia State ... Second player in program history to log back-to-back 200-yard rushing efforts (DeAngelo Williams, three-straight games in 2005) ... 200-yard rushing game against Navy was the first by a Tiger rusher since Curtis Steele against Tulsa in 2009 ... 1,840 all-purpose yards leads the FBS this season.
2017 (Sophomore)
Played in 12 games and made 10 starts … Missed the AutoZone Liberty Bowl due to injury … Team’s leading rusher with 1,154 yards on 130 carries … Had nine rushing TD … Posted the program’s first 1,000-yard rushing season since Curtis Steele in 2009 … The 1,154 yards are the sixth-most for a season in school history … Had seven 100-yard rushing games, the fourth-most for a season in program history … Logged two rushing plays of 80 or more yards (80 vs. UCLA; 82 vs. Tulane) … The two rushing plays of 80 or more yards are the first time a player has done so in a season since Keith Benton in 1990 … Second on the team in all-purpose yards (1,630) and fourth in scoring (66 points) … The 1,630 all-purpose yards were the fifth-most for a season in school history … Had 24 receptions for 226 yards and two TD and 13 kick returns for 250 yards … Ranked among the conference statistical leaders in rushing (4th) and all-purpose yards (3rd) … Ran for a career-high 169 yards in the season opener vs. Louisiana Monroe … Also had a career-best two rushing TD vs. the Warhawks … Rushed for 105 yards, including an 80-yard scamper on Memphis’ first play from scrimmage, vs. UCLA … Had 112 yards in a home win over Tulane … That game began a string of five-straight 100-yard rushing performances … Followed Tulane game with 123 yards vs. Tulsa, 147 vs. SMU, 122 vs. ECU and 109 vs. UCF (The American Championship Game) … Tied a career high with two rushing TD vs. SMU and ECU … Logged a career-high 278 all-purpose yards in the home win over SMU (147 rush/15 receive/116 return) … The 278 all-purpose yards were the fourth-most for a game in program history.
2016 (Freshman)
Saw action in all 13 games and made six starts in the Tigers offensive backfield … Also played on the Memphis special teams … Squad’s third-leading rusher with 482 yards on 87 carries (5.5 ypc) … Second on team with five rushing TD … Hauled in 20 receptions for 237 yards and three TD … Added two kick returns for 113 yards and one TD … Fourth on squad with 832 all-purpose yards (482 rush/237 receive/113 kick return) … Had a 99-yard kick return for a TD in a road win at SMU … The 99 yard return is the second-longest in school history … Posted season highs for carries (12) and rushing yards (84) vs. Tulsa … Tied season-high carries (12) vs. USF (81 yards) … Recorded season-long rushing and receiving TD in a road win at Tulane … Had a 46-yard TD catch just before halftime to give Memphis a 13-7 lead … Ran 45 yards for a TD to open the fourth quarter vs. the Green Wave … Logged season-bests for receptions (4) and receiving yards (67) vs. Tulane … Grabbed a season-high two TD passes in season-opening win over Southeast Missouri … Member of the Tigers special teams that were fifth nationally on kick returns (26.57 ypr) and had three kick returns for TD … The three kick return TD set a program season record … Also a member of the 2016 Memphis offense that was second in program history for total yards (6,028), points (505) and total TD (57).
High School
Enrolled at Memphis in January of 2016 … A 2014 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen selection … Named the 2014 state of Mississippi Gatorade Football Player of the Year … Also honored as the 2014 Best of MS Preps Player of the Year … A 2014 Parade magazine All-America honorable mention pick … Played for head coach Lance Pogue … For his career, ran for 5,801 yards, which is the eighth-most rushing yards in the state of Mississippi high school football history … Had 847 career carries … Posted career rushing averages of 109.5 yards per game and 6.8 yards per carry … Scored 68 career rushing TD … Also caught 39 passes for 559 yards and seven scores in his career … Had 75 career TD (68 rushing/7 receiving) … As a senior, rushed for 2,253 yards and 32 TD … Helped lead South Panola High School to the state of Mississippi Class 6A championship and a No. 7 national ranking in 2014 … Rushed for 2,024 yards as a junior in 2013.
Personal
Son of Darrell Henderson, Sr., and Barbara Henderson ... Birthday is August 19 ... Majoring in sport and leisure management.
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