2024
Played in five games and used his redshirt season … rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on 14 attempts … caught four passes for 16 yards … piled up 81 yards om just five carries in the 44-15 win over Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Bowl … broke loose for a 51-yard TD dash in what was UTSA’s second straight bowl win … also had carries against Kennesaw State, Texas State, Texas and Florida Atlantic … is a member of the UTSA track & field team … member of the 2024-25 American Conference All-Academic Team.

Prior to UTSA
Speedy running back who starred for head coach Alan Metzel at Gilmer High School … rushed for a school-record 2,736 yards and 35 touchdowns on 291 carries to help lead the Buckeyes to a 13-3 record and the 2023 Class 4A Division II state title … averaged 9.4 yards per attempt and 171.0 yards per game … also caught 36 passes for 430 yards and three scores … Padilla Poll Coaches 4A D-II Offensive Player of the Year, TSWA All-State First Team and District 7-4A Offensive MVP as a senior … logged 12 100-yard games … piled up 1,142 yards and 13 TDs in six playoff games including 271 yards and four scores in a 79-42 win over Glen Rose in the semifinals … was named the Class 4A D-II State Championship Game Offensive MVP after tallying 227 yards and a TD in the 28-26 victory over Bellville … also topped 200 yards against Chapel Hill (221), Lindale (211), Walnut Grove (262), Spring Hill (250), Center (206) and Sunnyvale (220) … rushed for 1,036 yards and 14 TDs as a junior averaged 8.56 yards per carry … helped lead Gilmer to an 11-1 record and the third round of the Class 4A D-II playoffs … three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, which ranks him as the No. 8 running back in the state of Texas … also a standout for the track & field program to help lead the Buckeyes to back-to-back state titles … grabbed the gold medal in the 100 meters with a 10.40 clocking and anchored the 4x100m (40.56) and 4x200m (1:24.71) relays to first place at the 2024 state meet … sped to the Class 4A crown in the 100m after clocking a 10.28 at the 2023 state meet … also anchored Gilmer’s 4x100m (41.15) and 4x200m (1:25.90) relay teams to gold at the state meet that year … silver medalist in the 100m as a sophomore after crossing second in 10.48 … also clocked a personal-best time of 20.52 in the 200m.

Personal
Born on Oct. 11, 2005 … business major.

Will Henderson III