Henry Pearson

#88 · TE · Sr. · App State6′3″ · 245 lb · Ho Ho Kus, NJ · Paramus Catholic

Henry Pearson: TE · App State · #88.

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Henry Pearson

TE · App State · Sr · #88

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for three head coaches at App State: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz and Shawn Clark. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 47 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Georgia Southern — Week 13, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	App State	25	329	13.2	5	40
2021	App State	11	153	13.9	0	40
2020	App State	16	180	11.2	4	33
2019	App State	8	75	9.4	0	16
2018	App State	14	160	11.4	2	26
Career		74	897	12.1	11	40

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 61-63vs North Carolina	4	46	11.5	1	22
Wk 2	W 17-14@ No. 6 Texas A&M	2	12	6.0	1	9
Wk 3	W 32-28vs Troy	2	40	20.0	0	29
Wk 4	L 28-32vs James Madison	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 6	L 24-36@ Texas State	4	43	10.8	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 42-17vs Georgia State	1	31	31.0	0	31
Wk 9	W 42-3vs Robert Morris	2	17	8.5	0	13
Wk 10	L 28-35@ Coastal Carolina	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 11	L 21-28@ Marshall	3	29	9.7	1	14
Wk 12	W 27-14vs Old Dominion	2	41	20.5	0	23
Wk 13	L 48-51@ Georgia Southern	2	47	23.5	0	40	Season-high 47 yds
Total		25	329	13.2	5	40

Signature game

Week 1 · 2022

L 61-63

vs North Carolina

4 rec · 46 yds · 1 TD

With C. Brice — 361 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.4 · 36 rush yds (8 car) · N. Noel — 116 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 17 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.81Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 40 yds to the GeoSo 35 for a
Week 3 · Troy · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.50Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 29 yds to the Troy 41 for a
Week 6 · Texas State · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 12 yds for a TD, (Michael Hughes KICK)
Week 2 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 9 yds for a TD, (Michael Hughes KICK)
Week 9 · Robert Morris · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 1 · North Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 22 yds for a TD, (Michael Hughes KICK)

4 more plays

Week 6 · Texas State · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Brice to Pearson: a 2-yard pass.
Week 12 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 23 yds to the ODU 35 for a
Week 4 · James Madison · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.80Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 7 yds to the AppSt 41 for a
Week 12 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.73Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 18 yds to the ODU 27 for a

Teams and coaches

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022App State6-6HC: Shawn Clark · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 52 (#46 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

52Rotational starter #46 of 132 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / target (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#26 / 636 · 96th pct

15.2%

EPA / target#126 / 636 · 80th pct

0.94

Explosive rate#162 / 636 · 74th pct

18.2%

Yards / catch#229 / 636 · 64th pct

13.2

Catch rate#386 / 636 · 39th pct

75.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#17 / 158 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#34 / 158 · 78th pct

13.2

Rec yards#46 / 158 · 71st pct

329

Long catch#53 / 158 · 66th pct

Receptions#59 / 158 · 61st 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 2022. 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	32.3	16.8	0.2
Road5g	2.4	27.0	10.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	32.0	11.6	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	28.2	16.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Shawn Clark

Pass share

43.1%

358 pass / 472 run

Plays / game

69.2

12 games

Team sack rate

4.3%

398 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

52 · #46 of 132 TEs · 2022

Three-star recruit. Now #46 at the position.

Henry Pearson

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at App State

2018 8 games

2022 11 games