Demari Henderson

Named to Athlon Sports' Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team Defense · Named to the 2026 Shriners Children's 1,000 Watch List during the preseason Appeared and started in all 12 games for the Knights · Was the team's third-leading tackler with a career high mark of 61, 42 of which were solo · Tallied a career-best three tackles for loss and earned his first career sack at BYU (Nov. 29) · Two of his tackles for loss came at Baylor (Nov. 1) · Earned a career-high 12 tackles in UCF's game at No. 6 Texas Tech (Nov. 15) · Snagged his lone interception of the season at Kansas State (Sep. 27), doing so on the Wildcats' opening drive · Earned one pass breakup on the season, doing so against West Virginia (Oct. 18) · Had four games with six or more tackles Redshirted the season after suffering an injury in preseason camp and did not appear in any games Appeared in 10 games in 2023, starting the last seven contests · Honorable Mention defensive back pick on All-Big 12 team chosen by league coaches · Registered 45 tackles, including 29 solo tackles · Recorded three interceptions, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles · Tallied four tackles vs Kansas State · Had seven tackles vs Baylor plus a forced fumble and 87-yd TD fumble return · Collected three tackles and one PBU vs Kansas · Amassed a career-high eight tackles vs Oklahoma · Had five tackles and 1 FF vs West Virginia · Tallied five tackles vs Cincinnati · Had a career game with 2 INTs and a FR plus four tackles vs Oklahoma State · Named Big 12 Player of the Week on defense and Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week for play vs Oklahoma State · Registered two tackles vs Texas Tech and four tackles vs Houston Appeared in 11 games as a freshman, starting the bowl game against Duke · Recorded 12 tackles, two pass break ups and two quarterback hurries · Tallied seven solo stops and five assisted tackles Blue-chip safety for Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida · Rated tied for No. 1 (with his brother Ja'Cari) on Orlando Sentinel 2022 Central Florida Super60 list · Ranked 79th on USA Today Florida Network Midseason Top 100 team · Led Seminole to 11-2 record and regional finals of 2021 Florida 8A playoffs before 28-27 loss to Apopka · Credited with 24 tackles, three interceptions and one fumble recovery as senior in 2021 · Caught seven passes for 147 yards and one TD in 2021 and also returned punts and kickoffs · Helped Seminole to final 2021 regular-season rankings of fourth by Florida High School Athletic Association and eighth overall and first in Class 8A by FloridaHSFootball.com · Third-team 8A all-state selection in 2020 by FloridaHSFootball.com · Made 37 tackles and intercepted three passes as junior in 2020 · Helped Seminole to 11-0 record and 2020 Florida 8A state championship, capped by 38-10 title game victory over Osceola · Noles finished 11-2 in 2019 after loss to Apopka in regional final playoff contest · Played for coaches Don Stark and Eric Lodge · Also played basketball at Seminole, averaging 6.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game as sophomore, then 11.3 and 3.5 as junior · From same high school as former UCF receiver Gabriel Davis