Player Dossier

2019-2023

Indiana

Josh Henderson

RB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Pennington, NJ, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Josh Henderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Carolina • Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mercer

Player Story

Josh Henderson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Pennington, NJ wearing No. 26, spending time with Indiana and North Carolina. The clearest part of Josh Henderson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.88

Hillgrove · Powder Springs, GA

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Josh Henderson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Indiana. Josh Henderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,346
Rushing yards
937
Receiving yards
409
Touchdowns
11

Quick Answers

Josh Henderson quick answers

Latest team and position
Indiana · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,346
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Indiana
Top game
Mercer
Recruit profile
3-star · Hillgrove
High school pipeline
Hillgrove · 26 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 26 · Senior
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
462 scrimmage yards · RB 209th (top 30%) · Big Ten 46th (top 17%) · National 498th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina31271270038.6
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina717152026.3
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina747398026.3
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina221210030.4
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana12672398274868.3
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana8462337125359.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022North Carolina to IndianaP4 to P477.5Oct 25, 2021

Josh Henderson played RB for North Carolina and Indiana. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Henderson recorded 937 rushing yards, 409 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Indiana paired 672 primary output with 53.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 44.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Indiana.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana State

Win with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Indiana

Games

8

Scrimmage Yards / G

57.8

Efficiency

44.6

Usage

19.9

Consistency

69

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 8. Indiana State: 115. Louisville: 56. Penn State: 57. Wisconsin: 40. Illinois: 31. Michigan State: 80. Purdue: 75

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 4 by 18.8. Indiana State: 15 by 63.2. Louisville: 9 by 49.1. Penn State: 12 by 49.5. Wisconsin: 15 by 27.8. Illinois: 10 by 32.3. Michigan State: 14 by 59.4. Purdue: 12 by 56.6

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins77.5 · Games = 2 · +26.3 vs Losses
Losses51.2 · Games = 6 · -26.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Indiana State

Best efficiency game

63.2 vs Indiana State

Result
Sat 11/25@ PurdueL 31-359444.9003316.3
Sat 11/18vs Michigan StateL 21-2413745.700165.7
Sat 11/11@ IllinoisL 45-4810313.1003.1
Sat 11/4vs WisconsinW 20-1415402.7002.7
Sat 10/28@ Penn StateL 24-3312574.8004.8
Sat 9/16vs LouisvilleL 14-217263.7012306.2
Fri 9/8vs Indiana StateW 41-71260513557.7
Sat 9/2vs Ohio StateL 3-23351.700132

Player Story

Josh Henderson story

Josh Henderson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Pennington, NJ wearing No. 26, spending time with Indiana and North Carolina. The clearest part of Josh Henderson's career was his backfield work: 937 rushing yards, 211 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 409 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 409 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 71 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh Henderson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    North Carolina

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Indiana

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina12769.510.9
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina6433.84.8-63
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina6433.84.80
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina2140.84.1-43
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana67253.117.3651
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana46244.619.9-210

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Mercer

Week 13 · W 56-7

Win with 98 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

83.3 takeover

98 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

#2

vs Indiana State

Week 2 · W 41-7

115

Scrimmage Yards

75.1 takeover

Win with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

115 scrimmage yards and 21.7 usage.

#3

vs Western Kentucky

Week 3 · W 33-30

97

Scrimmage Yards

73.6 takeover

Win with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

97 scrimmage yards and 17.6 usage.

#4

vs Idaho

Week 2 · W 35-22

73

Scrimmage Yards

69.5 takeover

Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

73 scrimmage yards and 17.3 usage.

#5

vs Purdue

Week 13 · L 16-30 · Conference game

86

Scrimmage Yards

69.2 takeover

Loss with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

86 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Indiana

672 primary output · 53.1 efficiency · 17.3 usage

68.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Indiana

59.8

462 primary · 44.6 efficiency · 19.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · North Carolina

38.6

127 primary · 69.5 efficiency · 10.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games