Dewayne Hendrix

Senior defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #8

6′4″ · 265 lb · O'Fallon, IL

Pittsburgh 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Pittsburgh, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 12-14 over that span.

2017Pittsburgh5-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2018Pittsburgh7-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#184 / 2662 · 91st pct

Sacks#255 / 2662 · 89th pct

3.5

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Tackles#1451 / 2662 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1487 / 2662 · 43rd pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.8	0.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	3.7	1.0	1.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Pittsburgh	28	15	4.0	3.5	--	--	--
2017	Pittsburgh	21	14	5.0	3.0	--	--	--
Career		49	29	9.0	6.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week