Henry Boyer

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