#20

Jack Henderson

Former defensive back at Minnesota. 2024: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 44 tackles.

DB · Minnesota · Sr. · #20

6′2″ · 215 lb · Mandeville, LA

CFB Index 70 · #100 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceMinnesota 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive back at Minnesota. 2024: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 44 tackles.

Transferred from SE Louisiana to Minnesota in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Minnesota, 96 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202312 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Minnesota

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 14-12 over that span.

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #100 of 537?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (94th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Sacks#73 / 2892 · 97th pct

6.0

Tackles for loss#164 / 2892 · 94th pct

9.0

Tackles#782 / 2892 · 72nd pct

Solo tackles#1048 / 2892 · 63rd pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.8	0.3	0.2
Road6g	3.5	0.8	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.7	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #100 of 537 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Minnesota	44	20	9.0	6.0	1	1	--
2023	Minnesota	52	35	4.0	0.0	1	2	--
Career		96	55	13.0	6.0	2	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-19vs North Carolina	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 2	W 48-0vs Rhode Island	2	2	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 27-0vs Nevada	3	1	1.5	1.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 14-31vs Iowa	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Michigan	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 21-17@ UCLA	5	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 48-23vs Maryland	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 25-17@ Illinois	3	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 19-26@ Rutgers	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 25-26vs Penn State	6	1	1.0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 14	W 24-7@ Wisconsin	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 24-10@ Virginia Tech	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	0
Total		44	20	9.0	6.0	1	1

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

Jack Henderson

202312 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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