2019 Football Roster

Jay Metz
Courtney Culbreath
Courtney Culbreath
Jay Metz
Alaina DiGiacomo
Matt Stamey
Tim Casey
Matt Stamey
Ashley Jolicoeur

1 CJ Henderson

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 202
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.
  • Highschool Columbus

Biography


Declared for the NFL Draft his junior year… Finished his collegiate career with 93 defensive stops (66 solo), six interceptions, 22 pass breakups, 4.0 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss in 34 games. . 2019: Appeared and started in nine games for the Gators, collecting 33 tackles (26 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss (15 yds.), one sack for nine yards and 11 pass breakups… Tied his career high of eight tackles (1 solo) at South Carolina… Missed games against Kentucky, Tennessee and Towson due to injury… Named to the Preseason First Team All-SEC and the Coaches’ All-SEC First Team in addition to being a Paycom Jim Thorpe Award and Lombardi semifinalist. 2018: Appeared in and started all 13 games throughout the season… Regarded as one of the top cornerbacks in the entire country as he totaled 38 tackles, five tackles-for-loss, three sacks, two interceptions, team-high seven pass breakups and two forced fumbles… Hauled in his two interceptions against Kentucky and South Carolina… His INT against USC sealed the win for Florida as it came late in the 4th quarter on a potential Gamecocks game-winning drive… Had a career-high 1.5 tackles-for-loss against Michigan in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl… Notched his first-career sack and forced fumble against Colorado State in Week 3… After being named as a Preseason Second Team All-SEC player, he earned Coaches’ All-SEC Second Team honors and Athlon Sports Third Team All-SEC accolades following the season… Member of a group that helped UF lead the nation in fourth quarter opponent passing efficiency (66.25) and rank second nationally in fourth quarter opponent completion percentage (40.5)… 2017: Appeared in all 11 games throughout the season and started five contests… Recorded his first career start at Kentucky… Totaled 22 tackles, four interceptions (two returned for a touchdown) and four pass break-ups… Tallied his interceptions returned for a touchdowns against Michigan and Tennessee in the first two games of the season and his career… Became the only true freshman in UF history to return an interception for a touchdown in consecutive games... In addition, Henderson is the only player in school history to accomplish that feat in records dating back to 1965… Since 1996, he is also the only true freshman in the nation to have returned interceptions for touchdowns in consecutive games… Tied for second in the nation overall with his two interception returned for touchdowns and he was one of 13 true freshmen to have recorded at least one pick-six during the season... From that list only two freshman, including Henderson, had two INT returns for touchdowns… Finally, he is now tied for first in program history for most interceptions returned for a touchdown in a season, with the all-time record for a career being four… His four interceptions tied Duke Dawson for the team lead and it ranked 29th in the nation and third in the SEC... Dawson and Henderson recorded back-to-back INT return touchdowns in consecutive series against Michigan… They became the first CB tandem to accomplish that feat since Teez Tabor and Quincy Wilson did so against Missouri in 2016... Earned Second Team All-SEC honors by the AP and Third Team All-SEC accolades from Phil Steele… Picked up Freshman All-SEC honors by the league’s Coaches… Following his season-best five-tackle performance and the aforementioned pick-six against Tennessee, Henderson garnered SEC Freshman of the Week honors.
 
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Played in the 2017 Under Armour All-American game… In his junior and senior seasons, he recorded 636 total rushing yards on 68 carries (39.8 yards per game) and 10 touchdowns (seven rushing)… Selected to the USA National Team in its game vs. Canada… Played for coach Chris Merritt.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    CB
    6'1" 186 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    DB
    6'1" 191 lbs
    5
  • 1

    2019Junior

    DB
    6'1" 202 lbs
    1