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Hunter Henry — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 10.52 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 136.9, usage worth 8.8.

31 years old · 10 seasons of experience · 2016 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
Every figure below comes from our database. Where a stat is not held, the row is absent rather than zero.
ADP 136.9
Consensus across 4 books, standard deviation 15.1, 33.9 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on cbs, priciest on sleeper.
SLEEPER121.2
ESPN142.8
YAHOO128.5
UNDERDOG151.6
CBS155.1
FFA147

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 12, pick 5 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankTE16
Bye week11
ADP standard deviation15.1 picks

What we project for 2026

Our board has him at 113 points, 7.4 per game — 41.8 catches, 496 yards, 3.6 TDs. That is TE4, 146 overall.

The range runs from a floor of 6.6 points per game to a ceiling of 10.6, with the median at 7.4. Boom rate 44%, bust rate 11%. The spread is the actual bet, not the middle number.

He goes at 136.9 on consensus and our board has him 146. We rank him 9.1 picks worse than the room drafts him. At that distance it is a fade: we do not want him anywhere near his ADP.

Our written view

coming off the best statistical season of his career, but facing real new target competition after the team's two big free-agent WR additions. His outlook is specifically tied to whether the team adds yet another player at his own position (hurts him) or stands pat with a currently thin depth chart behind him (helps him — he'd likely be the early-season TE1 with volume before others potentially get more involved).

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The offense he plays in, 2026

New England Patriots returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing wr1, rb1. Drake Maye at quarterback, Mike Vrabel as head coach, Josh McDaniels calling it. The offense projects to 30.7 pass attempts a game at high confidence and 28.3 rushes.

In: Tommy DeVito (qb2), A.J. Brown (wr1), Romeo Doubs (wr2), Jam Miller (rb3), Lan Larison (rb4), Eli Raridon (te2). Out: Stefon Diggs (wr1), Antonio Gibson (rb3), Austin Hooper (te2).

His own projected target share for 2026 is 9.9%, with a bear case of 7.7% and a bull case of 10.8% and a full range of 6.4% to 12%. That comes from 16 historical comparables, not from a depth chart.

The projected target split across the offense:

A.J. Brown23.1%
Kayshon Boutte10.5%
Hunter Henry 9.9%
Demario Douglas9.7%
TreVeyon Henderson9.4%
Romeo Doubs9.3%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: This is an offense that is only getting better. TreVeyon Henderson COULD become the true featured RB on this high powered offense. AJ Brown could produce 2-3 more years at a VERY high level before fading. Romeo Doubs fits in very well and if his connection builds with Maye, he could be a very viable WR2 in PPR formats.

Key additions: Romeo Doubs WR from GB on 4 year deal, AJ Brown traded to Patriots by Eagles in June 2026 (will be teams WR1 in 2026). Drafted Caleb Lomu 1st round LT. Drafted TE Eli Raridon 3rd round. Drafted RB Jam Miller 7th round.

Key departures: WR Stefon Diggs (released), RB Antonio Gibson (released), TE Austin Hooper (signed with Falcons), OT Vederian Lowe signed with 49ers (depth)

Notes: Maye dynasty franchise QB. Patriots signed Romeo Doubs from Packers (huge potential and solid player could be WR2). The Patriots WILL trade for AJ Brown from Eagles & he will be their WR1 next year. He has MASSIVE potential with Drake Maye. Henderson should operate as lead back in 2026, but Vrabel has done strange things with playing time for backs & Stevenson will work in. Henry is still TE1, but drafted Raridon round 3 TE — Vrabel uses TEs.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Drake Maye returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (29.5 att/g); Regressed 30% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.7 att/g.

How that share projection was built

16 historical comps for TEs age ~31, prior share 17.5%, same team, OC continuity. Distribution: median 14.8%, p25-p75 [6.3%, 18.6%], tails [1.2%, 23.4%]. Closest comps: Rob Gronkowski 2020→2021 (TB: 14.8%→17.3%); Zach Ertz 2022→2023 (ARI: 18.2%→19.1%); Hunter Henry 2024→2025 (NE: 17.3%→16.6%). Adjustment: flat from opportunity_breakout (volume must hold)

self-anchored 58% to own 17.5% role (3yr), 42% to comp median 14.8%

The named comps are the closest historical matches and the arrow is what their share actually did the following season. That is the working, not a summary of it — if you disagree with the projection, this is the part to argue with.

