BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – This week’s WKU Player of the Week honor goes to Hilltopper football wide receiver Matthew Henry!

In his WKU debut, Henry went off against Sam Houston racking up seven catches for 148 yards and one touchdown on Saturday night.

Henry is the first Tops receiver to eclipse 100 receiving yards in a game in 2025 and the first since Easton Messer did so last October against UTEP.

The transfer from Western Illinois came to Bowling Green after a season where he saw similar eye-popping numbers for the Leatherneck’s offense.

With over 1200 yards on the year, Henry put up five games with more than 100 and even saw two matchups with more than 200, as his season-high was at 242 yards against Gardner-Webb.

There was a lot of talk about new quarterback Maverick McIvor after the

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