Daiyan Henley

Former linebacker at Washington State. 2022: 106 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · Washington State · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 232 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 84 · #34 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceLos Angeles — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 22, #85 overall

Recruiting

2★

PRO recruit

No. 3176 nationally · Signed with Nevada

Career night13 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Colorado State (FBS) · W 38-7

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

I think we should try Henley at RB just for a small experimentr/CFB game thread · ▲ 2His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Washington State. 2022: 106 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Nevada in 2017.
Transferred from Nevada to Washington State in 2022.
Drafted round 3 by the Los Angeles in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Washington State, 256 tackles — drafted at #85 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20179 games

Signed with Nevada2-star out of Crenshaw

202112 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202212 games

Entered the portal

2023

Drafted by Los Angelesround 3, pick 85

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3176 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #85

Los Angeles · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

3 coaches

2017–2019

Mike Leach

Washington State

2020–2021

Nick Rolovich

Washington State

era →

2022

Jake Dickert

Washington State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Nick Rolovich, and Jake Dickert. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

#85Rd 3 · Pick 22

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Nevada3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2018Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Nevada8-5HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy

2022Washington State7-6HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #34 of 548?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#27 / 2755 · 99th pct

106

Solo tackles#53 / 2755 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#59 / 2755 · 98th pct

12.0

Sacks#215 / 2755 · 91st pct

4.0

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.7	1.3	0.6	0.1
Road5g	9.0	0.6	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.7	1.6	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #34 of 548 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #34 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Washington State	106	54	12.0	4.0	1	1	--
2021	Nevada	94	59	2.0	0.0	3	4	--
2020	Nevada	49	28	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Nevada	5	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Nevada	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	2
2017	Nevada	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	2
Career		256	147	14.5	4.0	4	5	4

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 24–17

vs Idaho

3 TFL · 1 SACKS · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With C. Ward — 215 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 37.7 · 18 rush yds (5 car) · N. Haberer — 41 AVG · 49 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17vs Idaho	8	4	3.0	1.0	1	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 2	W 17-14@ Wisconsin	9	5	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-7vs Colorado State	13	5	3.0	3.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 4	L 41-44vs Oregon	8	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 28-9vs California	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-30@ USC	11	7	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-24@ Oregon State	13	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-21vs Utah	12	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 52-14@ Stanford	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 28-18vs Arizona State	10	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-20@ Arizona	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 33-51vs Washington	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		106	54	12.0	4.0	1	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Daiyan Henley

20179 games

202112 games

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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