Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-27@ Indiana | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#42
Jason Henderson
Senior linebacker for Old Dominion. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Dingmans Ferry, PA
CFB Index 88 · #22 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Old Dominion for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
5
tackles · 2025
1 TFL
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 5 tackles, 1 TFL, at Indiana
Statement game22 tackles · 3 TFL · 1.5 sacksvs Coastal Carolina (FBS) · L 24-28
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Old Dominion. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2021.
- Named All-America (WCFF) in 2023.
- Named All-America (SN) in 2023.
Jason Henderson
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He has spent five seasons in the Old Dominion linebacker corps. Five straight seasons of it now: All-Sun Belt again in 2025. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Indiana — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
20219 games
- Signed with Old Dominion3-star out of Delaware Valley
202212 games
- All-Sun Beltfirst
202312 games
- All-Americafirst · 3 selectors
- All-Sun Beltfirst
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- All-Sun Belt
2025
- All-Sun Belt
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Old Dominion
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2023)
3 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021–2025
Old Dominion
Played his entire career under Ricky Rahne.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Ricky Rahne — 30-33 over that span.
2021Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Old Dominion3-9HC: Ricky Rahne · Pass-leaning, slow tempo
2023Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning
2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning
2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 5.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
All-Conference
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Old Dominion | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Old Dominion | 165 | 50 | 19.0 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Old Dominion | 179 | 58 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Old Dominion | 78 | 35 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 430 | 149 | 32.0 | 6.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Old Dominion
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Old Dominion
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -7 net (15 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Old Dominion · Last season: 10-3 · Talent rank #122 · 2026 recruiting class #96
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jason Henderson’s 2022 season.
64%match
All-Sun Belt
Matches Jason on
Solo tackle rate
Tackle volume
Sack rate
Differs from Jason on
TFL rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Khalil Murdock's junior season at Buffalo (2024).
63%match
Matches Khalil on
Sack rate
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Khalil on
Solo tackle rate (lower)
Height (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Jason Henderson
The linebacker corps · Old Dominion
- #4Jeremy Mack Jr.75 tackles · 2025
- #38Seth Naotala64 tackles · 2025
- #18Jackson Forrest52 tackles · 2025
- #13Jed Olotu-Judah14 tackles · 2025
- #42Jason Henderson5 tackles · 2025
14 more on the roster · Old Dominion team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology