2007 Football Roster
Roster
Michael Henig
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Montgomery, AL
- High School/Previous School:
- Jefferson Davis
CAREER:
Has played in 16 games during his Mississippi State career, starting nine times overall -- the final three games of his redshirt freshman season at quarterback and six during his sophomore campaign . . . Had that sophomore season interrupted by a broken collarbone twice ? the first following the season opener and the same bone again in Week 11 . . . Returned in Week 6 following that first injury . . . Made a brief appearance in one game during his true freshman campaign, but was granted a medical redshirt in 2005 to regain that true freshman year . . . Has completed 135-of-308 passes (.438) for 1,831 yards, nine touchdowns and 15 interceptions . . . Has also rushed 45 times (minus 66 yards) . . . Came to MSU following a senior season in which he led his prep team into the second round of the Alabama high school state tournament.
2006:
Played in seven games during an injury-ravaged sophomore campaign, starting six times . . . Started the season’s first game against South Carolina and from Week 7-11 . . . Also saw action against West Virginia in Week 6 . . . Completed 74-of-169 passes (.438) for 1,201 yards, seven touchdowns and nine interceptions . . . Also rushed 18 times for 18 yards . . . Kicked off his sophomore season as the Bulldogs’ first-unit quarterback in the opener with South Carolina . . . His activity was limited, however, to just less than a half of action when he suffered a broken collarbone . . . Completed two-of-eight passes for 19 yards against the Gamecocks before being sidelined for the remainder of the game . . . Returned in Week 6 vs. West Virginia . . . Called upon in relief of starter Omarr Conner when he was sidelined with a groin injury . . . Completed seven-of-15 passes (.467) for 115 yards and two tipped interceptions . . . Also rushed once (minus 3 yards) . . . Earned the second start of his sophomore season and led the Bulldogs to a Week 7 win over Jacksonville State . . . Completed 11-of-25 passes for 183 yards, one touchdown and an interception, against the Gamecocks . . . His 183 yards passing were the second highest in his career (200 vs. Kentucky, 2005) . . . Also rushed once (1 yard) . . . Threw for a career-high 234 yards, completing 14-of-31 passes, with a pair of interceptions at Georgia in Week 8 . . . Improved his career-best numbers during the Bulldogs’ Week 9 game against Kentucky . . . Completed 22-of-41 passes for 384 yards, a career-best three touchdowns and two interceptions vs. the Wildcats . . . It was the first 300-yard passing game by a Bulldog QB since Kevin Fant threw for 360 yards against Houston (9/20/03) and the fourth-highest single-game passing total in school history . . . He also became the first MSU signal-caller to throw for more than 200 yards in back-to-back games since Fant accomplished that feat in 2003 . . . Threw a pair of touchdown passes in the second quarter, a career-long 75 yards to Tony Burks and 15 yards to Jamayel Smith, to pull the Bulldogs into a halftime tie in that game . . . Tossed another TD aerial to Burks in the fourth period to close the UK advantage to 31-24 at the time . . . Also rushed once (7 yards) vs. Kentucky . . . Completed nine-of-23 passes for 143 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, in the Bulldogs’ Week 10 victory at Alabama . . . Threw a 25-yard TD pass to Tony Burks midway through the first quarter to give MSU a 7-3 lead at the time and a 13-yard scoring toss to Jamayel Smith midway through the second period for a 17-10 Bulldog advantage . . . Those TD tosses gave him five scoring throws in the past two weeks . . . Completed three-of-five passes for 41 yards on that first scoring drive . . . Added three-of-four passing for 70 yards in the TD drive that ended with the Smith scoring catch . . . Completed nine-of-25 passes for 123 yards, an interception and a touchdown, against Arkansas in Week 11 . . . His 22-yard scoring toss to Tony Burks came midway through the second quarter and pulled MSU into a 14-14 tie at the time . . . Also had a career-best rushing performance against the Razorbacks, gaining 49 yards on four tries, a 12.2-yard per carry average . . . Had his season come to an end against UA, however, when he suffered the second broken left collarbone injury of the year just into the fourth quarter . . . Was named the Most Improved Offensive Player of the spring by the coaching staff following a standout four-week practice period . . . Completed 33-of-61 passes (.541) for 333 yards, five touchdowns and just one interception during three spring scrimmages . . . Entered fall camp firmly entrenched as the team’s starter at quarterback.
