2025 NFL Draft: Former Ohio State Running Back TreVeyon Henderson Selected No. 38 Overall By The New England Patriots

Former Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson was selected by the New England Patriots with the No. 38 overall pick in the second round on Friday night. He is the sixth Buckeye taken in the draft this year and the 4th running back selected overall. 

Henderson joins the Patriots after a historic four-year career with the Buckeyes. The Hopewell, Va., native rushed for an impressive 3,761 yards and 42 touchdowns on 590 carries from 2021-25, marks that rank fourth, fourth and 11th in program history, respectively. He also recorded zero fumbles in his four seasons in scarlet and gray. 

Henderson’s Buckeye career got off to a blazing start in 2021, when he was named second-team All-Big Ten his freshman season while rushing for 1,248 yards and 15 touchdowns on 183 carries. His rushing yard total was the second-most by a freshman in Ohio State history, while his 19 total touchdowns (15 rushing and four receiving) was the most by a first-year in a single season and eighth overall. 

Henderson then hit a bit of a wall his sophomore and junior seasons due to several lower-body injuries. He played in just eight games and rushed for a career-low 571 yards and six touchdowns in 2022, then totaled 926 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns in 10 games in 2023, missing three games that year after being tackled awkwardly that September against Notre Dame. 

Much like many of his teammates, Henderson’s lack of full team and individual success propelled him to return for a senior season in 2024, where he would turn in a strong year to cap off his Buckeye career. With two-time All-SEC tailback Quinshon Judkins joining the OSU backfield alongside him, the refreshed and healthy Henderson was one of the Buckeyes’ most reliable offensive players on Ohio State’s national championship team, rushing for a career-high 7.1 yards per car (1,016 total on 144 carries) while also adding 10 touchdowns and a third-team All-Big Ten honor. 

Henderson — who was also named a team captain that year — may have saved his best performances for last, rushing for 149 yards and four touchdowns on 36 carries (7.4 per attempt) in Ohio State’s four College Football Playoff games. He had two of the Buckeyes’ most impactful scores during the championship run, first rushing 66 yards for the score against No. 1 Oregon at the Rose Bowl to increase the Buckeyes’ lead to 31-0 in the second quarter — which was the longest rushing touchdown in Ohio State Rose Bowl history — and then taking a screen pass 75 yards for the score right before halftime in the CFP semifinals against Texas to give Ohio State a 14-7 lead it would never relinquish. 

Henderson would then tally another 49 yards on 12 carries in the national title game win over Notre Dame, capping off an all-time Buckeye career for the former five-star prospect. 

Henderson now joins a Patriots offense that ranked No. 13 in rushing offense last season behind tailbacks Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson. The Patriots went 4-13 last season.