Carlos Henderson

WR · Louisiana Tech 2016 · #1

Last confirmed: Louisiana Tech, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · New Orleans, LA · McDonogh 35

Carlos Henderson: WR · Louisiana Tech · #1.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Marken MichelMassachusetts · 2015 · 96% season match
Kevin ShaaLiberty · 2020 · 94% season match
Dede WestbrookOklahoma · 2016 · 70% season match
Mike ThomasSouthern Miss · 2015 · 66% season match
Pharoh CooperSouth Carolina · 2014 · 63% season match

Carlos Henderson

WR · Louisiana Tech · #1

Beats you over the top. Third year in the Louisiana Tech receiving corps. One game to point at: 326 receiving yards and 12 receptions against Massachusetts — Week 7, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	82	1,535	18.7	19
2015	Louisiana Tech	36	774	21.5	5
2014	Louisiana Tech	29	569	19.6	4
Career		147	2,878	19.6	28

Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	14	133	805
2015	Louisiana Tech	5	54	463
2014	Louisiana Tech	13	70	826
Career		32	257	2,094

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21@ Arkansas	6	71	11.8	0	24	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 53-24vs South Carolina State	5	38	7.6	0	9
Wk 3	L 45-59@ Texas Tech	9	130	14.4	1	54	130-yard receiving day
Wk 4	L 34-38@ Middle Tennessee	2	87	43.5	1	70
Wk 6	W 55-52vs Western Kentucky	8	232	29.0	3	63	3 TD catches
Wk 7	W 56-28@ Massachusetts	12	326	27.2	5	83	Season-high 326 yds
Wk 8	W 44-24@ Florida International	6	68	11.3	0	24
Wk 9	W 61-16vs Rice	3	83	27.7	1	33
Wk 10	W 45-24@ North Texas	8	133	16.6	4	52	4 TD catches
Wk 11	W 63-35vs UTSA	2	11	5.5	1	6
Wk 13	L 24-39@ Southern Miss	2	25	12.5	0	17
Wk 14	L 44-58@ Western Kentucky	9	202	22.4	1	74	202-yard receiving day
Bowl	W 48-45@ Navy	10	129	12.9	2	27
Total		82	1535	18.7	19	83

Signature game

Week 6 · 2016

W 55-52

vs Western Kentucky

8 rec · 232 yds · 3 TD

Edged out Western Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With R. Higgins — 454 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 31 rush yds (7 car) · J. Craft — 78 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · 8 rec · 53 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Massachusetts · 1st and 17 · Q3 · EPA +7.02Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 83 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 4 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.69Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 70 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 10 · North Texas · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +5.41Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 52 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 6 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.05Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 63 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 3 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.18Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 54 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 14 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.07Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 74 yds to the WKent 10 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 42 yds to the WKent 39 for a
Week 7 · Massachusetts · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.84Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 50 yds for a TD, (Jonathan Barnes KICK)
Week 6 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.83Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 48 yds to the WKent 25 for a
Week 9 · Rice · 2nd and 18 · Q1 · EPA +3.46Ryan Higgins pass complete to Carlos Henderson for 24 yds to the Rice 31 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Skip Holtz — 27-14 over that span.

2014Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2015Louisiana Tech9-4HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2016Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#15 / 674 · 98th pct

14.8%

Yards / catch#29 / 674 · 96th pct

18.7

Explosive rate#60 / 674 · 91st pct

20.3%

EPA / target#65 / 674 · 90th pct

0.87

Catch rate#420 / 674 · 38th pct

64.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#1 / 524 · 100th pct

Rec yards#5 / 524 · 99th pct

1535

Receptions#20 / 524 · 96th pct

Rush TDs#9 / 257 · 95th pct

Long catch#28 / 524 · 95th pct

Rush yards#17 / 257 · 94th pct

133

Yards / catch#37 / 524 · 93rd pct

18.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

74th → 90th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

11th → 38th percentile

TD rate

58th → 98th percentile

Yards / catch

97th → 96th percentile

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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	4.5	91.0	17.4	1.2
Road8g	6.8	130	20.0	1.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.4	145	20.9	1.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	87.0	16.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Skip Holtz

Pass share

57.0%

543 pass / 409 run

Plays / game

68.0

14 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

577 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

82 catches and 14 carries in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Carlos Henderson

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, drafted

His moves

2013

2017