#17

Matthew Henry

Senior wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2025: 55 catches, 888 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #17

6′0″ · 183 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 80 · #37 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Western Kentucky for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 4 pm ETat IndianaMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)Indiana by 44

The numbers

888

receiving yards · 2025

55 catches · 6 TD · 16.1 per catch

Backed by 7 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% receiving yards game.

Swing playSwung Western Kentucky from 48% to 74% to win.New Mexico State at Western Kentucky · 35-16

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Western Kentucky. 2025: 55 catches, 888 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Transferred from Western Illinois to Western Kentucky in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

EPA / target: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

Matthew Henry

WR · Western Kentucky · Sr · #17

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Matthew Henry arrived at Western Kentucky from Western Illinois. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 148 rec yds, 7 receptions against Sam Houston, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

80All-Conference level #37 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (96th percentile). Concern: rush yards (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#21 / 798 · 97th pct

0.95

Explosive rate#30 / 798 · 96th pct

21.9%

Yards / catch#74 / 798 · 91st pct

16.0

TD rate#224 / 798 · 72nd pct

4.1%

Catch rate#296 / 798 · 63rd pct

71.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#41 / 558 · 93rd pct

888

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Yards / catch#83 / 558 · 85th pct

16.1

Receptions#88 / 558 · 84th pct

Long catch#189 / 558 · 65th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#274 / 287 · 5th pct

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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

33%24 of his 73 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	78.3	18.1	0.8
Road7g	4.1	59.7	13.1	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	71.9	15.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	64.2	15.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #37 of 485 WRs

Unranked recruit. Now #37 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #2 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Western Kentucky	55	888	16.1	6	--
Career		55	888	16.1	6	--

Season	Team
2025	Western Kentucky	3	-6	52	--	--
Career		3	-6	52	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 55–6

vs North Alabama

2 rec · 41 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 49-point win at home against North Alabama.

With M. McIvor — 305 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · 7 rush yds (1 car) · C. Maynard — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Middle Tennessee · 3&17 · Q2 · EPA +4.19Matthew Henry 22 Yd pass from Rodney Tisdale Jr. (John Cannon Kick)
Week 1 · Sam Houston · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.83Maverick McIvor pass complete to Matthew Henry for 26 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 10 · New Mexico State · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.70(11:09) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete deep middle to #0 M.Henry caught at NMSU45, for 25 yards to the NMSU41, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Delaware · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.64Maverick McIvor pass complete to Matthew Henry for 33 yds to the DEL 45 for a 1ST down Delaware Penalty, Defensive Offside (Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.63(08:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 M.McIvor pass complete deep right to #0 M.Henry caught at USM18, for 46 yards to the USM12 (#11 J.Pennix), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Missouri State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.39Maverick McIvor pass complete to Matthew Henry for 34 yds to the MOST 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Maverick McIvor pass complete to Matthew Henry for 46 yds to the FIU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · New Mexico State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.05(03:40) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete short right to #0 M.Henry caught at NMSU16, for 22 yards to the NMSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:39, 1ST DOWN #39 J.Cannon kick attempt good (H: #18 C.Maynard, LS: #87 R.Robich)
Week 12 · Middle Tennessee · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.00(05:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete deep right to #0 M.Henry caught at MTSU27, for 37 yards to the MTSU20 (#15 D.Carlisle), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.94(02:30) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Tisdale Jr. pass complete short middle to #0 M.Henry caught at WKU36, for 22 yards to the WKU45 (#6 D.King; #24 J.Battle), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-24vs Sam Houston	7	148	21.1	1	55	Season-high 148 yds
Wk 1	W 55-6vs North Alabama	2	41	20.5	1	27	Season-high 148 yds
Wk 2	L 21-45@ Toledo	2	9	4.5	1	7
Wk 4	W 31-16vs Nevada	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 5	W 27-22@ Missouri State	5	73	14.6	0	34
Wk 6	W 27-24@ Delaware	4	99	24.8	0	48
Wk 8	L 6-25vs Florida International	2	58	29.0	0	46
Wk 9	W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech	5	52	10.4	0	17
Wk 10	W 35-16vs New Mexico State	7	81	11.6	2	25	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee	7	135	19.3	1	37	135-yard receiving day
Wk 13	L 10-13@ LSU	3	16	5.3	0	7
Wk 14	L 34-37@ Jacksonville State	3	43	14.3	0	22
Bowl	W 27-16@ Southern Miss	7	126	18.0	0	46
Total		55	888	15.4	6	55

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

15/243rd-down conversions

1.353rd-down EPA/target

0.84Other-downs EPA/target

18 of 24 caught on third down (75.0%) — EPA/target 1.35 vs 0.84 elsewhere (15 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Western Kentucky

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Western Kentucky

Returning around him

84% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: -4 net (19 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #87 · 2026 recruiting class #81

DNA match

Player DNA

Slot Technician

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Khalil Shakir’s 2021 season.

Khalil Shakir

68%match

Boise State · 2021

All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 5

Harrison Wallace III

Ole Miss · 2025

64%

Keandre Lambert

Penn State · 2021

64%

Jamari Thrash

Georgia State · 2022

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 5

63%

Jacob Cowing

UTEP · 2020

All-Conference USANFL Rd 4

63%

Matches Khalil on

TD rate

Yards / reception

Differs from Khalil on

EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Reception volume (lower)

Class year (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Kris Mitchell’s path through Notre Dame.

Kris Mitchell

99%match

Notre Dame · 2024

All-Conference USA

CJ Turner

SE Louisiana · 2022

98%

Cary Angeline

NC State · 2020

96%

Jalen Coker

Holy Cross · 2023

96%

Trevon Grimes

Florida · 2020

96%

Matches Kris on

Height

Weight

Yards per reception

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dorian Singer's sophomore season at Arizona (2022).

Dorian Singer

83%match

Arizona · 2022

All-Pac-12

Alex Adams

Akron · 2022

All-MAC

79%

Corey Crooms

Western Michigan · 2021

All-MAC

78%

Javon Tracy

Miami (OH) · 2024

All-MAC

76%

Cyrus Allen

Louisiana Tech · 2023

All-Big 12NFL Rd 5

76%

Matches Dorian on

Yards / reception

Weight

TD rate

Differs from Dorian on

Reception volume (lower)

The receiver room · Western Kentucky

#17Matthew HenryWR · Sr.888 receiving yards · 2025
#2K.D. HutchinsonWR · R-Sr.618 receiving yards · 2025
#8Moussa BarryWR · R-Sr.488 receiving yards · 2025
#5Jairus MackWR · Sr.223 receiving yards · 2025
#4Cameron FlowersWR · R-So.204 receiving yards · 2025

14 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page

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

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Slot Technician

The receiver room · Western Kentucky