Player Dossier

2022-2025

UCF

Demari Henderson

DB • 6'0" • 170 lbs • Sanford, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Demari Henderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

51%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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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: BYU

Player Story

Demari Henderson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Sanford, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Demari Henderson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.877

Seminole · Sanford, FL

Committed To
UCF
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Demari Henderson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF. Demari Henderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
117
TFL
3.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Demari Henderson quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · DB
Career Tackles
117
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · UCF
Top game
BYU
Recruit profile
3-star · Seminole · UCF
High school pipeline
Seminole · 35 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
61 tackles · DB 85th (top 9%) · Big 12 46th (top 7%) · National 392nd (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUCF5100.5022033.7
2023 PostseasonUCF103-0--041
2023 Regular SeasonUCF1042-0-2041
2024 Regular SeasonUCF11-0--036.7
2025 Regular SeasonUCF126131-1046.8

Related Context

Demari Henderson played DB for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Demari Henderson recorded 117 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

UCF paired 6 primary output with 26.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.2 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: BYU

Loss with 2 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

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

26.2

Usage

6

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. North Carolina A&T: 0. North Carolina: 0. Kansas State: 1. Kansas: 0. Cincinnati: 0. West Virginia: 1. Baylor: 2. Houston: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. BYU: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 4 by 16.7. North Carolina A&T: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Kansas State: 5 by 30.8. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 6 by 35. Baylor: 6 by 45. Houston: 8 by 33.3. Texas Tech: 12 by 50. Oklahoma State: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 7 by 49.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

50 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 11/29@ BYUSplash gameL 21-4175110
Sat 11/22vs Oklahoma StateW 17-1420000
Sat 11/15@ Texas Tech10+ tacklesL 9-48128000
Sat 11/8vs HoustonL 27-3085000
Sat 11/1@ BaylorSplash gameL 3-3065200
Sat 10/18vs West VirginiaW 45-1365001
Sat 10/11@ CincinnatiL 11-2031000
Sat 10/4vs KansasL 20-2732000
Sat 9/27@ Kansas StateL 20-34530010
Sat 9/20vs North CarolinaW 34-922000
Sat 9/6vs North Carolina A&TW 68-733000
Thu 8/28vs Jacksonville StateW 17-1044000

Player Story

Demari Henderson story

Demari Henderson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Sanford, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Demari Henderson's career was his defensive production: 117 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 interceptions across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UCF. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Demari Henderson's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF.

The arc is straightforward: Demari Henderson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    UCF

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUCF4.517.33.5
2023 PostseasonUCF523.85.30.5
2023 Regular SeasonUCF523.85.30
2024 Regular SeasonUCF04.20.7-5
2025 Regular SeasonUCF626.266

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 18 BYU

Week 14 · L 21-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 71 Baylor

Week 10 · L 3-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Oklahoma State

Week 11 · W 45-3 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Temple

Week 7 · W 70-13 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 42 Kansas State

Week 5 · L 20-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · UCF

6 primary output · 26.2 efficiency · 6 usage

46.8

#2

2023 Postseason · UCF

41

5 primary · 23.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UCF

41

5 primary · 23.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games