|
Final Bio (with Clips) in PDF Format
*All-Atlantic Coast Conference, first team, 2003
*All-Atlantic Coast Conference, second team, 2004
*All-Atlantic Coast Conference, second team, 2005
*ACC All-Academic, 2003
AT TECH: Big-play performer and three-time all-conference selection at right defensive end . . . Tech's all-time leader in tackles for loss with 59.5 . . . Ranks fourth in career sacks with 25 . . . . . . Had at least one tackle for loss in 28 of his last 32 games . . . Career totals include 176 tackles, seven forced fumbles, and eight pass breakups . . .
Just the fourth player in Tech history to earn all-ACC honors three times, joining Kelly Campbell, Luke Manget and Jeremy Muyres . . . Elected one of Tech's permanent team captains for 2005 . . . Invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game . . . Signed free agent contract with Cincinnati Bengals.
2005: Second-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection . . . Has a team-leading six sacks and has caused the quarterback to fumble on four of them . . . Totalled 28 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, six sacks, four forced fumbles and a pass breakup, despite missing four games due to injury . . . Helped the Tech defense rank in the Top 25 nationally in total defense (22nd), rushing defense (13th), pass efficiency defense (23rd), scoring defense (23rd), interceptions (6th), turnover margin (T16th) and takeaways (T-16th) . . .
Had one sack and one tackle for loss in Tech's win at No. 3 Miami, helping Tech hold the Hurricanes to 30 yards rushing, 237 total yards and 1-for-14 on third downs . . . Helped the Jackets to a 23-14 victory over 15th-ranked Auburn in which the Jackets allowed just 50 yards rushing . . . Had four tackles, one sack and a forced fumble against Auburn . . .
Missed four games with an ankle injury but made an immediate impact when he returned against Clemson and was named ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week for the third time in his career . . . Had two sacks, causing fumbles on both, and another tackle for loss in an outstanding defensive effort as Tech held Clemson without a touchdown in the 10-9 victory . . . Had another sack and caused fumble in win over Wake Forest . . . Tabbed to the preseason watch list for the 2005 Chuck Bednarik Award . . . Rated the No. 5 defensive end in the nation by Lindy's magazine . . . Preseason all-ACC selection by several magazines.
Missed four games with an ankle injury but made an immediate impact when he returned against Clemson and was named ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week for the third time in his career . . . Had two sacks, causing fumbles on both, and another tackle for loss in an outstanding defensive effort as Tech held Clemson without a touchdown in the 10-9 victory . . . Had another sack and caused fumble in win over Wake Forest . . . Tabbed to the preseason watch list for the 2005 Chuck Bednarik Award . . . Rated the No. 5 defensive end in the nation by Lindy's magazine . . . Preseason all-ACC selection by several magazines.
2004: Earned second-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference honors . . . Helped Tech rank 12th in the nation in total defense, 13th in rushing defense and 21st in scoring defense . . . Had 41 tackles with 12 tackles for loss, despite missing three games . . . Recorded three sacks, a pass breakup, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery . . . Keyed Tech's superb defensive effort against Maryland with two tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks and was named ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week . . . Helped Tech hold Maryland to just seven yards rushing and 81 yards of total offense, the best performance in the nation in 2004 . . . Another strong performance in win over Duke with 3.5 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery as Tech held the Blue Devils to just 184 total yards . . . Had five tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss and one shared sack against Miami . . . Had a 19-yard sack against Georgia . . . Did not start against Syracuse in the Champs Sports Bowl due to injury but played in the game and recorded two tackles for loss as Tech held the Orange to just 51 yards rushing . . . Tabbed to the preseason Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List . . . Preseason second-team all-America by Athlon Sports and Street & Smith's magazines, but missed Tech's first three games of 2004 due to injury.
2003: First-team all-ACC defensive end who led the league in sacks with 11 (0.85 per game) and ranked second in tackles for loss with 24 tackles, a Tech season record . . . Also had four pass breakups, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick . . . Named to the 2003 ACC All-Academic football team.
Named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week and ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week after helping Tech to a standout defensive effort in win over Auburn . . . Collected three sacks plus another tackle for loss and a forced fumble against the Tigers . . . . Helped the Tech defense limit Auburn to 40 yards rushing and NC State to minus-8 yards rushing . . . Made a huge play in Tech's overtime win over Vanderbilt by blocking Vandy's field goal attempt on the final play of regulation . . . Had three tackles for loss with two sacks, a forced fumble and a pass breakup in Tech's 7-3 win over Maryland.
