A.J. Henning

Former wide receiver at Northwestern. 2024: 59 catches, 603 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Northwestern · Sr. · #8

5′10″ · 192 lb · Frankfort, IL

CFB Index 61 · #136 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNorthwestern 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 102 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Northwestern. 2024: 59 catches, 603 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2020.
Transferred from Michigan to Northwestern in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Northwestern, 1,219 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 119 yds vs Illinois.Illinois · L 28-382024

20205 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Lincoln-Way East

202312 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#102 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

2023–2024

David Braun

Northwestern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

2024Northwestern4-8HC: David Braun · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #136 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (88th percentile). Concern: td rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#133 / 610 · 78th pct

96.6%

Explosive rate#339 / 610 · 45th pct

13.6%

EPA / target#364 / 610 · 40th pct

0.80

Yards / catch#431 / 610 · 29th pct

10.5

TD rate#442 / 610 · 28th pct

3.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#65 / 541 · 88th pct

Rec yards#155 / 541 · 71st pct

603

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Long catch#296 / 541 · 45th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rush yards#178 / 299 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#465 / 541 · 14th pct

10.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

43rd → 40th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 45th percentile

Catch rate

75th → 78th percentile

TD rate

76th → 28th percentile

Yards / catch

19th → 29th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.9	59.4	9.8	0.6
Road5g	3.6	37.4	11.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	59.5	11.1	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	41.0	9.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #136 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #136 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Northwestern	59	603	10.2	4	--
2023	Northwestern	45	418	9.3	4	--
2022	Michigan	9	60	6.7	0	--
2021	Michigan	10	79	7.9	0	--
2020	Michigan	6	59	9.8	0	--
Career		129	1,219	9.4	8	--

Season	Team
2024	Northwestern	5	8	--	136	--
2023	Northwestern	27	110	330	69	--
2022	Michigan	3	9	241	201	1
2021	Michigan	9	162	179	274	--
2020	Michigan	3	15	--	--	--
Career		47	304	750	680	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 31–7

vs Eastern Illinois

7 rec · 117 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Eastern Illinois.

With J. Lausch — 227 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.9 · 62 rush yds (7 car) · J. Himon II — 49 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Eastern Illinois · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +4.09Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 46 yds to the EIU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Indiana · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.80Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 38 yds for a TD (Jack Olsen KICK)
Week 14 · Illinois · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 26 yds to the ILL 34 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Eastern Illinois · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.52Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 45 yds to the EIU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Maryland · 2&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.40Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 40 yds to the MD 14 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Illinois · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Illinois · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.71A.J. Henning 11 Yd pass from Jack Lausch (Luke Akers Kick)
Week 12 · Ohio State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 22 yds to the OSU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Purdue · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Jack Lausch pass complete to A.J. Henning for 18 yds to the NU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.36A.J. Henning run for a loss of 7 yards to the IOWA 47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 13-6vs Miami (OH)	5	19	3.8	0	12
Wk 2	L 20-26vs Duke	8	52	6.5	0	11
Wk 3	W 31-7vs Eastern Illinois	7	117	16.7	1	46
Wk 4	L 5-24@ Washington	5	41	8.2	0	15
Wk 6	L 24-41vs Indiana	6	67	11.2	2	38	2 TD catches
Wk 7	W 37-10@ Maryland	3	61	20.3	0	40
Wk 8	L 3-23vs Wisconsin	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	L 14-40@ Iowa	2	22	11.0	0	21
Wk 10	W 26-20@ Purdue	4	47	11.8	0	18
Wk 12	L 7-31vs Ohio State	5	42	8.4	0	22
Wk 13	L 6-50@ Michigan	4	16	4.0	0	7
Wk 14	L 28-38vs Illinois	10	119	11.9	1	26	Season-high 119 yds
Total		59	603	10.3	4	46

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology