Hunter Henry
New England PatriotsHunter Henry has 29 catches, 326 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in 8 games for the New England Patriots this season through Week 8, 9.2 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
A career-high 93.0 this season, up from 89.0.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A veteran security blanket for a rising quarterback.
The case for
- Five-rank improvement aligned with Drake Maye's tier-1 QB jump; the system fit is clean.
- Career 455 catches across 10 NFL seasons; the volume floor is built into the position's veteran tier.
The worry
- Age 31 with five straight years outside tier 2; the long-term decline is approaching.
- Recent game log includes a 2.8 PPR Week 15; the floor games still come on Patriots' run-heavy days.
What to watch: Whether Maye's year-three offense gives Henry the goal-line role to push him into tier 2 in 2026.
Full take and bio
Henry at STTM #9 tier 3 in 2025 is a five-point rank improvement over his 2024 (#14 tier 4) and 2023 (#15 tier 4) seasons, the rebound that came alongside Drake Maye's STTM #1 QB jump. The 6'5" 249 frame and decade of starter experience makes him a reliable security blanket for Maye's developing reads. 24.5 PPR Week 12 confirms the ceiling remains.
Henry was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, attended Pulaski Academy, and won the 2015 John Mackey Award plus unanimous All-American honors at Arkansas. The Chargers took him 35th overall in the 2016 NFL Draft. He spent five years with the Chargers before signing with New England in 2021. Career line is 455 catches across 10 seasons.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Heath Miller, Tucker Kraft, Ken Dilger. Built like: Rhett Ellison, John Phillips, Gavin Bartholomew. Coming out: Tyler Eifert, Zach Ertz, Clark Harris.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 6 starters, 8 backups, 4 didn't stick.
Hunter Henry Props This Weekat MIA
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4.5 | +105 Bovada | -135 Bovada |
| Receiving yards | 44.5 | -110 Bovada | -120 Bovada |
Best price across 9 books as of Mon Nov 2. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room
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Hunter Henry Injury StatusQuestionable
Hunter Henry is listed Questionable (Foot), reported Nov 3. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 8 games
9.2 fantasy points a game, 74 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Hunter Henry at TE17 (the public consensus says TE18); the model has 83 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits MIA.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 2, pick 35 to the San Diego Chargers in 2016, out of Arkansas (SEC). He went earlier than consensus.
In college, 2014-2015, 26 games: 88 rec, 1,229 yds, 5 TD, 14.0 yds/rec. (partial record) Coming out: 4.79s 40 yd, 13 reps bench.
Recruited
Class of 2013 · Tight end · High school: Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, AR
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