John Henderson Net Worth

Net Worth  Net Worth: $14 Million

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John Nathan Henderson was born on the 9th January 1979, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and is a retired professional American Football player who, under the nicknames of Big Jon or Big Hen, is widely recognized as a defensive tackle of National Football League’s (NFL) clubs Jacksonville Jaguars and Oakland Raiders.

Have you ever wondered how much wealth this former professional athlete has accumulated so far? How rich John Henderson is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of John Henderson’s net worth, as of mid-2017, revolves around the sum of $14 million, largely acquired through his career in American Football which was active for ten seasons, between 2002 and 2011.


John Henderson Net Worth $14 million


John went to Pearl Cohn Comprehensive High School in his hometown where he excelled in sports, not only at American Football as a tight end of the Pearl Cohn Firebirds, but also at basketball. During his junior year, he was selected for the All-State team in both sports, and was later appointed as All-American. The Sporting News ranked him No. 7 on their Top 100 college football players list. In 1998 John enrolled at the University of Tennessee where he joined the Tennessee Volunteers football club, serving as the team’s defensive tackle ’til 2001. In 2000 he was honored with the Outland Trophy for being the college’s top lineman, and was also selected for the All-American team two years in a row, in 2000 and 2001. All these engagements set the foundation for John Henderson’s professional NFL career which provided him his current net worth.

Henderson’s professional career began when he was drafted as pick No. 9 in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. During his rookie season, he scored 53 tackles and managed to become the game starter, with a salary of $225,000. Due to his good plays, in 2004 he was selected for NFL All-Star game, and the illustrious Pro-Bowl for the first time in his career. All these accomplishments helped John Henderson not only to establish himself in the demanding world of professional American Football, but also to significantly increase his net worth.

Maintaining a streak of great performances, in 2006 Henderson signed a six-season playing contract extension with the Jaguars, with a total worth of $34 million. Later during the seasons, making a total of 51 tackles, he repeated the success from 2004, and was called for another Pro Bowl event, his second and also final in his professional sports career. During the 2007 season, despite his good performances, Henderson skipped several games which were followed by an allegedly faked shoulder injury in 2008. After completing the entire 2009 season with the Jaguars, in April 2010 he was released from the franchise. However, all these achievements helped John Henderson to dramatically boost the amount of his revenues as his salary peaked at around $1.4 million.

In June 2010, Henderson joined the Oakland Raiders with which he signed a two-season long playing contract in February 2011, worth $8 million. However, in March 2012 he was released, and officially announced his retirement from professional American Football, having a total of 146 games in his portfolio during which he made over 490 tackles. Doubtlessly, all these involvements helped John Henderson to add a notable sum to the total size of his wealth.

Apart from his sports career, Henderson also put some efforts towards business – in 2007 he opened big-and-tall clothing store named “4 Big Men by Big Hen”, however, this enterprise was later closed. In 2013 he opened a chain of two “Big John’s Crumpy’s Wings & Things” restaurant which operated ’til 2015.

When it comes to his personal life, John Henderson is married to Aleviar Henderson, with whom he has welcomed two sons and two daughters.

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