Kansas State University Athletics
2021 Football
Henry, Hunter
Jersey Number 36
Hunter Henry
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Lake Travis
- Prev School:
- Rice Univ.
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2021 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Played in 16 career games, including 13 over three seasons at K-State after transferring in from Rice.
2022: Saw action in one game, carding two tackles against South Dakota.
2021: Saw action in four games as a reserve defensive back, seeing time against Oklahoma, TCU, Kansas and LSU... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2020: Played in eight contests – including each of the final three games – as he totaled seven tackles... Had two stops against Kansas, Baylor and Texas... Carded his first-career tackle for loss against the Bears.
2019 AT RICE: Played in three games as he retained his redshirt for the season... Saw time against Wake Forest, Southern Miss and Marshall, but did not record any statistics.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner who concluded his career at Lake Travis under head coach Hank Carter... Played two seasons at Cedar Park... Credited with 143 tackles in his high school career along with 14 pass breakups and three interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown... Earned All-District 25-6A honors as a senior after compiling 79 tackles, one sack, an interception and three pass breakups as he helped Lake Travis advance to the state quarterfinals... Named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Top 300 and as part of the magazine’s postseason “Class of 2019”... An all-district selection as a junior at Cedar Park and named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Top 100 juniors... Earned honorable mention all-district honors as a sophomore as Cedar Park captured the state title... Also competed in track with bests of 11.1 in the 100 and 22.9 in the 200 meters.
PERSONAL: John Hunter Henry was born June 30, 2000, in Austin, Texas... Son of John and Anita Henry... Has one sibling, Faith... Mother, Anita, was an eight-time NCAA All-American swimmer at Alabama... Aunt, Megan Henry, has competed with the US Skeleton team since 2013... Majoring in kinesiology.
• 2021 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Played in 16 career games, including 13 over three seasons at K-State after transferring in from Rice.
2022: Saw action in one game, carding two tackles against South Dakota.
2021: Saw action in four games as a reserve defensive back, seeing time against Oklahoma, TCU, Kansas and LSU... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2020: Played in eight contests – including each of the final three games – as he totaled seven tackles... Had two stops against Kansas, Baylor and Texas... Carded his first-career tackle for loss against the Bears.
2019 AT RICE: Played in three games as he retained his redshirt for the season... Saw time against Wake Forest, Southern Miss and Marshall, but did not record any statistics.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner who concluded his career at Lake Travis under head coach Hank Carter... Played two seasons at Cedar Park... Credited with 143 tackles in his high school career along with 14 pass breakups and three interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown... Earned All-District 25-6A honors as a senior after compiling 79 tackles, one sack, an interception and three pass breakups as he helped Lake Travis advance to the state quarterfinals... Named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Top 300 and as part of the magazine’s postseason “Class of 2019”... An all-district selection as a junior at Cedar Park and named to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Top 100 juniors... Earned honorable mention all-district honors as a sophomore as Cedar Park captured the state title... Also competed in track with bests of 11.1 in the 100 and 22.9 in the 200 meters.
PERSONAL: John Hunter Henry was born June 30, 2000, in Austin, Texas... Son of John and Anita Henry... Has one sibling, Faith... Mother, Anita, was an eight-time NCAA All-American swimmer at Alabama... Aunt, Megan Henry, has competed with the US Skeleton team since 2013... Majoring in kinesiology.
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