Emmanuel Henderson Jr.

#2 · WR · Sr. · Kansas6′1″ · 190 lb · Hartford, AL · Geneva County

Emmanuel Henderson Jr.: WR · Kansas · #2.

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Emmanuel Henderson Jr.

WR · Kansas · Sr · #2

Beats you over the top. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2025: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 214 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Cincinnati — Week 5, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Kansas in the news

Baylor fires Dave ArandaKSN.com Oct 25
Kansas beats Baylor ending streakOct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Kansas	45	766	17.0	5	93
2024	Alabama	4	82	20.5	0	34
2023	Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Alabama	1	14	14.0	0	14
Career		50	862	17.2	5	93

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Fresno State	3	24	8.0	0	13	2 TD catches
Wk 1	W 46-7vs Wagner	6	130	21.7	2	62	2 TD catches
Wk 2	L 31-42@ Missouri	3	29	9.7	0	25
Wk 4	W 41-10vs West Virginia	6	38	6.3	0	11
Wk 5	L 34-37vs Cincinnati	5	214	42.8	2	93	Season-high 214 yds
Wk 6	W 27-20@ UCF	5	53	10.6	0	24
Wk 7	L 17-42@ No. 9 Texas Tech	3	42	14.0	0	19
Wk 9	L 17-42vs Kansas State	3	24	8.0	0	10
Wk 10	W 38-21vs Oklahoma State	2	19	9.5	0	13
Wk 11	L 20-24@ Arizona	5	65	13.0	1	24
Wk 13	L 14-38@ Iowa State	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 14	L 21-31vs No. 14 Utah	3	113	37.7	0	54
Total		45	766	17.0	5	93

Signature game

Week 5 · 2025

L 34-37

vs Cincinnati

5 rec · 214 yds · 2 TD

With J. Daniels — 445 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.4 · 55 rush yds (14 car) · F. Lappin — 43 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.87Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 93 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 5 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 75 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 1 · Wagner · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.95Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 62 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 14 · Utah · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +4.13Daniels to Henderson Jr.: a 54-yard pass.
Week 11 · Arizona · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.36Daniels to Henderson Jr.: a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Missouri · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 25 yds to the MIZ 42 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Utah · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Daniels to Henderson Jr.: a 25-yard pass.
Week 1 · Wagner · 2nd and 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 · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 18 yds to the KU 46 for a
Week 1 · Wagner · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Jalon Daniels pass complete to Emmanuel Henderson Jr. for 28 yds to the WAG 20 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

45 rec · 766 yds · 5 TD

43 of 45 receptions matched to play-by-play

27 of 75 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

7523% of team targets

Catch rate

57%43 of 75 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

11% of targets (3)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 12.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

33% of targets (9)

67%catch rate

Air 6.0 · YAC 3.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

15% of targets (4)

25%catch rate

Air 12.0 · YAC 4.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

41% of targets (11)

27%catch rate

Air 32.4 · YAC 8.7 avg

57% catch rate on 75 targets · 23% of the team's targets · 27% catch rate on 11 deep targets (20+ air yds).

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%

Teams and coaches

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

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

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

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 67 (#95 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

67Quality starter #95 of 485 · 2025?

Breakout12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Pass share

45.1%

344 pass / 419 run

Plays / game

63.6

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

371 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

67 · #95 of 485 WRs · 2025

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

Emmanuel Henderson Jr.

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