Henley Named First Team, 10 Earn All-Pac-12 Accolades

SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 6, 2022) – Ten Washington State football players earned 2022 All-Pac-12 Conference honors, including linebacker Daiyan Henley who earned first-team honors, the conference office announced Tuesday.
 
Henley was named to the first team and also to the second team as an all-purpose/special teams player while edge’s Ron Stone Jr. and Brennan Jackson joined Henley on the second team. Seven players earned honorable mention; punt returner Robert Ferrel, punter Nick Haberer, left tackle Jarrett Kingston, defensive back Armani Marsh, cornerback Chau Smith-Wade, quarterback Cameron Ward and running back Nakia Watson.
 
In his first season at WSU, Henley is the first Cougar linebacker to earn first-team honors since Will Derting in 2003. Henley, a graduate transfer from Nevada, enters the LA Bowl second in the Pac-12 with 106 tackles, third with 12 tackles-for-loss, tied for the league lead with three forced fumbles, recovered two fumbles and picked off one pass. The Los Angeles native owns five double-digit tackle games this season including game-highs of 11 at No. 6 USC, 13 at Oregon State, 12 against No. 14 Utah and 10 against Arizona State. Henley, WSU’s first Butkus Award Finalist in program history, also paces the team with six special teams tackles.
 
Stone Jr. earns his second-straight all-conference honor after being named to the first team last season. The redshirt-junior from San Jose, Calif. recorded 31 tackles including four for loss with two sacks, three pass breakups and tied for second in the Pac-12 with 11 quarterback hits.
 
Jackson earned his third career all-conference accolade after receiving honorable mention the previous two seasons. The redshirt-junior from Temecula, Calif. recorded 39 tackles, tied for fifth in the Pac-12 with 11 tackles-for-loss including a team-high five sacks. Jackson also forced one fumble, broke up two passes and led the team with 38 quarterback pressures.
 
Ferrel earns honorable mention as a punt returner in his first season at WSU after graduate transferring from Incarnate Word. The Sparks, Nev. native was second in the Pac-12 averaging 10.7 yards-per punt return including three returns of 20+ yards; 34 against California, 27 at Oregon State and 21 at Stanford. Ferrel was also second on the team with 46 receptions and tied for second on the team with four touchdown…