Senior running back for Indiana. 2023: 337 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 10 catches.
5′11″ · 225 lb · Pennington, NJ
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.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 585 nationally · Signed with Hun School
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Indiana. 2023: 337 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 10 catches.
Josh Henderson
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mack Brown and Tom Allen. The receipt: 74 rush yds, 6 rec yds against Michigan State — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Indiana, 937 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tom Allen.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (84th percentile). Concern: success rate (16th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 41.0 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 44.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 30.3 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 49.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #201 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Indiana | 81 | 337 | 4.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Indiana | 90 | 398 | 4.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | North Carolina | 18 | 127 | 7.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 211 | 937 | 4.4 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Indiana | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Indiana | 24 | 274 | 11.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 409 | 11.1 | 5 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023
W 20–14
vs Wisconsin
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-23vs Ohio State | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-7vs Indiana State | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-21vs Louisville | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-33@ Penn State | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-14vs Wisconsin | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | L 45-48@ Illinois | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-24vs Michigan State | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 74 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 31-35@ Purdue | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | 29 | |
| Total | 81 | 337 | 4.0 | 2 | 29 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (22.2%).
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dylan Downing’s 2023 season.
Matches Dylan on
Differs from Dylan on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gary Brightwell’s path through Arizona.
Matches Gary on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Malachi Thomas's graduate season at Virginia Tech (2024).
Matches Malachi on
Player DNA