Player Dossier

2022-2025

UCF

Ja'Cari Henderson

DB • 6'0" • 175 lbs • Sanford, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ja'Cari Henderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Ja'Cari Henderson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF. Ja'Cari Henderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
23
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Ja'Cari Henderson quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · DB
Career Tackles
23
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · UCF
Top game
Baylor
High school pipeline
Seminole · 35 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DB 784th (top 81%) · Big 12 485th (top 67%) · National 4,133rd (top 67%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUCF00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonUCF47-0-1032.5
2024 Regular SeasonUCF7130.50--019.4
2025 Regular SeasonUCF33-0--037

Related Context

Ja'Cari Henderson played DB for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ja'Cari Henderson recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

UCF paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · UCF

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. Kansas State: 0. West Virginia: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas State

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 10/18vs West VirginiaW 45-1311000
Sat 9/27@ Kansas StateL 20-3411000
Thu 8/28vs Jacksonville StateW 17-1010000

Career Arc

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

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    UCF

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUCF0
2023 Regular SeasonUCF19.81.51
2024 Regular SeasonUCF0.58.51.7-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonUCF04.20.8-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Baylor

Week 5 · L 35-36 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

43 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.

#2

vs Cincinnati

Week 7 · L 13-19 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

27.8 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Iowa State

Week 8 · L 35-38 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

12.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.

#4

vs BYU

Week 9 · L 24-37 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

9.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Sam Houston

Week 2 · W 45-14

0

Havoc Plays

8.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · UCF

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

37

#2

2023 Regular Season · UCF

32.5

1 primary · 9.8 efficiency · 1.5 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · UCF

19.4

0.5 primary · 8.5 efficiency · 1.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games