University of Delaware Athletics
Henderson Earns National Honors
9/19/2022 1:52:00 PM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – The awards keep rolling in for University of Delaware quarterback Nolan Henderson following his career performance in Delaware's 42-21 victory at Rhode Island on Saturday. After being named the CAA Offensive Player of the Week on Monday morning, the Smyrna, Delaware native has also been recognized as the FedEx Ground FCS National Offensive Player of the Week by Stats Perform as well as the CFPA FCS National Co-Performer of the Week.
Henderson set career highs with 29 completions for 379 yards and four touchdowns. He spread the ball around with 11 different receivers, including finding Jourdan Townsend seven times for 109 yards and a pair of scores. Henderson was on fire from the beginning, hitting 22-of-25 passes in the first half as the Blue Hens opened a 35-7 lead at the midway point.
He finished 29-of-34 passing on the day for an 85.3 completion percentage which ranks fifth all-time in the UD record books for a single game. The 379 passing yards also rank seventh and the 29 completions are tied for 12th. Henderson's 315 passing yards and four touchdowns through the first two quarters not only blew past his previous career highs, but he threw for the second-most passing yards in a single half since Matt Nagy's 358 yards in the first half against UConn in 1998.
Henderson becomes the second Blue Hen to earn national player of the week honors this season. Following UD's season-opening 14-7 victory over Navy, Johnny Buchanan was named the FedEx Ground FCS National Defensive Player of the Week by Stats Perform.
Up Next
The No. 8/8 Blue Hens will return to Newark for two-consecutive home conference games. Delaware will host CAA-newcomer Hampton on Saturday, September 24 before welcoming Towson to Delaware Stadium on October 1. Single-game tickets as well as partial plans and individual game parking for all five of UD's remaining home games are currently on sale.
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