TreVeyon Henderson walked off the Gillette Stadium turf on Thursday night with the best game of his young career and a message he refused to mute.
After powering the Patriots to a 27-14 win over the Jets to open Week 1, in a recent interview, the rookie running back shed light on his belief in God as he said, “*Trusting the Lord’s plan; you know, just continue to do my part & the rest I just leave up to Him. I’m so weak without Him. I can’t do it without Jesus,” giving all glory to Jesus for a performance that showcased both his talent and the pressure sitting on his shoulders as he filled in for Rhamondre Stevenson.*
POWERFUL: #Patriots star TreVeyon Henderson gives all glory to Jesus Christ after his multi-TD game.
“Trusting the Lord's plan; you know, just continue to do my part & the rest I just leave up to Him”
“I'm so weak without Him. I can't do it without Jesus”pic.twitter.com/a0HW1dRhP8
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) November 14, 2025
The timing of the statement mattered. New England is now 9-2, riding an eight-game winning streak, and Henderson has become the unexpected engine of this mid-season surge.
Treveyon Henderson’s Week 11 Breakout Lifts Patriots
Treveyon Henderson
Jul 28, 2025; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson (32) heads to the practice fields for training camp at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images
The game didn’t start in New England’s favor. The Jets chewed up over eight minutes during their first possession, then found the end zone. Still, Drake Maye fired back with a crisp 11-pass sequence that calmed things down, paving the way for Henderson to step in.
His first touchdown came on the second play of the second quarter, and it instantly became one of the most talked-about plays of Week 11. Henderson took a pitch, slipped two defenders, and collided with LB Jamien Sherwood at the 2-yard line. What happened next looked straight out of Philadelphia’s playbook: Four Patriots teammates pushed him the final yards into the end zone, turning it into a Foxborough-style “Tush Push.”
NFL Network’sIan Rapoport joked that it felt like déjà vu, while Mike Garafolo reminded viewers that this would’ve been illegal had owners voted differently in March. SI later explained how push-assists were legalized in 2005 because, as Mike Pereira put it, referees couldn’t tell who was pushing whom.
And that was just Henderson’s start.He finished the night with multiple touchdowns, including another red-zone score and a receiving touchdown, the full display of the burst, balance, and improvisation the Patriots believed in when they drafted him 38th overall. His usage spike hasn’t been subtle either: with Stevenson and Terrell Jennings hurt, Henderson’s snaps have doubled. He entered Week 11 averaging 3.5 yards per carry with one TD through seven games; in the last three, he erupted for 277 rushing yards on 38 carries and five total touchdowns, becoming only the second rookie in franchise history (after Curtis Martin) with multiple rushing TDs in back-to-back games.
Still, not everyone is convinced. Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard argued that Henderson shouldn’t be treated like a bell-cow, saying the Patriots want to keep him in the 15–20-touch range to avoid overuse. But Thursday’s performance didn’t look like caution, it looked like a player expanding a role in real time.Henderson’s words revealed humility. His performance revealed everything else.