Chris Henry
Photo: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, West Virginia, 2002–⁠05

Chris Henry

Born
May 17, 1983, in Belle Chasse, Louisiana
Died
Dec 17, 2009, in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Chris Henry played receiver at West Virginia (2002–⁠05). The Cincinnati Bengals took Henry in round 3, No. 83 overall in the 2005 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2003
Big East Rookie of the Year
Drafted
No. 83
Round 3, 2005 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

8catches, best game on filevs. Boston College, 2004119receiving yards, best game on fileat Rutgers, 20042receiving touchdowns, best game on filethree times; last vs. Syracuse, 2004

Honors

Team titles: Big East champions, 2004

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004West Virginia5287216.81269

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2004 West Virginia 11 games, 52 catches, 872 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.East CarolinaW 56–⁠23486160–
Sep 11atUCFW 45–⁠20793225–
Sep 18vs.MarylandW 19–⁠16572125–
Sep 25vs.James MadisonW 45–⁠10774219–
Oct 2atVirginia TechL 13–⁠19542012–
Oct 13atUConnW 31–⁠19466149–
Oct 21vs.SyracuseW 27–⁠6395247–
Oct 30atRutgersW 35–⁠304119169–
Nov 6vs.TempleW 42–⁠21246140–
Nov 13vs.Boston CollegeL 17–⁠3681181412
Jan 1 ✦vs.Florida StateL 18–⁠30361040–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine or pro day 2005
Height6′4″
Weight197 lb
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.64 s
Vertical jump36″

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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