TreVeyon Henderson Injury: Ankle Tests After Slip

TreVeyon Henderson injury news landed Tuesday after the Patriots running back slipped on a slick practice field Monday and rolled his right ankle. Christopher Price of the Boston Globe reported he has been diagnosed with a lower right ankle injury and will undergo further precautionary tests. ESPN's injury report carried that update and listed him as questionable. Henderson left 11-on-11 work with the head trainer and walked into the facility under his own power. The club has not posted a return date. New England plays its preseason finale Thursday at Cleveland.

The Boston Herald said the play came in a red-zone team period and looked like a minor right foot or ankle tweak on first look. Yahoo Sports, reprinting USA TODAY, had trainers examining the right ankle and foot on the sideline before he went inside. He did not return. Rhamondre Stevenson took virtually every remaining first-team snap, the Herald noted. Henderson had just come back Monday after an unannounced absence from Saturday's session and has not played in either preseason game.

TreVeyon Henderson injury: the field, then the tests

The Globe's Tuesday story put the slip in context. It was the first team practice on the lower natural-grass field after four weeks on the upper fields. Players were slipping in one-on-ones. A.J. Brown had a scary noncontact slip and got up. Henderson did not. A team spokesman told the Globe the Patriots rotate fields to maintain the grass and that Henderson's injury was not surface-related. Mike Vrabel had just said after Saturday that he did not think the roster was very deep and that the staff had to keep its best players available.

Yahoo Sports paired the scene with the other second-year back who went down a day earlier. Ashton Jeanty sprained an ankle at Raiders practice Sunday. Henderson is not Jeanty. He walked off. The tests are the next tape. The 53-man deadline is still Sunday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. ET. A back who cannot practice still counts until the club puts him on a reserve list or keeps him on the 53.

Stevenson, the finale, and Week 1

Henderson is a second-year back, a 2025 second-round pick out of Ohio State, 5-foot-10 and 202 pounds, per NFL.com. He is listed as No. 32. The Patriots have used him in a tandem with Stevenson. If the ankle lingers, Stevenson and the remaining backs divide the work. The Browns game Thursday is the last dress rehearsal. ESPN's board has an estimated return of Sept. 9. Week 1 is not far behind that date.

Price's diagnosis is the first official-sounding label. Precautionary tests usually mean imaging. The Patriots have not said MRI or X-ray. They have not said week-to-week. They have not said he is out of Thursday. Until those results land, the story is a slip on the lower field, a walked-off ankle, and a depth chart Vrabel already did not trust. Jake Bobo's season-ending knee is the other cut-week injury from this weekend. Henderson's is not in that class on the first report. It is still a Week 1 watch.

TreVeyon Henderson injury FAQ

What is TreVeyon Henderson's injury? A lower right ankle injury, Christopher Price of the Boston Globe reported Tuesday, with further precautionary tests still to come. ESPN listed him as questionable with an estimated return of Sept. 9.

How did TreVeyon Henderson get hurt? He slipped making a cut during 11-on-11 at Monday's Patriots practice on the lower grass field, the Globe, Herald, and Yahoo Sports all wrote. Trainers checked the right ankle and foot. He walked into the facility and did not return.

Will TreVeyon Henderson play the preseason finale? Unknown. New England is at Cleveland on Thursday, Aug. 27. He has not played in either preseason game. The Patriots have not ruled him in or out.