Jaylen Henderson

#13 · QB · 6th-year · Liberty6′3″ · 227 lb · Los Angeles, CA · Chaminade

Last gameW 49–10vs Florida International · Oct 31

Nextat New Mexico StateSat Nov 7 · 8 pm ET

Jaylen Henderson

QB · Liberty · #13

The five seasons span four programs and five head coaches: Lee Marks, Jeff Tedford, Elijah Robinson, Rich Rodriguez and Jamey Chadwell.

131 passing yards · 2 passing TD · 27 rushing yards

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

The latest game

Against Florida International on Oct. 31: 2 of 3 for 19 yards. In the 6 games drawn here: 9 of 18 for 131 yards.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

W 49-10 vs Florida International2 of 3, 19 yds
W 34-6 at Kennesaw State2 of 2, 11 yds
W 30-14 at Delaware0 of 5, 0 yds
W 51-15 vs Ball State3 of 4, 37 yds, 1 TD
W 24-23 vs Gardner-Webb2 of 4, 64 yds, 1 TD
L 13-20 at James Madison0 of 0, 0 yds

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

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Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Liberty	9	18	50.0%	131	7.3	2	0	147.8	--
2025	West Virginia	7	18	38.9%	50	2.8	0	0	62.2	--
2023	Texas A&M	53	78	67.9%	715	9.2	6	2	165.2	49
2022	Fresno State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Fresno State	5	8	62.5%	49	6.1	0	0	114.0	--
Career		74	122	60.7%	945	7.7	8	2	144.1	49

Season	Team
2026	Liberty	11	27	2.5	0	11
2025	West Virginia	29	146	5.0	1	32
2023	Texas A&M	41	104	2.5	2	22
2022	Fresno State	2	−2	−1.0	0	2
2021	Fresno State	14	68	4.9	0	40
Career		97	343	3.5	3	40

Last game (Wk 9): 19 passing yards.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 13-20@ James Madison		Carried once, no pass attempts						—	3
Wk 2	W 24-23vs Gardner-Webb	Came on in Q4	2/4	64	1	0	16.0	16.9	0	22	Season-high 64 yds
Wk 3	W 51-15vs Ball State		3/4	37	1	0	9.3	4.0	0	-1
Wk 5	W 30-14@ Delaware	Came on in Q4	0/5	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	—	3
Wk 8	W 34-6@ Kennesaw State	Came on in Q4	2/2	11	0	0	5.5	--	—	0
Wk 9	W 49-10vs Florida International	Came on in Q4	2/3	19	0	0	6.3	27.5	—	—
Total			9/18	131	2	0	7.3	—	0	27

Signature game

Week 2 · 2026

W 24-23

vs Gardner-Webb

64 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 16.9 · 22 rush yds (4 car)

A close one, won by 1 at home.

With S. Crossan — 44 yards per punt · 6 punts · 1 inside the 20 · M. Jackson — 2 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Gardner-Webb · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.28Henderson to Copeland: a 54-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Ball State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.02Henderson to Kellman: a 21-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Gardner-Webb · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +1.67Henderson to Randolph: a 10-yard pass.
Week 8 · Kennesaw State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.60Henderson to Coleman: a 2-yard pass.
Week 8 · Kennesaw State · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.58Henderson to Randolph: a 13-yard pass.
Week 3 · Ball State · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.47Henderson to Jackson: an 8-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 3 · Ball State · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.33Henderson to Copeland: an 8-yard pass.
Week 2 · Gardner-Webb · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.23J.Henderson rush middle for 1 yard loss (T.Weems; N.Lucas)
Week 5 · Delaware · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.90J.Henderson rush right for 1 yard loss (A.Lee)
Week 9 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.67Henderson to Monteiro: a 9-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Conference USA
Passing yards	131	T-220th of 370	19th of 28
Yards an attempt	7.3	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	2	T-173rd of 370	15th of 28
Passer rating	147.8	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	50.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	27	T-183rd of 370	11th of 28
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 18 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Conference USA quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	JJ Kohl	1,801	11	9	255	7.1
2	Caden Creel	1,746	13	8	209	8.4
3	Landyn Locke	1,653	12	5	236	7.0
4	Rickie Collins	1,617	7	6	229	7.1
5	Roman Gagliano	1,587	12	4	258	6.2
6	Nick Minicucci	1,477	14	4	170	8.7
7	Deshawn Purdie	1,453	10	1	152	9.6
8	Henry Belin IV	1,071	8	4	126	8.5
9	Trey Hedden	906	5	6	124	7.3
10	Brock Glenn	887	6	4	165	5.4
11	Rodney Tisdale Jr.	883	4	2	123	7.2
12	Skyler Locklear	788	4	2	108	7.3
13	Adam Damante	638	4	4	118	5.4
14	Tyler Bell	373	3	1	49	7.6
15	DJ Bailey	258	0	0	37	7.0
16	Braden Streeter	175	1	3	35	5.0
17	Landon Varnes	154	0	0	22	7.0
18	EJ Archield Jr.	137	0	0	19	7.2
19	Jaylen Henderson	131	2	0	18	7.3
20	Zach Marker	109	0	0	15	7.3
21	Brett Holloway	64	1	1	5	12.8
22	Riley Trujillo	38	0	0	3	12.7
23	Jack Moran	25	0	0	2	12.5
24	Skyler Williams	12	0	1	4	3.0
25	Elijah Leonard	7	0	0	1	7.0
26	Ethan Vasko	6	1	0	2	3.0
27	Caleb McMickle	3	0	0	2	1.5
28	Peter Costelli	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -20 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Newkirk and Copeland saw 5 of the 19 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Nasir Newkirk	3	1	10	21.3	4.0
Darius Copeland	2	2	62	23.0	8.0
Bryce Randolph	2	2	23	8.5	3.0
Terron Kellman	2	1	21	-0.5	24.0
Makai Jackson	2	1	8	8.5	2.0
5 others	8	3	12	10.6	0.0

Play by play: 19 passes, 10 caught, 136 yards; the box score counts 18 attempts. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Teams and coaches

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2023Texas A&M7-6HC: Jimbo Fisher and Elijah Robinson · Balanced

2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2026Liberty7-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 30. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

30Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: completion % (1st percentile).

Box-score rates

Yards / att#86 / 159 · 45th pct

7.3

Completion %#158 / 159 · 1st pct

50.0%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	40.0	0.7	10.5	0.0
Road3g	3.7	0.0	2.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	25.2	0.5	8.4	0.0
Weeks 8+2g	15.0	0.0	5.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

34.9%

173 pass / 323 run

Plays / game

62.0

8 games

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Liberty’s quarterbacks

Jaylen Henderson	Threw in 5 of 8 games · 9 of 18, 131 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · 7.3 yards an attempt on 18 attempts · ran for 27 yds, 0 TD
Deshawn Purdie	Threw in all 8 games · 96 of 152, 1,453 yds, 10 TD, 1 INT · 9.6 yards an attempt on 152 attempts · ran for 134 yds, 0 TD
Ethan Vasko	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 1 of 2, 6 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · 3.0 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for 24 yds, 6 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

18 pass attempts and 11 carries in 6 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

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Starter

The No. 1,009 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Conference USA.

Jaylen Henderson

This week

Fans

Where to follow

The latest game

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Liberty’s quarterbacks

Awards

18 pass attempts and 11 carries in 6 games

Starter

Six seasons, four schools

Moves

2021 3 games

2023 5 games

2025 5 games

2026 6 games