Willie Henderson

Tulsa

Oct 4 (Sat)

TBD

Position:
OT
Ht./Wt.:
6-7 / 328
Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Memphis, TN

2005: A two-year veteran who played in 11 games, starting five contests during the 2005 season...Was the starter at left offensive tackle for the first five games of the season...Played all 67 snaps in the season opener against Ole Miss...Worked 45 plays in the win over Chattanooga...Did not come out of the Tulsa game, working all 72 plays...The 72 snaps against Tulsa marked a season high...Logged about half of the plays in six of the last nine games of the season...Finished the year participating in 398 of the team's 836 total offensive plays...Was part of an offensive line that allowed just nine sacks in 2005, which led Conference USA...Also helped the offense rank fifth nationally in rushing offense and helped pave the way for All-American tailback DeAngelo Williams to lead the nation in rushing average...

2004: Had an outstanding 2004 spring...Worked with the number one offensive line in the spring due to several key injuries...Was voted as one of the winners of the Chris Faros Most Improved Player Award in the spring of 2004...Played in five games for the Tigers at offensive guard this year...Opened the season working 10 offensive plays in the Tiger win over Ole Miss in Oxford...Helped the Tigers to a C-USA win over Tulane going three plays...Went four plays against Cincinnati and closed the regular season with 24 plays in the televised win over USF in Tampa...Also logged 11 plays in the GMAC Bowl versus Bowling Green...Finished the 2004 season playing 37 of the team's 906 offensive plays...Part of an offensive unit that was second in Conference USA in scoring...Memphis was also third in passing, second in rushing and second in total offense in C-USA...Member of a Tiger O-Line that allowed just five sacks in 2004, which led the league...Tiger offense was also ninth nationally in total offense...

2003: Came to Memphis as a defensive lineman, but given his size and foot speed, was moved to offensive tackle in the spring of 2003...Worked his way to the number two position behind David Davis at right tackle...Suffered an ankle injury early in the fall that put him behind physically...Did not play in the first six games of the season...Saw his first action as a Tiger in the Houston game...Participated in eight offensive snaps against the Cougars...Was used as an offensive guard against Houston after working as a tackle for most of the fall...Played the final series of the East Carolina victory, Working four offensive snaps...Played 20 snaps in the USF game...Continued to make dramatic improvement while practicing for the 2003 New Orleans Bowl...Played 20 offensive snaps against North Texas...Finished the 2003 season participating in 52 of the team's 1000 offensive plays...

2002: Came to Memphis as one of the most highly recruited defensive linemen in the state of Tennessee...Was not able to participate in fall camp due to minor chest surgery and was redshirted during the fall of 2002...Spent the fall of 2002 working with the scout team defense...

Prep: Considered by many as the top lineman prospect in Tennessee in 2001...Played both offensive and defensive tackle at Ridgeway High for Coach John Cooley...Registered 15 quarterback sacks for Ridgeway in 2001...Was named to Prep Star Magazine's Top 125 Dream Team for 2001...Named to Prep Star Magazine's Super 30 All-Southeast Region Team for 2001...Listed on SuperPrep Football Magazine's 2001 All-America Team and All-Region Team...Ranked as the number three prospect in the state of Tennessee...Rated by SuperPrep Magazine as the number 21 offensive lineman in the nation...Rated as the number 11 defensive line prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...Named to the Associated Press All-State Team in 2001...Selected to the MIAA All-Metro team for Divisions 4A/5A in 2001...Listed as a finalist for Class 3-A Mr. Football in 2001...Selected to the Tennessee Sportswriters' 3-A All-State team in 2001...Had 25 tackles, four quarterback sacks and four fumble recoveries as a junior...Was named to the All-Tennessee 3-A Team (2nd) in 2000 as an offensive lineman...Committed to Tennessee before deciding on Memphis...Recruited by Arkansas and Florida...Also lettered in basketball for three years at RHS...Played center on the basketball team...Threw the shot put for the track team and won the state A-AA shot put championship in 2001...

Personal: Willie Henderson III is the son of Willie Henderson, Jr., and Julia Griffin...Born November 17, 1983.

HENDERSON'S STATISTICSOffensive Line  Games/Starts    Snaps/Total Snaps2003        4/0     52/10002004        3/0     37/9062005        11/5        398/836Total       18/5        487/2742