Jay Henderson: LB · San Diego State · #46.
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Jay Henderson
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the same linebacker corps at San Diego State. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Army — Bowl, 2017.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | San Diego State | 28 | 18 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | San Diego State | 15 | 10 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Career | 43 | 28 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-17vs UC Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-20@ Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-24@ Air Force | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-28vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 6 | W 41-10@ UNLV | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-27vs Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-7@ San José State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-23vs Nevada | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-10vs New Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 35-42vs Army | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 18 | 8.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Week 5 · 2017
W 34-28
3 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Northern Illinois at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
30%8 TFLSack rate
14%4 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups28 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
2 seasons under Rocky Long, all run-heavy offenses — 21-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rocky Long
Pass share
30.9%
250 pass / 558 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
295 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at San Diego State, 43 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rocky Long.
