Dewayne Hendrix: DL · Pittsburgh · #8.
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Dewayne Hendrix
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the same defensive front at Pittsburgh. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 2.5 sacks against Virginia — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| 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 · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-7vs UAlbany | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-51vs No. 13 Penn State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-19vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38@ North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-45@ No. 13 UCF | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-19@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-45vs Duke | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-13@ No. 23 Virginia | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 14 | L 10-42vs No. 2 Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-14vs Stanford | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 15 | 4.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%4 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
14%4 hurries28 tackles · 4 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 12-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 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
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
35.8%
316 pass / 567 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
356 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Pittsburgh, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