2005:
Played in eight games during his redshirt freshman campaign, earning starts in the final three games of the season (Alabama, at Arkansas, and Ole Miss) . . . Saw action in all but the Tulane, Georgia and Houston contests . . . Completed 60-of-135 passes (.444) for 621 yards, two touchdowns and five interceptions . . . Rushed 25 times (minus 79 yards) . . . Saw reserve work in Mississippi State’s season-opening victory over Murray State . . . Was on the field for a pair of fourth-quarter series against the Racers and threw three incomplete passes . . . Worked two more offensive series in the Bulldogs’ SEC opener at Auburn in Week 2 . . . Completed two-of-two passes for 10 yards against the Tigers . . . Worked the entire fourth quarter of State’s Week 5 game with LSU in relief of starting quarterback Omarr Conner . . . Completed two-of-four passes for 32 yards against the Tigers . . . Saw the most extensive work of the first half of his redshirt freshman season at Florida in Week 6 . . . Completed nine-of-20 passes for 119 yards against the Gators . . . Again received substantial work two weeks later at Kentucky . . . Completed 16-of-31 passes for 200 yards against the Wildcats . . . Came in during the third offensive series of the game and played the rest of the way for the Bulldogs . . . Earned his first collegiate start in Week 9 match-up with Alabama . . . Completed nine-of-28 passes for 78 yards, with three interceptions, against the Crimson Tide . . . Completed 11-of-27 passes for 77 yards and an interception in Week 10 work at Arkansas . . . Had the best game of his redshirt freshman campaign in the Bulldogs’ season-ending 35-14 victory over Ole Miss in the Battle for the Golden Egg . . . Completed 11-of-20 passes (.550) for 105 yards, two touchdowns and one interception . . . Also rushed three times for 7 yards against the Rebels . . . Both of his TD throws came in a three-minute stretch of the fourth quarter, a 1-yard pass to Bryson Davis and a 5-yard toss to Jerious Norwood, that expanded a 21-14 MSU lead to the game’s final score . . . Those passes were part of a five-of-seven second-half showing . . . Impressed the coaching staff with his play during the spring-ending Maroon and White game . . . Completed six-of-12 passes for 43 yards against the team’s first defense . . . Ended spring second on the depth chart at quarterback.
2004:
Played in one game during his true freshman season . . . Completed one-of-four passes for 9 yards, and added two rushes (minus 5 yards) . . . Made the only appearance of his first year on campus at Vanderbilt in Week 5 . . . Completed one-of-four passes for 9 yards with an interception against the Commodores . . . A medical redshirt has been requested (separated shoulder) to regain his true freshman season.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Rated the #1 quarterback at the 2003 summer Bowden Quarterback Camp, he won the camp’s long throw competition with a 64 and one-half yard toss . . . He was also selected to the EA Sports Elite 11 quarterback camp that summer, one of just 100 quarterbacks nation-wide to be extended an invitation . . . Credited with running a 4.6 in the 40-yard dash by the Insiders.com online recruiting website . . . After playing behind a three-year starter for his first three years of high school, he led his Jefferson Davis High School team in Montgomery, Ala., to an 8-3 mark, with the three losses coming to teams with an aggregate 41-3 record . . . He helped his team reach the second round of the Alabama Class 6A playoffs in 2003 . . . Completed 71-of-149 passes for 1,339 yards, 14 touchdowns and just seven interceptions during his senior campaign . . . He closed the 2003 season with a flurry, throwing for 825 yards, eight touchdowns and no interceptions in the final five games.
PERSONAL:
Born Michael David Henig Jr., 12-7-85, in Montgomery, Ala. . . . Son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Henig . . . Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
