Field Gulls
After breaking the seal on trades with the move into the fifth round for Beau Stephens, John Schneider continued his trading ways by sending No. 188 to the New York Jets for No. 199 and No. 242. With that pick at No. 199, the Seattle Seahawks selected wide receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr from Kansas. Henderson was a special teams stud at Kansas and will need to excel in that role to make the Seahawks roster in 2026.
Henderson’s overall “Okay” RAS is buoyed by his speed testing, as that’s the only green in the chart. The Mockdraftable graph backs that up with the 73rd percentile 40-yard dash time with all other metrics under the 50th percentile. Henderson’s “Poor” agility times are a concern especially when you consider that he’s not a big-bodied WR at 185 lb. The good thing is that Henderson will be mostly running in a straight line as a gunner on the punt team, a role that he excelled at in college going back to his days at Alabama.
Another former Crimson Tide wide receiver is Jerry Jeudy and it turns out that’s not the only similarity between Jeudy and Henderson as they’re close athletic comps in damn near every RAS category.
Jeudy is a little taller and heavier, but just 0.01 seconds slower than Henderson in the 40-yard dash. They have identical 20 and 10 splits, verticals, and broad jumps. Jeudy also turned in an even worse shuttle time than Henderson. All-in-all, that’s about as close of an athletic comp as we’re going to see.
This next one is for all you NFL historians out there.
Y’all remember Don Beebe?
Outside of Buffalo or Green Bay (where he became somewhat of a local legend), you might not! Beebe was known for his speed and special teams ability, something that Henderson will look to replicate. As you can see, Henderson is taller and heavier than Beebe, while a touch slower. Beebe’s shuttle blows Henderson’s away, but again, we have another very close comp in terms of athleticism.
Want another deep cut that popped into my mind for some reason?
I was thinking about how Henderson’s build looks on the field and remembered FredEx. Looks like my hunch was right since we’ve got close size and speed comps once again – Henderson also wearing No. 84 is another fun coincidence! Mitchell’s agility and vertical is better creating the disparity in overall RAS. I really thought that Mitchell did more in the NFL, but I guess it was just the one really famous play that stood out…
Of course Field Gulls would remember FredEx!
It takes a special (pun-intended) player to make his living on special teams. How does Henderson compare to one of the all-time greats?
Hey, not too shabby!
Henderson is taller and lighter than Slater with an identical 40-yard dash time. They also have close agility and explosion scores. I would be naive if I said...
