Amari Henderson: DB · Wake Forest · #4.
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Amari Henderson
Erases the deep middle of the field. Four seasons in the Wake Forest secondary to date. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Rice — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 10 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 40 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 47 | 34 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10 | -- |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 62 | 51 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 20 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Career | 169 | 130 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 40 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-35vs Utah State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-21@ Rice | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 24-18vs North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-7vs Elon | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Boston College | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 59-62vs Louisville | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-20vs Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-10vs NC State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-36@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-52@ No. 3 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-27vs Duke | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 30-39@ Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 21-27vs Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 |
Week 10 · 2019
W 44-10
vs NC State
2 interceptions · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 34-point win at home against NC State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
25%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL40 tackles · 2 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 30-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.7%
468 pass / 580 run
Plays / game
80.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 169 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