2002: Named to the Freshman All-America third team and Freshman All-ACC first team by The Sporting News . . . Started six games at defensive end but also played inside on passing downs . . . Tied for the team lead with 15 tackles for loss, including five sacks, also first on the squad . . . Sixth on the team in tackles with 58 . . . Also has two pass breakups and a forced fumble . . . Moved into the starting lineup beginning with the Virginia game . . . Career-best 11 tackles with two tackles for loss against Fresno State . . . Added 10 tackles with one tackle for loss against Florida State . . . Collected five tackles with three tackles for loss, including two sacks, plus a forced fumble and a pass deflection, in Tech's win over BYU . . . Had eight tackles with three tackles for loss against Wake Forest . . . Had two tackles for loss, including one sack, in the Jackets' upset of eighth-ranked NC State . . . Made a key defensive play in the fourth quarter of Tech's win over UNC, when he had a tackle for loss on third down deep in Tech territory, helping to end the Tar Heels' final threat . . . Redshirted in 2001.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-state, all-district and all-Metro . . . Named to Max Emfinger's Louisiana Elite 85 . . . Made 131 tackles and 13 sacks as a senior . . . Had two sacks for safeties and a fumble recovery for a touchdown . . . Credited with 132 tackles and 12 sacks as a junior, when he returned a fumble 98 yards for a score . . . Broke the school record with 16 sacks as a sophomore and also had 101 tackles and six fumble recoveries . . . Coached by Don Wattigny at Edna Karr High School, where he was a teammate of running back Ajenavi Eziemefe . . . Also lettered in basketball and baseball.
PERSONAL: Full name is Eric Charles Henderson . . . Born January 8, 1983 . . . Mother Romona Henderson is deceased . . . . Named to the 2003 Academic All-ACC team . . . One of four recipients of the 2004 Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award, which is presented by the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics and honors student-athletes who have overcome great personal odds to achieve academic success while participating in intercollegiate athletics . . . Majoring in Management . . . Graduated December 17, 2005.
GAME by GAME STATISTICS 2005 P-A-T TFL Sck FC FR Int PB BK Auburn* 1-3-4 1-8 1-8 1 0 0 0 0 UNC* 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 UConn DNP-Injured Va Tech DNP-Injured NC State DNP-Injured Duke DNP-Injured Clemson* 4-2-6 3-21 2-19 2 0 0 0 0 Wake* 1-3-4 1-13 1-13 1 0 0 0 0 Virginia* 4-1-5 1-1 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Miami* 2-0-2 2-13 1-11 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia* 1-3-4 0.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Utah* 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 02004 P-A-T TFL Sck FC FR Int PB BK Samford DNP - Injured Clemson DNP - Injured UNC DNP - Injured Miami* 2-3-5 1.5-5 0.5-3 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland* 2-3-5 2.0-12 1.5-8 0 0 0 0 0 Duke* 3-5-8 3.5-5 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 Va Tech* 0-4-4 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC State* 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 UConn* 1-3-4 1.5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Virginia* 1-4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia* 4-1-5 1-19 1-19 0 0 0 0 0 Syracuse 2-0-2 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 P-A-T TFL Sck FC FR Int PB BK BYU* 1-2-3 1-5 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 Auburn* 2-4-6 4-21 3-20 1 0 0 0 0 Florida State* 2-2-4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Clemson* 2-1-3 2-4 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 Vanderbilt* 3-3-6 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 (FG) 1 NC State* 0-3-3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Wake Forest* 4-0-3 1-6 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland* 3-4-7 3-12 2-11 1 0 0 1 0 Duke* 1-2-3 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 North Carolina* 2-0-2 2-8 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 Virginia* 2-0-2 2-9 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Georgia* 4-1-5 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulsa* 1-1-2 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 0 0
2002 P-A-T TFL Sck FC FR Int PB Vanderbilt 2-2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 UConn 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clemson 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BYU 2-3-5 3-11 2-10 1 0 0 1 North Carolina 2-0-2 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Wake Forest 2-6-8 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 3-0-3 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 Virginia* 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC State* 3-1-4 2-10 1-9 0 0 0 0 Florida State* 4-6-10 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 Duke* 2-3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia* 2-0-2 1-13 1-13 0 0 0 0 Fresno State* 4-7-11 2-3 1-2 0 0 0 0
CAREER STATISTICS Year G-GS P-A Tkl TFL Sk FC FR Int PB BK 2002 13-6 28-30 58 15-51 5-34 1 0 0 2 0 2003 13-13 26-23 49 24-91 11-73 2 0 0 4 1 2003 13-13 26-23 49 24-91 11-73 2 0 0 4 1 2004 9-9 16-25 41 12-46 3-30 0 1-0 0 1 0 2005 7-7 14-13 27 8.5-58 6-52 4 0 0 1 0 Total 42-34 84-91 175 59.5-249 25-183 7 1-0 0 8 1
CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 11 vs. Fresno State, 2002 TFL: 4 vs. Auburn, 2003 Sacks: 3 vs. Auburn, 2003
GEORGIA TECH CAREER LEADERS TACKLES FOR LOSS Years TFL Yds 1. Eric Henderson 2002-05 59.5 249 2. Greg Gathers 1999-02 57 290 3. Coleman Rudolph 1989-92 52 285 4. Marco Coleman 1989-91 50 215
QUARTERBACK SACKS Years Sack Yds 1. Greg Gathers 1999-02 31 210 2. Coleman Rudolph 1989-92 28.5 200 3. Marco Coleman 1989-91 27.5 162 4. Eric Henderson 2002-05 25 183 5. Pat Swilling 1982-85 23 194
