Demari Henderson
UCF Knights
87
Great

Demari Henderson

UCF KnightsAverage
FSDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Demari Henderson starting?

Demari Henderson is the projected starter at FS for UCF Knights.

Redshirt senior · #8 · 6'0", 185 lbs

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Depth at FS · UCF Knights

  1. 1887Demari HendersonStarter
  2. 22167Ty Bartrum

UCF Starting Lineup

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Up next for UCF

UCF plays Kansas away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:45 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Seminole, ranked #623 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 61 tackles, 1 INT, 1 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #623 Natl3-Yr Total107 tacklesTeam Share6%Percentile84th
Sanford, FL
Jersey
#8
Class
RS SR
Height
6'0"
Weight
185 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20256111
2024100
20234532

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8770
National Rank
#623
High School
Seminole
Hometown
Sanford, FL

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated defense; 84th-percentile production (×0.91 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24WBYUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 39-31 2OT

Oct 10LOKSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-28

Oct 3LHOUTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final L 27-17

Sep 26WTCUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 21-13

Sep 19WGASTTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
2
PD
1

Final W 44-30

Sep 12LPITTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 12-7

Sep 3WBCUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 73-6

Demari Henderson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

61 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement67%
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