2023: First-Team All-America (Walter Camp, The Sporting News, Action Network, College Football News, Hero Sports Group of Five), Second-Team All-America (FWAA, AP, USA Today, ESPN, CBS Sports, Phil Steele, The Athletic) ... First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Led the country in tackles per game with 14.2 and third in tackles per loss per game with 1.6 ... Finished second in the country in total tackles behind Jay Higgins of Iowa, who had 171 tackles in 14 games. Henderson had 170 tackles in 12 games ... Tied for fourth in the country with 19.5 tackles for loss ... Added four sacks, one pass breakup and one forced fumble ... Had 11 double-digit tackle games and led the team in tackling nine times ... In the season-opener at Virginia Tech, recorded 11 tackles and half a tackle for loss ... Notched 16 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss in the win over Louisiana ... Had 15 stops and 2.5 tackles for loss against Wake Forest ... Totaled 17 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three tackles for loss against Texas A&M Commerce ... Registered 16 tackles and a pair of tackles for loss at Marshall ... Had 17 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack in the win at Southern Miss ... Recorded 17 tackles for the second-straight game in the win over App State ... Had 10 tackles and two tackles for loss at James Madison ... Tied his own school record with 22 tackles against Coastal Carolina, along with three tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... Totaled 13 tackles at Liberty ... At Georgia Southern, had 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and half a sack ... Secured four tackles in the win over Georgia State before leaving with an injury ... In the last two years has 22 double-digit tackle games, and has 26 in his career ... Has 436 career tackles which is an ODU record.
2022: Second-team All-America (FWAA, USA Today, Fox Sports, USA Today), third-team All-American by the Associated Press ... First-team All-Sun Belt ... Touchdown Club of Richmond Linebacker of the Year ... Led the country with 186 tackles on the year, 39 more than the No. 2 tackler in the country ... Also led the country with 15.5 tackles per game ... Finished seven tackles shy of the FBS record for tackles in a season (Lawrence Flugence, Texas Tech, 2002) ... Broke the ODU and Sun Belt Conference single-season records for tackles ... Registered 11 double-digit tackle games ... The only player in FBS to have multiple 20+ tackle games ... Led ODU with 10 tackles for loss ... Added three pass breakups, a sack and blocked a kick ... Notched 18 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss and half a sack in ODU's season-opening win over Virginia Tech. Named Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week ...
Added 14 tackles, a tackle for loss and half a sack at ECU ... Recorded 12 tackles and a TFL at Virginia ... Recorded the first 20-tackle game in ODU history, notching a school record 21 tackles and half a TFL in the win over Arkansas State ... Totaled 15 stops and a tackle for loss against Liberty ... Had 10 tackles and a TFL in the win at Coastal Carolina ... Recorded a school record 22 tackles and a tackle for loss against Georgia Southern ... Notched 17 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at Georgia State ... Delivered 19 tackles and two tackles for loss against Marshall ... Had 18 tackles in the home finale against James Madison ... Recorded two tackles at App State after leaving the game in the first quarter with an injury ... Came back with 18 tackles in the season finale at South Alabama.
2021: Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... PFF College Football True Freshman All-American ... Finished tied for third on the team with 80 tackles ... Recorded four double-digit tackle games ... Led the team in tackles three times ... Registered four tackles for loss, one sack, two forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... In his first career game, recorded seven tackles in the win over Hampton ... Led the team and recorded his first career double-digit tackle game at UTEP ... Notched eight tackles at Marshall ... Notched 12 tackles in the win over FAU and was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week. Also blocked an extra point that was returned for two points ... Had 10 tackles, including the game-clinching forced fumble that was recovered by ODU in the win at Middle Tennessee ... Totaled a career-best 13 tackles in the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Tulsa.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit by 247 Sports … Set a school record with 529 tackles in his four-year career at Delaware Valley High School … Notched a career-high 162 tackles as a junior … Also had five sacks and an interception … Recorded 140 tackles and seven sacks as a sophomore … Had 102 tackles as a senior in seven games … Had 80 carries for 762 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior … Ranked as the No. 24 recruit in Pennsylvania and the No. 60 outside linebacker in the country … Two-time Scranton Times Defensive Player of the Year … Twice earned all-league, region and Class 6A all-state accolades … Named Pennsylvania All-State at linebacker across all classifications … Rushed for 250 yards and six touchdowns and caught 21 passes for 345 yards and five touchdowns as a junior … Placed fifth in the PIAA State Wrestling Championships at 195 pounds as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Bill and Melissa Henderson ... Full name is William Jason Henderson ... One sister, Karae ... Majoring in leadership.
JASON HENDERSON CAREER STATS
| Year |
Games |
UT |
AT |
TOTAL |
TFL |
Sacks |
INT |
FF |
FR |
PBU |
| 2021 |
12 |
35 |
45 |
80 |
4-9 |
1-2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| 2022 |
12 |
58 |
128 |
186 |
10-24 |
1-7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 2023 |
12 |
52 |
118 |
170 |
19.5-71 |
4-24 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| TOTAL |
36 |
146 |
290 |
436 |
33.5-104 |
6-33 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
