Darrell Henderson

RB · Memphis 2018 · #8

Last confirmed: Memphis, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′9″ · 200 lb · Batesville, MS

Darrell Henderson: RB · Memphis · #8.

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Darrell Henderson

RB · Memphis · Jr · #8

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. This is his third year in the same backfield at Memphis. A game that shows it: 233 rushing yards and 10 receiving yards against Georgia State — Week 3, 2018.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

214Carries
1909Yards
18.0%Top-5 share
18.2%Stuffed rate

Just 18.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.2% of his carries. 4 carries for 15 yds vs Missouri; 14 for 233 vs Georgia State.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

36.7%Carry share
24.4%Q4-lead share
90.9%In competitive games

36.7% of carries overall (212/578) → 24.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/90) — 90.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

13/143rd/4th & short
10/25Inside-5 share

13 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (92.9%). 10 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (40.0%).

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