2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 6
Dravon Askew-Henry
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Aliquippa, Pa.
- High School:
- Aliquippa HS
2018 (r-Sr.)
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (DB)
- Started all 51 games of his career; setting WVU career record for most starts
- Started all 12 games at bandit safety
- Finished career with 215 total career tackles, the second-best mark on the team, including 162 solo tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, six interceptions and 10 pass breakups
- No. 2 on the team in career interceptions (6)
- Tied for No. 9 in the Big 12 in total interceptions (2)
- Tied for No. 11 in the Big 12 in interceptions per game (0.2)
- Tied for fourth on the team in tackles with 54, including 37 solo tackles, five tackles for loss and two interceptions
- Finished with seven tackles, including five unassisted tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl
- Tied his career-high mark in total tackles (8) against Oklahoma, which included a season-high seven solo stops
- Registered four solo stops vs. Oklahoma State
- Tallied two solo tackles against Texas
- Recorded five total tackles, including three solo stops and one TFL, against Baylor
- Finished with seven total tackles, also hauled in his second interception of the season vs. Iowa State
- Registered four solo stops against Texas Tech, including one tackle for loss
- Tallied three solo stops against Kansas State
- Hauled in his first interception of the season against Youngstown State
- Registered seven tackles against Tennessee, including one tackle for loss
- Also had a career-high four assisted tackles against Tennessee
2017 (r-Jr.)
- Started 13 games; eight games at free safety and final five games at bandit safety
- Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention
- Fourth-leading tackler for WVU with 57 tackles, including 42 solo stops, 2.5 tackles for loss and interception and four pass breakups
- Tied for No. 44 in the Big 12 in tackles
- Tied a season high with six total tackles vs. Utah
- Logged five unassisted tackles vs. Texas
- Recorded four tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss at Kansas State
- Made four tackles, recorded a pass breakup and was credited with a share of a tackle for loss vs. Iowa State
- Tied a season-high six tackles vs. Oklahoma State, including five solos
- Recorded a career-high two pass breakups at Baylor to go along with three tackles
- Recorded season-high six tackles at TCU, including his first tackle for loss of the season and 100th solo tackle of his WVU career
- Tallied five solo tackles at Kansas
- Registered his fourth career interception vs. Delaware State, most of any current Mountaineer
- Also recorded three tackles against the Hornets
- Recorded five tackles (four solos) to go along with season’s first pass breakup vs. East Carolina
- Collected five total tackles in season opener vs. Virginia Tech
2016 (Jr.)
- Sustained a season-ending knee injury during preseason camp
- Redshirted
2015 (So.)
- Started all 13 games and posted 59 tackles, including 47 unassisted, a tackle for loss, an interception and four pass breakups
- Used on a team-high 1,105 snaps, including a team-high 952 on defense
- Recorded a team-high seven tackles vs. Arizona State in the Cactus Bowl
- Posted four solo tackles at Kansas State
- Had four tackles and a pass breakup at Kansas
- Had four tackles and a pass breakup vs. Texas
- Recorded six tackles, one for a loss, vs. Texas Tech
- Had six tackles and a pass breakup at TCU
- Finished with four tackles, including three solo stops at Baylor
- Had a career-high-tying seven tackles vs. Oklahoma State
- Led the team with a career-best seven tackles vs. Liberty
- Had an interception with four tackles, three solo, and assisted on one tackle for loss vs. Georgia Southern
2014 (Fr.)
- ESPN.com True Freshman All-American
- Started all 13 games and posted 45 tackles, including 36 unassisted tackles, one tackles for loss, two interceptions and two pass breakups
- Used on 965 plays, including 901 on defense
- Finished with 60 or more defensive plays in 11 games
- Saw action on a season-high 90 defensive plays at Iowa State
- Had eight solo tackles and a pass breakup against Texas A&M in the Liberty Bowl
- Registered four tackles at Iowa State, including two solo stops
- Finished with four solo stops against Kansas State, including his first career tackle for loss
- Three tackles against TCU, including two unassisted
- Three solo tackles at Oklahoma State
- Two interceptions returned for 53 yards, including a 52-yarder for a touchdown at OSU in the fourth quarter
- Three solo tackles against Baylor
- Tied his season-high with six tackles at Texas Tech, including a season-high five unassisted tackles
- Four tackles against Kansas, including three solo stops and a pass breakup
- Saw first action as a true freshman against Alabama and finished with six tackles
High School
- Four-year star defensive back and running back for coach Mike Zmijanac at Aliquippa High
- Two-time Pennsylvania Class 2A All-State First Team, 2013 as athlete and 2012 at defensive back
- Earned a spot on the 2013 All-USA Today All-State Football First Team running back
- Selected as the 2014 Pittsburgh Athletic Association Mercury Award recipient, honoring the top high school football player in Western Pennsylvania
- Helped lead the Quips to four straight WPIAL championship games
- As a senior, helped lead Aliquippa to a 12-1 record and advance to the Class 2A WPIAL championship game
- Finished his career with 5,454 rushing yards on 588 carries, an average of 9.3 yards per carry
- Two-time Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous 22 selection
- Three-time Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s Terrific 25
- Three-time WPIAL Class 2A All-Midwestern Conference
- As a senior, he had 1,242 yards on 99 carries, an average of 12.5 yards per carry, and scored a touchdown five different ways
- Helped lead Aliquippa to a 15-1 record, the WPIAL and PIAA Class 2A title games as a junior
- As a junior, he rushed for 1,857 yards and 29 touchdowns
- Finished with nine interceptions
Personal
- Birthday is October 24
- Son of Roland and Shanell Henry
- One of four children
- Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
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