Seth Henigan

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Seth Henigan
Memphis Tigers–No. 9
Position Quarterback
ClassSenior
Personal information
Born: (2003-03-10) March 10, 2003 (age 21)
Denton, Texas
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Billy Ryan
(Denton, Texas)
Career highlights and awards

Seth Henigan (born March 10, 2003) is an American college football quarterback for the Memphis Tigers.

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Early life

Henigan played high school football at Billy Ryan High School in Denton, Texas. [1] He led Denton Ryan to a 39–2 record from 2018 to 2020 and totaled 7,234 passing yards and 79 passing touchdowns with only 14 interceptions. [2]

College career

As a true freshman in 2021, Henigan won the starting quarterback job at Memphis. [3] [4] He became the first true freshman to start a season opener in the history of the Memphis football program. [5] In his Tigers debut, Henigan threw for 265 yards on 19 of 32 attempts and one touchdown in a 42–17 victory over Nicholls. In his second collegiate game, he threw for 417 yards and five touchdowns against Arkansas State and was named National Player of the Week. [6] [7] In week six, Henigan completed 34 of 57 passes for a career high 463 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in a loss against Tulsa. [8] He finished the 2021 regular season with 3,322 passing yards, 25 touchdowns, and eight interceptions. [9]

As a sophomore in 2022, Hennigan threw for a season high 415 yards in a victory over Navy. [9] He led the Tigers to a victory against Utah State in the 2022 First Responder Bowl and was named MVP of the game. [10] [11]

In 2023, Hennigan threw for a conference best 3,883 yards on 318 of 476 attempts. He also led threw a career high 32 touchdowns to nine interceptions. He led the Tigers to their first 10 win season since the 2019 season. Against Iowa State in the 2023 Liberty Bowl, Hennigan threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns. His performance earned him the games Most Valuable Player award. [12]

In week three of the 2024 season, Hennigan led the Tigers to a victory over Florida State. Hennigan completed 25 of 38 attempts for 272 yards with two touchdowns and an interception while extending his streak of throwing a touchdown pass in every game of his career to 40 games. [13] For his performance, he was named AAC Offensive Player of the Week. [14] His touchdowns thrown streak tied him for the third longest in NCAA history with former heisman trophy winner Baker Mayfield. [15] He extended his streak with a touchdown pass to 41 games in a loss against Navy to move in to a tie with former heisman trophy winner Marcus Mariota for the second longest streak in FBS history. [16] Henigan's streak was snapped the following week in a victory over Middle Tennessee. Henigan threw a game winning touchdown pass in the games final minute against Charlotte, becoming to Memphis' all-time touchdown leader. He surpassed Brady White's 90 touchdowns mark. [17]


Statistics

Memphis record
*Led the conference
BoldCareer best
Memphis Tigers
SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2021 11116–523539359.83,3228.5258147.7801471.80
2022 13137–628544564.03,5598.0228143.91462872.04
2023 131310–3*318*47666.8*3,8838.2*329153.7942742.95
2024 887−119730564.62,0786.8124132.244851.91
Career 454530−151,0351,61963.912,8427.99129145.53647932.210

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