Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson is among the nation’s most talented and exciting players. On top of breaking several freshman records at Ohio State and earning All-American honors, Henderson is among the fastest and most explosive rushers we’ve seen in recent years.
But is Henderson draft-eligible? And when can he enter the NFL Draft?
When Is TreVeyon Henderson Eligible for the NFL Draft?
According to the NFL Draft rules, a player must be at least three years removed from high school graduation to be eligible for the draft. A player who graduated high school in 2021, like Henderson, must wait until 2024 to enter the draft.
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Now in his third season at Ohio State, Henderson is expected to jump from Ohio State to the NFL after this season. He could potentially land as a top-40 pick and earn the RB1 mantle despite a crowded group of backs. Our scouting team is fond of Henderson, ranking him as the best running back prospect eligible for the 2024 NFL Draft.
If Henderson is taken in the first round, he’d be just the eighth back taken in the draft’s first night since 2019.
Henderson’s Scouting Report
Read more about Henderson’s draft prospects in his full scouting report.
Strengths
- Has a compact, squatty, well-leveraged frame with excellent relative mass and density.
- When healthy, has elite one-step explosiveness, generating instant momentum on cuts.
- Has the long speed to create chunk plays with narrow creases and house short passes.
- Urgent, fleet-footed dynamo who can rapidly realign his base and surge through lanes.
- Has the hyperactive twitch to work defenders off balance in space, then punish.
- Can use base flexibility to manipulate vertical angles in space while keeping speed.
- Has good initial baseline vision and has superb peripheral vision at the second level.
- Can identify suboptimal odds early in reps and make decisions quickly off those IDs.
- Pierces second-level seams with burst, combative style, balance, and tempo freedom.
- Has the high-level balance to suddenly recoil and recalibrate his base out of contact.
- Able to fight through contact with stubborn, grating leg churn and physicality.
- Maximizes effusive physicality with lower body activation, pad level, and forward-pressing energy.
- Stellar hands-catcher with legitimate coordination and receiving instincts.
- He Preemptively resets his feet for RAC and translates well with twitch and balance.
- Competent pass blocker who stays square, shoots his hands, and has great vision.
Weaknesses
- A foot injury in 2022 detracted from his explosiveness at times.
- At times, shows slight hip tightness, needing to supplement transitions with stutters.
- Vision and creative instincts, while solid, collectively fall short of the elite mark.
- Unblocked defenders too often invite hesitation and tempo reductions.
- Isn’t always comfortable testing tight lanes and navigating through congestion.
- Will sometimes defer to direct contact if there isn’t an excess of space at his disposal.
- Sometimes overlooks lateral creases and is most comfortable working vertically.
- Extraneous use of space can snag runs and give defenders more chances to impede.
- He doesn’t have elite bowling mass, even with high-level force output at contact.
- Does have room to expand his route tree beyond screens and swing routes.
- He can sometimes be more consistent in sustaining blocks past first contact.