Offensive environment: NE rates 24.2 against a league average of 23, 1.2 points above it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season-3.2 · harder
Weeks 1–6-0.7 · neutral
Weeks 12–17-12.5 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-4 · harder

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

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Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +40.7% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-spike. The base rate that applies: after a +30% spike, TEs crash the following year 47% of the time (hold 53%). That puts the measured risk of his dynasty value falling sharply over the next year at 47% — a probability drawn from comparable historical seasons, not a prediction, and not a statement about his 2026 scoring.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 1.3 elite seasons and 2.3 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
David Njoku202312.649%-7.9%
David Njoku202413.549%-21.9%
Mark Andrews202411.144%-20.1%
Jonnu Smith202413.143%-38.9%
Tyler Higbee20229.541%-5.9%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 0 gained value, 5 lost it and 0 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,0004,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-04 to 2026-07. Down 41% across the series, peaking at 4,584.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2016, round 2, pick 35 by SDG
CollegeArkansas
Age at draft21
Height6′5″
Weight250 lb
40-yard dash4.79s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game9.3
Week-to-week variation0.6
Boom rate25.7%
Bust rate27%
Games missed per season0.2
Injury historyKnee
Correlation between his posted line and his actual score0.14

That correlation is how closely the books’ posted line tracked what he actually scored, week to week. A higher number means the market has him figured out and there is less to exploit; a lower one means his weeks are harder to price.

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · NE · 17 games

His best game was Week 3 against PIT — 29 PPR on 11 targets and a 30.6% target share, in a game that finished 14-21. His worst was Week 10 against TB at 1.9, on 4 targets, final score 28-23. Across 17 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 10.8; in the 7 decided by more, 10.2. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.8 points per game. He scored 10.52, 10.7% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 5 against 6.14 expected, a gap of -1.1.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1LV13-2010.64866017.8%93%
2MIA33-271.9139013%85%
3PIT14-212981190230.6%81%
4CAR42-1311.92239111.8%76%
5BUF23-206.62446014.3%87%
6NO25-195.73327012.5%83%
7TEN31-137.34533020.8%68%
8CLE32-137.711714.3%76%
9ATL24-239.14651021.4%75%
10TB28-231.9149013.8%87%
11NYJ27-148.54645018.2%94%
12CIN26-2024.5710115130.3%79%
13NYG33-1511.34673020%75%
15BUF31-352.81318013.6%87%
16BAL28-2415.56735116.7%81%
17NYJ42-1013.93349112%65%
18MIA38-1010.65556025%58%

Production

Receptions60
Targets87
Receiving yards768
Touchdowns7
Points per game10.52
Yards per target8.83
Catch rate68.97%

Role

Snap share79.41%
Target share17.42%
Air-yards share15.41%
WOPR0.369
RACR1.646

Efficiency

Average depth of target8
Yards after catch per reception5.6
Yards before catch per reception7.2
Total YAC335
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted113.6
Receiving EPA per game2.22

Scoring position

Red-zone targets23
Red-zone target share32.4%
End-zone target share28.6%
Expected receiving TDs6.14
Actual receiving TDs5
Receiving TD luck-1.14

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game10 of 13
Yards per target1 of 13
Target share10 of 13
Air-yards share8 of 13

Who else ate

The offense threw it 502 times. He took 18.16% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Stefon Diggs21.29%
Hunter Henry 18.16%
Mack Hollins13.57%
Kayshon Boutte9.6%
Demario Douglas9.6%
TreVeyon Henderson8.77%

Blowouts against close games

6 of his 17 games were blowouts, 35.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 10.45 in those and 10.76 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · NE · 16 games

His best game was Week 2 against SEA — 18.9 PPR on 12 targets and a 50% target share, in a game that finished 20-23. His worst was Week 17 against LAC at 0, on 2 targets, final score 7-40. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 8 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 11.3; in the 8 decided by more, 6.8. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 10.7 points per game. He scored 9.09, 15.3% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 2 against 4.8 expected, a gap of -2.8.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1CIN16-103.82318013%83%
2SEA20-2318.9812109050%84%
3NYJ3-242.9239012.5%63%
4SF13-303.2231209.4%78%
5MIA10-155.22432013.3%93%
6HOU21-4113.13541116.1%71%
7JAX16-3217.28992025%87%
8NYJ25-229.55645020.7%85%
9TEN17-2012.67856020.5%87%
10CHI19-32.41414017.4%89%
11LA22-2812.36963024.3%88%
12MIA15-349.45844021.6%83%
13IND24-2514.57975030%78%
15ARI17-306.54425017.4%80%
16BUF21-2413.94839125.8%84%
17LAC7-40002008.7%57%

Production

Receptions66
Targets97
Receiving yards674
Touchdowns2
Points per game9.09
Yards per target6.95
Catch rate68.04%

Role

Snap share80.63%
Target share20.36%
Air-yards share18.91%
WOPR0.437
RACR1.096

Efficiency

Average depth of target7
Yards after catch per reception4.1
Yards before catch per reception6.2
Total YAC268
Broken tackles2
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted90.3
Receiving EPA per game1.51

