Matt Henningsen: DE · Wisconsin · #92.
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Matt Henningsen
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Wisconsin since. First career honor, 2021: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Michigan — Week 5, 2021.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-16vs No. 19 Penn State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-7vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-41vs No. 12 Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38vs No. 14 Michigan | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-14vs Army | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ No. 25 Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-7vs No. 9 Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-3@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-7vs Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-28vs Nebraska | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-23@ Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 13 | 5.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
10%4 sacksTFL rate
18%6 TFL34 tackles · 6 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Paul Chryst — 31-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
35.0%
300 pass / 558 run
Plays / game
71.5
12 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #290 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wisconsin, 8 sacks — drafted at #206 overall by the Denver Broncos.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Chryst.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 5th NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 5th NFL season
