Receiver, Western Michigan, 2012–⁠16

Michael Henry

Number
No. 83
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Flint, MI

Michael Henry played receiver at Western Michigan (2012–⁠16).

Career highs

8catches, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 2016125receiving yards, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 20162receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Georgia Southern, 2016

Team titles: MAC champions, 2016

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Western Michigan122.002
2014Western Michigan68614.3030
2015Western Michigan1824713.7164
2016Western Michigan6377912.4465
Career881,11412.7565

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
201410 of 13257
20158 of 13235

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Western Michigan83WR
2013Western Michigan83WR
2014Western Michigan83WR
2015Western Michigan83WR
2016Western Michigan83WR5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Western Michigan1-0.61––-0.6–
2014Western Michigan80.23––1.9–
2015Western Michigan210.80––16.93%
2016Western Michigan770.5959th (n=489)0.5245.48%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Western Michigan 14 games, 63 catches, 779 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3atNorthwesternW 22–⁠21537017
Sep 10vs.North Carolina CentralW 70–⁠21443018
Sep 17atIllinoisW 34–⁠10130030
Sep 24vs.Georgia SouthernW 49–⁠318125237
Oct 1atCentral MichiganW 49–⁠1043019
Oct 8vs.Northern IllinoisW 45–⁠30560034
Oct 15atAkronW 41–⁠0643016
Oct 22vs.Eastern MichiganW 45–⁠31788036
Nov 1atBall StateW 52–⁠20767029
Nov 8atKent StateW 37–⁠21448027
Nov 19vs.BuffaloW 38–⁠06121165
Nov 25vs.ToledoW 55–⁠35219010
Dec 2vs.OhioW 29–⁠23249027
Jan 2 ✦vs.WisconsinL 16–⁠24219011
2015 Western Michigan 9 games, 18 catches, 247 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 4vs.Michigan StateL 24–⁠37223016
Sep 12atGeorgia SouthernL 17–⁠431303
Sep 19vs.Murray StateW 52–⁠20326012
Oct 10vs.Central MichiganW 41–⁠39115015
Oct 17atOhioW 49–⁠14112012
Oct 29atEastern MichiganW 58–⁠28495164
Nov 5vs.Ball StateW 54–⁠7334020
Nov 11vs.Bowling GreenL 27–⁠41233021
Dec 24 ✦vs.Middle TennesseeW 45–⁠311606
2014 Western Michigan 5 games, 6 catches, 86 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 20vs.Murray StateW 45–⁠14118018
Sep 27atVirginia TechL 17–⁠35246030
Oct 4vs.ToledoL 19–⁠201606
Oct 11atBall StateW 42–⁠38110010
Nov 28vs.Northern IllinoisL 21–⁠311606
2013 Western Michigan 1 game, 1 catch, 2 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 21atIowaL 3–⁠591202

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

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