Hunter Henry Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Hunter Henry
TE
, New England Patriots

Age: 27
Weight: 250 lbs
Height: 6' 5"

ADP: 131
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
85	613	4	60	0

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Over the past two seasons, Henry averaged 4.4 catches for 49 yards and 0.35 touchdowns per game, which would have been good enough for a No. 4 overall finish last season had Henry played at that rate for a full 16-game season. If either (but not both) of Henry and Jonnu Smith had signed with the Patriots, they would certainly be in the TE1 conversation, but as it stands, the two players may serve to cancel each other out. Of the two, Henry is the more accomplished receiver–115 catches, 1,265 yards and nine touchdowns in the last two seasons–but Smith is a more explosive athlete and the Patriots signed him first.

Latest news

Patriots sign Hunter Henry to three-year deal

Adam Schefter

Mar 16 · 10:11 AM EDT

And New England strikes again: The Patriots are signing former Chargers' TE Hunter Henry to a three-year, $37.5 million deal, including $25 million guaranteed, per source.

Fantasy Impact:

Hunter Henry joins fellow free-agent TE Jonnu Smith in New England on a three-year deal. The former Charger has put up starting TE numbers in three of the past four seasons and finds himself on a team with a whole slew of new weapons. The Patriots were the favorites to sign Henry until they locked up Jonnu Smith. It turns out that they wanted both players, and it appears that the team is trying to recreate the Rob Gronkowski/Aaron Hernandez offense of several years ago. Henry's arrival throws some cold water on Smith's upside since he's another mouth to feed in what was a very run-heavy offense last year. It's clear that the Patriots are planning to throw the ball more, the question is how much. Neither player is a clear and obvious fantasy TE1 at this point.

Scouting report

by Bill Riccette

· Jul 18 · 12:09 PM EDT

NE TE Hunter Henry - 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Hunter Henry has overcome quite a bit over the past few seasons with the Chargers. He had a torn ACL in 2018 and dealt with other injuries and issues over the past two seasons. Despite that, he still averaged almost 60 catches and over 600 yards with nine total touchdowns in that time. Now he's getting $12.5 million a year from the Patriots.

Fantasy Downside

Henry, of course, is not the only tight end that received a contract averaging $12.5 million a year in New England. In fact, he wasn't even the first tight end to do so with the Patriots. That honor belongs to Jonnu Smith. Really, it means the Patriots will run a ton of 12 personnel, and, ultimately, both tight ends will start canceling each other out from being a high-end fantasy option among tight ends.

2021 Bottom Line

All that said, there could still be plenty of volume for both Henry and Smith to be solid No. 2 fantasy tight ends. But you add in Nelson Agholor, Kendrick Bourne and James White, among others, and there are a lot of mouths to feed in New England. Temper fantasy expectations for Henry.

2021 Strength of Schedule - NE

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
10 MIA	32 @NYJ	12 NO	22 TB	11 @HOU	17 DAL	32 NYJ	23 @LAC	14 @CAR	30 CLE	29 @ATL	21 TEN	24 @BUF	BYE	4 @IND	24 BUF	25 JAX

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@CIN	5	73	0	8	14.60	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.3	12.3	59/74	79.7%
2	KC	6	83	0	8	13.83	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.3	14.3	71/83	85.5%
3	CAR	5	50	0	7	10.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	10.0	69/78	88.5%
4	@TB	2	39	0	3	19.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.9	5.9	45/53	84.9%
5	@NO	4	23	1	8	5.75	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.3	12.3	67/71	94.4%
6	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	JAX	3	23	0	7	7.67	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.3	5.3	62/81	76.5%
8	@DEN	4	33	0	4	8.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.3	7.3	84/87	96.6%
9	LV	4	33	0	7	8.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.3	7.3	78/79	98.7%
10	@MIA	4	30	1	6	7.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.0	13.0	59/63	93.7%
11	NYJ	4	48	1	7	12.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.8	14.8	75/82	91.5%
12	@BUF	7	67	0	10	9.57	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.7	13.7	78/83	94.0%
13	NE	1	5	0	2	5.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.5	1.5	41/72	56.9%
14	ATL	6	41	0	8	6.83	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.1	10.1	66/73	90.4%
15	@LV	5	65	1	7	13.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.5	17.5	59/66	89.4%
16	DEN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	@KC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Per game		4.29	43.79	0.29	6.57	10.22	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.09	10.38	65.21/74.64	87.19%
Totals		60	613	4	92	10.22	0	0	0	0	0.00	85.3	145.3	913/1045	87.19%