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“I just try to look at the world through a biblical lens, and yeah, I feel a calling on my life,” Henderson said, when asked about his comments.
TreVeyon Henderson AP Photo/Steven Senne
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FOXBOROUGH – TreVeyon Henderson told reporters Thursday that he is “ready to go” for Sunday’s home opener against the Steelers.
He had missed the Patriots’ Week 1 loss to the Seahawks with an ankle injury, but returned to practice as a full participant on Wednesday.
He also addressed a social media post that he made that has gotten millions of views. On Monday night, Henderson quoted a tweet from Fox News about a Massachusetts family that says the state “took custody of their teenage daughter after they refused to affirm her as a boy.”
According to The Boston Globe, the Trump administration said it is investigating the case. The teen’s parents, Joseph and Arlene Kutzko, “have alleged the state’s child welfare agency, the Department of Children and Families, removed their child because the Kutzkos opposed the child’s desire to transition genders,” according to the Globe report.
The parents cited their Catholic faith as a reason for opposing the child’s desire to transition. They also accused the teen’s school, Algonquin Regional High School, of “secretly transitioning” the teen. The school denies the allegations.
Henderson responded to the Fox News clip with a bible verse, followed by a few sentences of commentary on the matter.
“The God we serve commands parents to “Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.”Proverbs 22:6,” Henderson wrote.
“Yet, this God given right that these parents have is being stripped away from them by the state,” Henderson added. “These parents who want to honor our Lord and lead their daughter into the truth, and away from what she can’t see what will destroy her just as God has entrusted the parents to do. May justice be served.”
Standing in front of his locker at the New Balance Athletic Center on Thursday, Henderson said he was speaking out against something he didn’t believe was right.
“I think the biggest thing what I saw on my end is, I saw the the state take away someone’s child because they didn’t want to affirm their daughter as a boy,” Henderson said. “I heard that the school, without the parents’ permission, tried to transition a child or do some sort of thing to transition her into a boy, and I don’t believe that’s right.”
The God we serve commands parents to
“Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.”
Proverbs 22:6
Yet, this God given right that these parents have is being stripped away from them by the state. These parents who want to honor our… https://t.co/HFSBVkOPVV
— TreVeyon Henderson (@TreVeyonH4) September 15, 2026
“I believe the family being a Catholic family and having certain morals that they go by and live by. I think it’s they have the God-given right to raise up their kid to know the Lord, to honor the Lord. But of course, we all have free will, as well. But with that kid being under their parents’ authorities, like we’re called, I’m called to honor my parents and respect my parents as long as it aligns with God.”
Henderson was asked whether he was aware the the teen’s father had previously been arrested and charged with assault following accusations of abuse.
According to WCVB, court documents show that the father, Joseph Kutzko, was arrested and charged with assault following accusations of punching the child and pulling her hair. The charges are set to be dropped in December if the he meets conditions that were outlined by the court.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said the child was removed because of the criminal charges, not because of a gender affirming care issue.
“I think — so, I’m still doing research. I’ve heard that charges were filed,” Henderson said, when asked if he was aware of the charges.”But at the end of the day, they were filed. It doesn’t mean that he was guilty of those charges. It’s just accusations, just as the same way people make accusations against me. It doesn’t mean that those accusations are true.”
“It’s just accusations at the end of the day,” he added. “And so, yeah, I think you’re innocent until you’re proven guilty. So if he was guilty, then that’s on me, because I didn’t know all of that. But if he’s not guilty, if these are just accusations, that they’re making about the father, then I don’t think I don’t think that’s right to run away with that and say the father did this, so we have to take his daughter away. I still don’t think that’s right.”
Henderson routinely posts bible verses on his social media accounts. Back in March, he posted: “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven” after the Bulls cut Jaden Ivey following comments made the guard made about Pride Month. The tweet is still up, and it now has more than eight million views along with 117,000 likes.
The day after Henderson’s tweet about Ivey, Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said he wants Patriots players to “be able to express what they believe in their heart and in their mind, but also want to make sure that they’re educated, and we want to be inclusive.”
Henderson said growing closer to God in recent years has changed the way he views the world.
“I just try to look at the world through a biblical lens, and yeah, I feel a calling on my life,” Henderson said. “I’m not here to just play football. I think I have it in my [Twitter] bio that football is what I do, but a child of God is who I am. First and foremost, I am going to honor God above all else.”
“I know it comes with a cost, but like the Bible says what do I gain if I hold onto my life but at the end of the day if I lose my life for His name’s sake then I gain true life and that’s what I gain. I have true fulfillment in Him, with this game or without this game, with money or without money. As long as I have Jesus, that’s all that I need.”
Henderson called his return to the field a “blessing.”
“Although going through an injury is hard, it’s painful, it just continued to draw me closer to the Lord,” Henderson said. “So, I’m thankful for the time, thankful for the growth as well, and excited to be back out here with my teammates.”
Khari A. Thompson
Khari Thompson covers professional sports for Boston.com. Before joining the team in 2022, Khari covered college football for The Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss.
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