Damian Henderson II

Kansas State

Oct 31 (Sat)

12 p.m.

Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
Class:
Fourth
Hometown:
Los Alamitos, Calif.
High School:
Los Alamitos
Prev School:
Colorado State/Sacramento State

AT COLORADO

2026 (Fourth-Year): Has played in five games. Has 26 carries for 127 yards, which is third on the team; has one reception for 20 yards; has one tackle.

Game by Game:

at Georgia Tech (Sept. 3, W 14-13): 11 rushes for 62 yards.
vs. Weber State (Sept. 12, W 52-21): 5 rushes for 23 yards.
at Northwestern (Sept. 19, L 7-41): 7 rushes for 23 yards.
vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 3, L 7-29): 3 rushes for 19 yards; 1 catch for 20 yards; 1 tackle.
vs. Utah (Oct. 17, L 24-27): played.

AS A TRANSFER

Rated a three-star transfer prospect by 247Sports, which listed him as the No. 715 player in the portal and the No. 63 running back as of Jan. 16, 2026. Enters Colorado as an undergraduate transfer with two years to play two.

AT SACRAMENTO STATE (2025)

2025 (Third-Year): Played in all 12 games with one start under Brennan Marion, then Sacramento State’s head coach and now Colorado’s offensive coordinator, and ranked second on the team with 565 rushing yards on 91 carries and five touchdowns, adding seven receptions for 65 yards with a long of 14 at South Dakota State. Most of his production came in a three-game stretch: 98 yards and three touchdowns against Mercyhurst, 137 yards and a touchdown against Central Arkansas, including an 85-yard scoring run that was the second-longest rushing touchdown of the program’s Division I era, and 93 yards against Cal Poly.

AT COLORADO STATE (2023-24)

2024 (Second-Year): Appeared in one game, carrying eight times for 38 yards and catching two passes for 13 yards against Northern Colorado.

2023 (First-Year): Redshirted after appearing in two games, against Utah Tech and at Hawai’i. Finished his two seasons at CSU with 12 carries for 50 yards in three games.

RECRUIT RANKINGS

A three-star prospect by most services; ESPN rated him a four-star, the No. 282 player in the class, the No. 21 running back and the No. 20 player from California. On3 rated him an 88, the No. 40 running back and No. 60 in California; 247Sports rated him an 89, the No. 30 running back and No. 36 in California. The 247Sports Composite listed him No. 475 nationally, the No. 30 running back and No. 40 in California, and the Rivals Industry Ranking had him No. 393 nationally, the No. 28 running back and No. 30 in California.

AT LOS ALAMITOS HIGH SCHOOL

Played three seasons of varsity football, the last at Los Alamitos for head coach Ray Fenton, where he was named first-team all-CIF Southern Section Division I after rushing for 1,744 yards and 23 touchdowns, averaging 145.3 yards per game with a season-high 305 yards and five touchdowns against Santa Margarita. As a junior at Long Beach Jordan, rushed for 1,023 yards on 127 carries and nine touchdowns, caught 12 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns and led Jordan to an 8-6 record and the CIF Southern Section Division 11 championship game. Also competed in track and field, running 11.00 in the 100 meters as a junior with a 5-9 high jump and a 17-10 long jump.