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After scoring two touchdowns within the preseason, Henderson is changing into a preferred decide in fantasy soccer drafts.
Fantasy soccer gamers solely wanted to see a handful of performs from TreVeyon Henderson within the preseason to purchase into his inventory.
The Patriots’ rookie operating again has shortly turn into a preferred decide in fantasy soccer drafts because the preseason ends and the common season nears. On ESPN, Henderson’s common draft place is 52.2 (in level per reception leagues) as of Sunday. That’s a roughly 15-spot common draft place enchancment over the past seven days, which is the seventh-highest among all players in that span.
Earlier within the week, fantasy soccer skilled Discipline Yates famous that Henderson’s common draft place was at 60.3, writing that his common draft place improved by over 20 spots within the week earlier than that.
Henderson had a median draft place of 60.47 in Nationwide Fantasy Soccer Championship leagues coming into August, according to The Athletic. That improved to 37.42 as of Friday.
Henderson has skilled an identical bounce in Yahoo Sports activities leagues, too. After having a median draft place of 67.5 coming into the preseason, Henderson’s common draft place has improved to 51 over the past seven days in half-point per reception leagues.
The rookie has been, on common, the twentieth operating again drafted in Yahoo Sports activities leagues. That place is larger than Rhamondre Stevenson’s, who has, on common, been the thirty sixth operating again drafted in Yahoo Sports activities leagues. Stevenson is listed because the No. 1 operating again on the Patriots’ unofficial depth chart, however an undisclosed damage not too long ago sidelined him. He’s not anticipated to overlook time within the common season.
Despite the fact that Stevenson is listed because the Patriots’ RB1, Yates believes that Henderson is just the higher participant between the 2, which has led to his climb in fantasy soccer drafts.
“He’s a greater receiver. He’s excellent in move safety. This man is a stud,” Yates recently said on ESPN’s fantasy football show. “I’d think about he’s one of many greatest ADP (common draft place) in fantasy soccer this preseason.”
Yates additionally thinks that technique is likely to be one more reason for Henderson’s rise in fantasy soccer drafts.
“Throughout our 10-team mock draft, throughout our 10-team draft, anyone choosing No. 32, which is somebody who received’t decide once more till No. 48, took TreVeyon Henderson,” Yates mentioned. “I assumed to myself, ‘That’s fairly early.’ However he mentioned, ‘I’m not getting him within the fifth spherical.’ That’s true.
“If you happen to’re choosing towards one aspect of the intense or the opposite, you bought a goal you need, you don’t bypass that participant. That participant isn’t going to be there, more than likely, whenever you come again round.”
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter additionally appears to assume Henderson’s stand up draft boards is justified. He listed the Patriots rookie as one of some operating backs taken within the center rounds of fantasy soccer drafts who could outplay their average draft position.
“Demonstrated pace, elusiveness and big-play skill this preseason and can be used along side Rhamondre Stevenson,” Schefter wrote.
At long-time fantasy soccer skilled Matthew Berry’s Fantasy Life, Henderson not too long ago went from the Twenty fourth-best operating again to the 18th-best operating again for fantasy soccer in 2025.
“Whereas I nonetheless assume veteran Rhamondre Stevenson may have a big backfield position, I need to admit that the second-round rookie has seemed electrical within the preseason,” Matthew Freedman wrote. “Even with a part-time position, Henderson is likely to be a powerful producer, à la 2023 De’Von Achane and 2017 Alvin Kamara.”
As Freedman talked about, Henderson’s skill to make electrical performs was on full show within the preseason. He turned his first (unofficial) NFL landing right into a landing by returning a kickoff towards the Commanders 100 yards. He took off for an 18-yard run that sport and rushed for an eight-yard landing towards the Vikings. In between that, Henderson dazzled those that attended the Patriots-Vikings joint practices in Minnesota with a seize that he was an extended landing.
It’s nonetheless unclear if Henderson will play like that in video games that really matter. If he does, perhaps Patriots followers hoping to get Henderson on their fantasy soccer groups might need to take action even earlier subsequent 12 months.
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