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Henry Boyer - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 87

HenryBoyer

  • position Tight End
  • height 6-6
  • Weight 265
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High school Brother Rice
  • Previous School Illinois

2025 – Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after three seasons at Illinois
• Played in 25 total games with two starts and totaled three catches for 20 yards

2024 – Sophomore (Illinois)
• Appeared in 11 games with one start vs. Eastern Illinois but did not record a catch
• Elected as the team’s representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

2023 – r-Freshman (Illinois)
• Played in 12 games with one start vs. FAU
• Totaled three catches for 20 yards
• Got his first career start vs. Florida Atlantic and caught two passes for 16 yards
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors

2022 – Freshman (Illinois)
• Redshirt season
• Played in two games vs. Wyoming and Indiana

High School
• Was a consensus three-star recruit and top 50 tight end
• Played for coach Brian Badke at Brother Rice, where he was named All-Chicago Catholic League
• Played in the 2021 US Army All-American Bowl
• An all-around athlete who also played baseball, basketball and was on the track & field team

Personal
• Born in Portland, Maine
• Son of Matthew and Molly Boyer
• Has two brothers, Charlie and Jack
• Major is pre-finance

Henry Says
• He chose UK football because of the coaching staff and the opportunity to play in the SEC
• After football, his dream job is to be a businessman or a lawyer
• Other than playing football, he also is good at checkers
• Three words to describe him are resilient, kind and competitive
• His go-to Karaoke song is “Bulletproof” by La Roux

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