Scoring position

Red-zone targets18
Red-zone target share29%
End-zone target share32%
Expected receiving TDs4.8
Actual receiving TDs2
Receiving TD luck-2.8

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game10 of 13
Yards per target8 of 13
Target share6 of 13
Air-yards share5 of 13

Who else ate

The offense threw it 529 times. He took 19.48% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Hunter Henry 19.48%
Demario Douglas17.47%
Kayshon Boutte13.65%
Austin Hooper11.85%
Rhamondre Stevenson8.23%
Kendrick Bourne7.63%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Drake Maye106610.196.820.68%
Jacoby Brissett6317.257.2619.82%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 16 games were blowouts, 19.7% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 5.72 in those and 11.34 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · NE · 13 games

His best game was Week 15 against KC — 19.6 PPR on 9 targets and a 29% target share, in a game that finished 17-27. His worst was Week 5 against NO at 0, on 2 targets, final score 0-34. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 9 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 9.5; in the 4 decided by more, 8.6. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.1 points per game. He scored 9.22, 13.6% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 5 against 1.57 expected, a gap of 3.4.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1PHI20-2516.65656111.1%79%
2MIA17-2417.26752116.7%92%
3NYJ15-103.72517018.5%86%
4DAL3-389.14551017.2%80%
5NO0-34002006.5%78%
6LV17-211.713709.7%62%
7BUF29-254.72327010%50%
8MIA17-315.83328010.7%58%
9WAS17-2013.94639114%88%
10IND6-105.13521019.2%73%
13LAC0-63.52415016.7%73%
14PIT21-18193340211.5%88%
15KC17-2719.67966129%72%

Production

Receptions42
Targets61
Receiving yards419
Touchdowns6
Points per game9.22
Yards per target6.87
Catch rate68.85%

Role

Snap share75.31%
Target share14.68%
Air-yards share19.03%
WOPR0.353
RACR0.775

Efficiency

Average depth of target8.8
Yards after catch per reception1.9
Yards before catch per reception8.1
Total YAC78
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted107.2
Receiving EPA per game1.42

Scoring position

Red-zone targets6
Red-zone target share15%
End-zone target share37.5%
Expected receiving TDs1.57
Actual receiving TDs5
Receiving TD luck3.43

Who else ate

The offense threw it 557 times. He took 11.28% of the targets. 0 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Demario Douglas14.6%
Ezekiel Elliott12.01%
Hunter Henry 11.28%
DeVante Parker10.17%
Kendrick Bourne10.17%
Rhamondre Stevenson9.43%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Mac Jones10457.786.6213.36%
Bailey Zappe31614.037.5619.07%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 13 games were blowouts, 7.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 4.55 in those and 9.49 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2022 · NE · 16 games

His best game was Week 6 against CLE — 16.1 PPR on 7 targets and a 22.6% target share, in a game that finished 38-15. His worst was Week 2 against PIT at 0, on 1 targets, final score 17-14. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 9 times. In the 7 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 5.4; in the 9 decided by more, 7.3. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 6.5 points per game. He scored 6.49, 0.6% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 0 against 1.56 expected, a gap of -1.6.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1MIA7-2042320010%77%
2PIT17-14001002.9%50%
3BAL26-371.811803.1%70%
4GB24-273.32413020%84%
5DET29-09.44554023.8%98%
6CLE38-1516.14761122.6%97%
7CHI14-332.2121207.1%85%
8NYJ22-173.2112203.1%64%
9IND26-394450013.8%67%
11NYJ10-33112003.7%84%
12MIN26-3315.33563114.3%71%
13BUF10-243.32513014.7%87%
14ARI27-1310337009.1%66%
15LV24-302.9249013.3%80%
17MIA23-2110.25652018.8%100%
18BUF23-3510.26742017.9%100%

Production

Receptions41
Targets59
Receiving yards509
Touchdowns2
Points per game6.49
Yards per target8.63
Catch rate69.49%

Role

Snap share80%
Target share12.39%
Air-yards share13.83%
WOPR0.282
RACR1.364

Efficiency

Average depth of target7.7
Yards after catch per reception5
Yards before catch per reception7.5
Total YAC203
Broken tackles0
Drop rate0.1%
Passer rating when targeted100.2
Receiving EPA per game0.85

Scoring position

Red-zone targets7
Red-zone target share13.7%
End-zone target share11.8%
Expected receiving TDs1.56
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck-1.56

Who else ate

The offense threw it 540 times. He took 11.5% of the targets. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jakobi Meyers18.71%
Rhamondre Stevenson17.15%
Hunter Henry 11.5%
Nelson Agholor10.33%
Kendrick Bourne9.36%
DeVante Parker9.16%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Mac Jones12416.07910.39%
Bailey Zappe4187.757.7818.38%

Blowouts against close games

4 of his 16 games were blowouts, 35.3% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.18 in those and 5.41 in close games — a meaningful share of his scoring came with the game already decided.

