#17

Ra'Shaun Henry

Senior wide receiver for Virginia. 2021: 34 catches, 603 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Virginia · Sr. · #17

6′3″ · 190 lb · Copperas Cove, TX

CFB Index 52 · #175 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceVirginia 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Virginia. 2021: 34 catches, 603 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Virginia, 809 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 179 yds at Louisville.Louisville · W 34-332021

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Virginia

2020–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 11-11 over that span.

2020Virginia5-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

2021Virginia6-6HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #175 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (92nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#31 / 655 · 95th pct

26.3%

Yards / catch#52 / 655 · 92nd pct

17.7

TD rate#356 / 655 · 46th pct

5.3%

EPA / target#384 / 655 · 41st pct

0.59

Catch rate#589 / 655 · 10th pct

59.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#55 / 557 · 90th pct

17.7

Rec yards#143 / 557 · 74th pct

603

Receptions#220 / 557 · 60th pct

Rec TDs#196 / 557 · 58th pct

Long catch#389 / 557 · 29th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.0	33.9	16.8	0.3
Road5g	4.0	73.2	16.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	62.4	17.7	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	33.2	15.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #175 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Virginia	34	603	17.7	3	--
2020	Virginia	7	206	29.4	4	--
Career		41	809	19.7	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 30–28

at Miami

1 rec · 9 yds

Edged out Miami on the road in a shootout.

With J. Finn — 50 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 58 LONG · B. Armstrong — 268 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.3 · 19 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 39 yds for a TD, (Brendan Farrell KICK)
Week 2 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 39 yds to the Illin 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · William & Mary · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 5 yds for a TD, (Justin Duenkel KICK)
Week 12 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.73Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 32 yds to the Pitt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 20 yds for a TD (Brendan Farrell KICK)
Week 3 · North Carolina · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 27 yds to the NCaro 19 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Duke · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 25 yds to the Duke 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Louisville · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 30 yds to the Virg 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 18 yds to the Virg 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Louisville · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.11Brennan Armstrong pass complete to Ra'Shaun Henry for 33 yds to the Virg 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-0vs William & Mary	2	32	16.0	1	27
Wk 2	W 42-14vs Illinois	3	74	24.7	0	39
Wk 3	L 39-59@ North Carolina	4	66	16.5	0	27
Wk 4	L 17-37vs Wake Forest	4	52	13.0	0	21
Wk 5	W 30-28@ Miami	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 34-33@ Louisville	9	179	19.9	0	34	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 7	W 48-0vs Duke	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 8	W 48-40vs Georgia Tech	1	20	20.0	1	20
Wk 9	L 49-66@ BYU	3	36	12.0	0	15
Wk 11	L 3-28vs Notre Dame	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 12	L 38-48@ Pittsburgh	3	76	25.3	1	39
Wk 13	L 24-29vs Virginia Tech	2	30	15.0	0	20
Total		34	603	16.7	3	39

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

Ra'Shaun Henry

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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