After breaking the seal on trades with the transfer into the fifth spherical for Beau Stephens, John Schneider continued his buying and selling methods by sending No. 188 to the New York Jets for No. 199 and No. 242. With that decide at No. 199, the Seattle Seahawks chosen vast receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr from Kansas. Henderson was a particular groups stud at Kansas and might want to excel in that function to make the Seahawks roster in 2026.
Relative Athletic Rating (RAS)
Henderson’s general “Okay” RAS is buoyed by his pace testing, as that’s the one inexperienced within the chart. The Mockdraftable graph backs that up with the 73rd percentile 40-yard sprint time with all different metrics beneath the fiftieth percentile. Henderson’s “Poor” agility instances are a priority particularly when you think about that he’s not a big-bodied WR at 185 lb. The nice factor is that Henderson will likely be largely operating in a straight line as a gunner on the punt crew, a job that he excelled at in school going again to his days at Alabama.
One other former Crimson Tide vast receiver is Jerry Jeudy and it seems that’s not the one similarity between Jeudy and Henderson as they’re shut athletic comps in rattling close to each RAS class.
Jeudy is a little bit taller and heavier, however simply 0.01 seconds slower than Henderson within the 40-yard sprint. They’ve an identical 20 and 10 splits, verticals, and broad jumps. Jeudy additionally turned in an excellent worse shuttle time than Henderson. All-in-all, that’s about as shut of an athletic comp as we’re going to see.
This subsequent one is for all you NFL historians on the market.
Y’all bear in mind Don Beebe?
Outdoors of Buffalo or Inexperienced Bay (the place he turned considerably of a neighborhood legend), you may not! Beebe was identified for his pace and particular groups potential, one thing that Henderson will look to copy. As you possibly can see, Henderson is taller and heavier than Beebe, whereas a contact slower. Beebe’s shuttle blows Henderson’s away, however once more, now we have one other very shut comp when it comes to athleticism.
Need one other deep reduce that popped into my thoughts for some motive?
I used to be desirous about how Henderson’s construct appears to be like on the sphere and remembered FredEx. Appears to be like like my hunch was proper since we’ve acquired shut measurement and pace comps as soon as once more – Henderson additionally carrying No. 84 is one other enjoyable coincidence! Mitchell’s agility and vertical is healthier creating the disparity in general RAS. I actually thought that Mitchell did extra within the NFL, however I suppose it was simply the one actually well-known play that stood out…
In fact Subject Gulls would bear in mind FredEx!
It takes a particular (pun-intended) participant to make his residing on particular groups. How does Henderson evaluate to one of many all-time greats?
Henderson is taller and lighter than Slater with an an identical 40-yard sprint time. Additionally they have shut agility and explosion scores. I might be naive if I stated that these elements alone qualify Henderson as a possible particular groups lifer just like Slater, nevertheless it’s not out of the realm of risk.
Right here’s the place within the article the place we glance particularly at former Seahawks, this time with a concentrate on particular groups prowess.
The primary two, Bannister and Obomanu, are rather more in line athletically with Henderson, however each had been greater WRs. They pale compared to Lockette and Younger, who not solely dwarf Henderson in measurement, additionally they boast a way more spectacular athletic profile. We’ve seen that being an incredible athlete isn’t at all times a very powerful issue for fulfillment, nevertheless it positive doesn’t harm.
We’ll end the comps with another earlier Seahawks WRs that I used to be interested in.
Butler and Richardson aren’t unhealthy since they’re in the identical realm as deep threats with slight builds. We’ve no testing numbers for Taco Wallace, however I actually simply wished to convey him up, and he’s inside the measurement vary!
Henderson has sufficient lengthy pace to be a deep menace as a WR and an efficient gunner on punt crew.
Seattle has a fairly stacked WR room, so that they should have actually seen one thing in Henderson to spend one other decide on the place – probably it’s his particular groups potential. This comes one season after drafting Ricky White III for the same motive. Particular groups is usually known as a “hidden” a part of the sport, however that’s hardly the case in Seattle. They know the way essential that third section of the sport is, and in the event that they’re prepared to spend extra draft capital to enhance that side, I’m right here for it.
Henderson’s spot on the roster isn’t etched in stone, significantly with the depth on the WR place. He’s already behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, Rashid Shaheed, Tory Horton, and Jake Bobo. That’s 5 WRs who’re principally “locks” for the ultimate roster. If Seattle chooses to maintain six WR on the ultimate 53, Henderson might want to beat out guys just like the White’s (Cody and Ricky) and not too long ago acquired Irv Charles. Ricky was a school particular groups phenom similar to Henderson, and Charles may be the most effective of the bunch having already confirmed himself on the NFL degree.
The truth that the Seahawks traded for Charles even with all these different choices for a roster spot that’s not even assured signifies that the competitors will likely be fierce. Due to that, Henderson gained’t make the 53-man roster in 2026. Similar to Ricky White final season, Henderson will likely be stored round on the apply squad all 12 months with the prospect to make the squad in 2027.
