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Aaron Henry

Title:
Nickels
Email:
arhenry2@ncsu.edu
Phone:
(919) 515-7062

6th year in coaching, 3rd at NC State
Wisconsin `11

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:

College - Played at Wisconsin from 2007-11, appearing in 52 games and starting 32 contests. He tallied 181 career tackles, including seven for loss with 4.5 sacks, seven interceptions and 23 passes defended, while helping lead the Badgers to three consecutive Big Ten titles, including victories in each of the first two Big Ten Championship Games. During his career, Wisconsin became the first Big Ten program since 1976-78 to play in the Rose Bowl in three straight years. A first-team All-Big Ten performer as a senior, Henry started all 14 games and finished the year with 67 tackles, including three for loss with one sack, four interceptions and seven passes defended. In 2010, he earned second-team All-Big Ten honors after tallying 58 tackles, three fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, two interceptions and nine passes defended. A 2011 quarterfinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, he was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten performer. In 2007, was named an honorable mention Freshman All-American and was a Freshman All-Big Ten first-team honoree. He sat out the 2008 season while recovering from an injury and returned in 2009 to play in all 13 games.

EDUCATION:

Earned a B.S. in consumer affairs from Wisconsin in 2011. Earned his master’s degree in sports management from Arkanasas in 2015.

PERSONAL DATA:

A native of Immokalee, Fla.

BOWL EXPERIENCE:

As a coach - NC State: 2018 Tax Slayer Gator Bowl, 2017 Hyundai Sun Bowl; Arkansas: 2015 Liberty Bowl; AS A PLAYER - 2007 Outback Bowl, 2008 Champs Sports Bowl, 2009 Champs Sports Bowl, 2010 Rose Bowl, 2011 Rose Bowl.

Coaching HIGHLIGHTS:

At NC State: 2018 was his first season coaching the nickels. Freshman Tanner Ingle made seven starts and transfer Stephen Griffin started six games; Jarius Morehead was a first-year starter in 2017, starting 12 games and ranking second on the team in tackles; Traveled to Kenya with several members of the Wolfpack squad during spring break of 2018 to serve at Mountain Park Academy. At Rutgers: Coached honorable mention All-Big Ten cornerback Blessuan Austin, who ranked second in the Big Ten and 10th nationally with 1.4 passes defended per game in 2016. At Arkansas: Working with his college head coach, Bret Bielema, the Razorbacks won five SEC games in 2015 and played in the Liberty Bowl. In 2014, Arkansas became the first unranked team in college football history to post back-to-back shutouts against ranked opponents and won the Texas Bowl over Texas.