The Patriots\u2019 entire 2025 NFL Draft class was on display Friday outside Gillette Stadium, with one exception.<\/p>\n
TreVeyon Henderson did not participate in New England\u2019s first rookie minicamp practice of the offseason. It certainly was a noteworthy absence, as the second-round running back<\/a> is poised to have a major role in the Patriots offense as a rookie.<\/p>\n There was no official word from the team about why Henderson did not take part in the session, but according to ESPN\u2019s Mike Reiss, the absence \u201cwasn\u2019t a major concern\u201d<\/a> for Mike Vrabel and company. The Patriots on Saturday also posted a video<\/a> of the Ohio State product suited up and ready to participate in the second rookie minicamp practice.<\/p>\n Henderson has a chance to be an instant-impact player in New England, where Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson headlined the team\u2019s running back depth chart last season. Stevenson figures to be the starter from the get-go in 2025, but Henderson is in line to be heavily utilized in passing situations<\/a>. The 22-year-old\u2019s outstanding blocking abilities<\/a> could also earn him extra playing time in Year 1 with the Patriots.<\/p>\n Henderson\u2019s next opportunity to impress coaches on the practice field will be May 19 when the Patriots hold another round of organized team activities.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Patriots\u2019 entire 2025 NFL Draft class was on display Friday outside Gillette Stadium, with one exception. TreVeyon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,596],"class_list":{"0":"post-44153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-patriots","15":"tag-treveyon-henderson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114494912975248563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}