2021 · NE · 16 games

His best game was Week 15 against IND — 25.7 PPR on 8 targets and a 18.2% target share, in a game that finished 17-27. His worst was Week 16 against BUF at 1.9, on 6 targets, final score 21-33. Across 16 games he cleared 20 points 1 time and came in under 8 points 7 times. In the 5 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 10.7; in the 11 decided by more, 10.1. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 8.1 points per game. He scored 10.27, 22% above it. The engine classified the season as lucky. On receiving touchdowns specifically he finished 9 against 5.27 expected, a gap of 3.7.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1MIA16-176.1333107.9%72%
2NYJ25-66.22442014.3%81%
3NO13-288.65636011.8%72%
4TB17-1913.24532111.9%68%
5HOU25-2219.56875128.6%63%
6DAL29-3510.5222519.5%69%
7NYJ54-1310.32423110%79%
8LAC27-244.3133308.8%65%
9CAR24-69.92319116.7%56%
10CLE45-719.74437216%82%
11ATL25-04.52325011.5%50%
12TEN36-133.62516015.6%68%
15IND17-2725.76877218.2%81%
16BUF21-331.9169019.4%86%
17JAX50-106.73537015.2%54%
18MIA24-3313.65686020%68%

Production

Receptions50
Targets75
Receiving yards603
Touchdowns9
Points per game10.27
Yards per target8.04
Catch rate66.67%

Role

Snap share69.63%
Target share14.71%
Air-yards share19.28%
WOPR0.356
RACR0.879

Efficiency

Average depth of target9.7
Yards after catch per reception2.9
Yards before catch per reception9.2
Total YAC144
Broken tackles1
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted119.6
Receiving EPA per game2.15

Scoring position

Red-zone targets19
Red-zone target share23.2%
End-zone target share48.3%
Expected receiving TDs5.27
Actual receiving TDs9
Receiving TD luck3.73

Who else ate

The offense threw it 535 times. He took 14.31% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Jakobi Meyers24.05%
Hunter Henry 14.31%
Kendrick Bourne13.36%
Nelson Agholor12.21%
Brandon Bolden9.35%
Jonnu Smith8.59%

Blowouts against close games

7 of his 16 games were blowouts, 37.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 8.7 in those and 10.72 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2020 · LAC · 14 games

His best game was Week 15 against LV — 17.5 PPR on 7 targets and a 21.9% target share, in a game that finished 30-27. His worst was Week 13 against NE at 1.5, on 2 targets, final score 0-45. Across 14 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 5 times. In the 11 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 11.3; in the 3 decided by more, 6.8. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 11.8 points per game. He scored 10.38, 11.7% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRRecTgtYdsTDTgt%Snap%
1CIN16-1312.35873027.6%80%
2KC20-2314.36883026.7%86%
3CAR16-21105750014.6%88%
4TB31-385.92439016%85%
5NO27-3012.34823125%94%
7JAX39-295.33723016.7%77%
8DEN30-317.3443309.5%97%
9LV26-317.34733017.1%99%
10MIA21-29134630118.8%92%
11NYJ34-2814.84748114.6%91%
12BUF17-2713.771067019.6%94%
13NE0-451.512503.8%57%
14ATL20-1710.16841018.2%90%
15LV30-2717.55765121.9%89%

Production

Receptions60
Targets93
Receiving yards613
Touchdowns4
Points per game10.38
Yards per target6.59
Catch rate64.52%

Role

Snap share87.07%
Target share17.86%
Air-yards share17.54%
WOPR0.39
RACR1.132

Efficiency

Average depth of target8
Yards after catch per reception3.8
Yards before catch per reception6.5
Total YAC226
Broken tackles3
Drop rate0%
Passer rating when targeted93.2
Receiving EPA per game1.3

Scoring position

Red-zone targets14
Red-zone target share17.3%
End-zone target share25%
Expected receiving TDs4.33
Actual receiving TDs4
Receiving TD luck-0.33

Where that ranked

Against everyone in the 80+ targets pool that season:

Points per game8 of 12
Yards per target8 of 12
Target share7 of 12
Air-yards share7 of 12

Who else ate

The offense threw it 627 times. He took 15.4% of the targets. 1 team-mate cleared the competing-target threshold.

Keenan Allen24.34%
Hunter Henry 15.4%
Mike Williams14.07%
Austin Ekeler10.76%
Jalen Guyton9.11%
Kalen Ballage4.47%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Justin Herbert138510.236.3517.12%
Tyrod Taylor1812.39.1327.6%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 14 games were blowouts, 1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 1.5 in those and 11.35 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

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