Emmanuel Henderson Jr.

Former wide receiver at Kansas. 2025: 45 catches, 766 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · Kansas · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 190 lb · Hartford, AL

CFB Index 67 · #95 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Seattle — Rd 6, Pick 18, #199 overall

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

Yards / catch: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

766

receiving yards · 2025

45 catches · 5 TD · 17 per catch

Statement game5 rec · 214 yds · 2 TDvs Cincinnati (FBS) · L 34-37

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Kansas. 2025: 45 catches, 766 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Alabama in 2022.
Transferred from Alabama to Kansas in 2025.
Drafted round 6 by the Seattle in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kansas, 862 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #199 overall by Seattle.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 214 yds vs Cincinnati.Cincinnati · L 34-372025

20223 games

Signed with Alabama4-star out of Geneva County

202512 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Big 12third

2026

Drafted by Seattleround 6, pick 199

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#41 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #199

Seattle · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach

2022–2025

Lance Leipold

Kansas

Played his entire career under Lance Leipold.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Seattle2026 NFL rookie season

#199Rd 6 · Pick 18

Seattle2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning

2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #95 of 485?

High confidenceBreakout12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (96th percentile). Strength: td rate (84th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#36 / 798 · 96th pct

17.3

TD rate#122 / 798 · 84th pct

5.4%

Explosive rate#126 / 798 · 84th pct

16.2%

EPA / target#254 / 798 · 68th pct

0.53

Catch rate#654 / 798 · 18th pct

58.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#3 / 558 · 99th pct

Yards / catch#54 / 558 · 90th pct

17.0

Rec yards#77 / 558 · 86th pct

766

Rec TDs#96 / 558 · 78th pct

Receptions#146 / 558 · 73rd pct

Rush yards#128 / 287 · 55th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%17 of his 74 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	80.3	19.1	0.6
Road5g	3.4	40.8	12.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	75.7	16.2	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	47.2	16.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #95 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #95 at the position.

One of 41 return threats in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kansas	45	766	17.0	5	--
2024	Alabama	4	82	20.5	0	--
2023	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Alabama	1	14	14.0	0	--
Career		50	862	17.2	5	--

Season	Team
2025	Kansas	4	16	455	--	--
2024	Alabama	--	--	107	--	--
2023	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Alabama	--	--	8	--	--
Career		4	16	570	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 46–7

vs Wagner

6 rec · 130 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.

With J. Daniels — 280 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · T. Nagy — 2 rec · 20 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.87Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 93 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 5 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 75 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 1 · Wagner · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.95Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 62 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 14 · Utah · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +4.13(06:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 J.Daniels pass complete deep left to #1 E.Henderson Jr. caught at UTAH42, for 54 yards to the UTAH21 (#16 B.Cotton), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Arizona · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.36(11:17) Shotgun #6 J.Daniels pass complete deep right to #1 E.Henderson Jr. caught at ARIZ00, for 24 yards to the ARIZ00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:17, 1ST DOWN #99 L.Marjan kick attempt good (H: #37 G.Addison, LS: #51 E.Duggar)
Week 2 · Missouri · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 25 yds to the MIZ 42 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Utah · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.36(03:54) Shotgun #6 J.Daniels pass complete deep left to #1 E.Henderson Jr. caught at KU38, for 25 yards to the KU40 (#2 S.Snowden), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Wagner · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.26Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 9 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 7 · Texas Tech · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 18 yds to the KU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Wagner · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 28 yds to the WAG 20 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week