Chris Henry (wide receiver)

Chris Henry
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Henry in 2008
No. 15
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:(1983-05-17)May 17, 1983
Belle Chasse, Louisiana, U.S.
Died:December 17, 2009(2009-12-17) (aged 26)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:Belle Chasse (LA)
College:West Virginia
NFL draft:2005 / round: 3 / pick: 83
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:119
Receiving yards:1,826
Receiving touchdowns:21
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Chris Henry (May 17, 1983 – December 17, 2009) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Bengals in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft.

Henry died on December 17, 2009, when he fell out the back of a moving truck after having a domestic dispute with his fiancée. An autopsy revealed that Henry had developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) during his playing career due to repetitive hits to the head.[1] Because CTE can only be definitively diagnosed in an autopsy and Henry was still active in the NFL when he died, Henry represented the first case where an active player had died and could be diagnosed with CTE.[2]

  1. ^ "Researchers find brain trauma in Henry". June 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Schwarz, Alan (June 28, 2010). "Former Bengal Henry Found to Have Had Brain Damage". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2017.