Linebacker, Washington State (from Nevada), 2017–⁠22

Daiyan Henley

Number: No. 1
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 232 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Born: Nov 18, 1999

Daiyan Henley played linebacker at Nevada (2017–⁠21) and Washington State (2022). The Los Angeles Chargers took Henley in round 3, No. 85 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 106; Tackles, 2022 (Washington State, 7–⁠6)
Best game: 13 tackles; Vs. Colorado State, week 3, 2022: No. 1 defensive game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 85; Round 3, 2023 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Chargers)

13tackles, career hightwice; last at Oregon State, 2022 3sacks, career highvs. Colorado State, 2022 2interceptions, career highvs. Hawai’i, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

106

3–⁠98–⁠57–⁠67–⁠28–⁠57–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Nevada	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Nevada	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Nevada	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Nevada	49	28	0.5	0	0	0	0
2021	Nevada	94	59	2	0	4	3	0
2022	Washington State	106	54	12	4	1	1	3
Career		256	147	14.5	4	5	4	3

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds
2017	Nevada	21	439
2018	Nevada	5	111
2019	Nevada	1	12
Career		27	562

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2017	Nevada	8	103	12.9	3	31
2018	Nevada	8	130	16.3	0	34
2022	Washington State	1	36	36.0	0	36
Career		17	269	15.8	3	36

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Nevada	1	LB	Yr 1
2018	Nevada	1	LB	Yr 2
2019	Nevada	1	LB	Yr 3
2020	Nevada	1	LB	Yr 4
2021	Nevada	1	LB	Yr 5
2022	Washington State	1	LB	Sr. (Yr 6)	6′2″	232

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 Washington State 12 games, 106 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Idaho	W 24–⁠17	8	4	3	1	1	0
Sep 10	atWisconsin	W 17–⁠14	9	5	1.5	0	0	0
Sep 17	vs.Colorado State	W 38–⁠7	13	5	3	3	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Oregon	L 41–⁠44	8	5	1	0	0	0
Oct 1	vs.California	W 28–⁠9	6	3	1	0	0	0
Oct 8	atUSC	L 14–⁠30	11	7	0.5	0	0	0
Oct 15	atOregon State	L 10–⁠24	13	4	1	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Utah	L 17–⁠21	12	3	0	0	0	1
Nov 5	atStanford	W 52–⁠14	5	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 12	vs.Arizona State	W 28–⁠18	10	7	1	0	0	0
Nov 19	atArizona	W 31–⁠20	7	6	0	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Washington	L 33–⁠51	4	3	0	0	0	0

2021 Nevada 12 games, 94 tackles, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 4	atCalifornia	W 22–⁠17	9	6	0.5	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Idaho State	W 49–⁠10	8	3	0	0	2
Sep 18	atKansas State	L 17–⁠38	11	7	0	0	0
Oct 2	atBoise State	W 41–⁠31	7	6	0	1	1
Oct 9	vs.New Mexico State	W 55–⁠28	12	9	1	0	0
Oct 16	vs.Hawai’i	W 34–⁠17	5	3	0	2	0
Oct 23	atFresno State	L 32–⁠34	8	4	0.5	0	0
Oct 29	vs.UNLV	W 51–⁠20	5	3	0	1	0
Nov 6	vs.San José State	W 27–⁠24	5	2	0	0	0
Nov 13	atSan Diego State	L 21–⁠23	7	5	0	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Air Force	L 39–⁠41	6	5	0	0	0
Nov 27	atColorado State	W 52–⁠10	11	6	0	0	0

2020 Nevada 8 games, 49 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Oct 31	atUNLV	W 37–⁠19	4	3	0
Nov 5	vs.Utah State	W 34–⁠9	8	5	0
Nov 14	atNew Mexico	W 27–⁠20	8	3	0
Nov 21	vs.San Diego State	W 26–⁠21	2	1	0
Nov 28	atHawai’i	L 21–⁠24	11	5	0.5
Dec 5	vs.Fresno State	W 37–⁠26	6	4	0
Dec 11	atSan José State	L 20–⁠30	4	4	0
Dec 22 ✦	vs.Tulane	W 38–⁠27	6	3	0

2019 Nevada 2 games, 5 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 7	atOregon	L 6–⁠77	4	3	0	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Weber State	W 19–⁠13	1	1	0	0	0	0

2018 Nevada 7 games, 5 returns, 111 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 8	atVanderbilt	L 10–⁠41	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 22	atToledo	L 44–⁠63	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 6	vs.Fresno State	L 3–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 13	vs.Boise State	L 27–⁠31	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 20	atHawai’i	W 40–⁠22	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 10	vs.Colorado State	W 49–⁠10	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 17	atSan José State	W 21–⁠12	–	–	–	–	–	–

2017 Nevada 9 games, 21 returns, 439 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 9	vs.Toledo	L 24–⁠37	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sep 23	atWashington State	L 7–⁠45	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sep 30	atFresno State	L 21–⁠41	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 7	vs.Hawai’i	W 35–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 14	atColorado State	L 42–⁠44	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 20	vs.Air Force	L 42–⁠45	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 4	atBoise State	L 14–⁠41	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 18	atSan Diego State	L 23–⁠42	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 25	vs.UNLV	W 23–⁠16	–	–	–	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2023 Senior Bowl (National team, won 27–⁠10).

Drill	Combine 2023	Combine or pro day 2023
Height	6′0⅞″
Weight	225 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	9½″
Wingspan		77¾″^W
40-yard dash	4.54 s
10-yard split		1.55 s
Vertical jump	35″
Broad jump	10′5″
Bench press		19 reps^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 45 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2023	Los Angeles Chargers	8	15	0	0
2024	Los Angeles Chargers	16	135	1	1
2025	Los Angeles Chargers	16	101	3.5	2
2026 (so far)	Los Angeles Chargers	5	30	0.5	0
NFL career		45	281	5	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs