FOXBORO — TreVeyon Henderson has turned heads together with his pace and burst in his first NFL coaching camp.
It didn’t take lengthy for that to translate to a recreation setting.
Throughout Friday evening’s preseason opener towards the Washington Commanders at Gillette Stadium, the Patriots rookie operating again obtained the opening kickoff at his personal objective line, discovered a seam on the left facet and took off. After getting a key block from fellow rookie Elijah Ponder, Henderson reversed subject, broke a sort out at New England’s 40-yard line after which outran Commanders kickoff man Tress Method to rating a 100-yard landing on his first contact as a professional.
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Henderson, a second-round draft choose who rushed for 1,016 yards and averaged 7.1 yards per carry for Ohio State final season, already was anticipated to issue into New England’s backfield rotation together with Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson. This emphatic introduction confirmed he could possibly be an affect participant within the kicking recreation, too.
“He’s going to be an issue!” Patriots nice James White posted on X.
Later, the best way the Patriots deployed Henderson on offense recommended he is likely to be near leapfrogging each of his veteran place mates on the operating again depth chart.
Stevenson began the sport, however Henderson was closely concerned throughout beginning quarterback Drake Maye’s two possessions, catching three passes for 12 yards and ripping off an 18-yard carry. On his third reception — which got here out of a “pony” set with Henderson and Stevenson flanking Maye — he shook a would-be tackler after which trucked a Washington defender after selecting up a primary down. Maye scrambled in for a 5-yard landing three performs later.
New England lifted Maye after that collection and inserted Joshua Dobbs. Notably, Henderson didn’t play any snaps with the backup QB, watching from the sideline as Stevenson, Gibson and later undrafted rookie Lan Larison rotated. Stevenson was shut down for the evening after Dobbs’ first drive.
Earlier within the week, after Henderson caught two landing passes from Maye in a single apply and began eating into Stevenson’s first-team reps, Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss referred to as the 22-year-old “a tremendous addition to this crew.”
“I see nothing however greatness in him,” Elliss stated. “I believe he’s gonna be superb. I can’t converse extremely sufficient of him. He even obtained me on a go route the opposite day that I simply, I actually wasn’t anticipating out of him. And he simply retains exhibiting that he can play.”
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