#88

Henry Pearson

Senior tight end for App State. 2022: 25 catches, 329 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · App State · Sr. · #88

6′3″ · 245 lb · Ho Ho Kus, NJ

CFB Index 52 · #46 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceApp State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2230 nationally · Signed with App State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for App State. 2022: 25 catches, 329 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to App State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at App State, 897 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20188 games

Signed with App State3-star out of Paramus Catholic

202211 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2230 national

CFB

College

App State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020–2022

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #46 of 132?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #46 of 132 TEs

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

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 17–14

at Texas A&M

2 rec · 12 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With C. Brice — 134 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.9 · 4 rush yds (6 car) · C. Howell — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.81Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 40 yds to the GeoSo 35 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Troy · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.50Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 29 yds to the Troy 41 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas State · 4&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 · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 9 yds for a TD, (Michael Hughes KICK)
Week 9 · Robert Morris · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 22 yds for a TD, (Michael Hughes KICK)
Week 6 · Texas State · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Henry Pearson 2 Yd pass from Chase Brice (Chase Brice Pass to Christan Horn for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 12 · Old Dominion · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 23 yds to the ODU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · James Madison · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.80Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 7 yds to the AppSt 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Old Dominion · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.73Chase Brice pass complete to Henry Pearson for 18 yds to the ODU 27 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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	14.1	5	40

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

Henry Pearson

20188 games

202211 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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