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Jaguars QB Henne has enjoyed success against Jets

Chad Henne still is settling in as the Jaguars’ starting quarterback, but he’s certainly no stranger to the Jets.

Henne was 3-1 against the Jets as a member of the Dolphins, including a performance three years ago that left coach Rex Ryan comparing him with Dan Marino, so you won’t find Ryan or anyone in the Gang Green locker room saying they look forward to facing Henne tomorrow in Jacksonville.

“I always thought Chad was a good quarterback,” Jets safety Yeremiah Bell, a former teammate of Henne’s in Miami, told The Post yesterday. “I don’t think he got treated fairly by the Dolphins, and I thought he got a raw deal down there. He’s a good player in this league, so I knew he would find a home somewhere.”

Discarded by the Dolphins after last season to make way for first-round pick Ryan Tannehill, Henne is — albeit belatedly — getting the chance to prove Bell correct as he pilots the 2-10 Jaguars.

Taking over for the injured (and ineffective) Blaine Gabbert four weeks ago at Houston, Henne instantly revived a dormant Jacksonville offense by throwing for 353 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-37 overtime loss. The 37 points were almost as many as the Jaguars had mustered in their three previous games combined (39).

Henne followed that by leading Jacksonville to just its second win of the season before stumbling last week. He completed just 19 of his 42 passes for 202 yards with one touchdown and an interception in a 34-18 road loss to the Bills, but the Jets know from painful experience he is capable of picking apart a defense.

No one in green, of course, knows that better than new offensive coordinator Tony Sparano — Henne’s head coach the first four seasons after Miami made the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Michigan passer a second-round pick in 2008.

Sparano, who Henne said this week tried to recruit him to be Mark Sanchez’s backup during the offseason, smiled when asked about his former pupil Thursday.

“I’m obviously really fond of Chad,” Sparano said during his weekly media session. “I think the world of the kid. He’s a player that I drafted and I have a history with. He wants to beat us, and we want to beat him. It will be good to see him. I haven’t seen him in a while. I’m glad to see that he’s been playing pretty good the last few weeks.”

The Jets just hope they don’t see the Henne who led Miami to victories over them twice in 2009 before throwing for 363 yards and two touchdowns the following season in an otherwise impressive Jets prime-time road win.

They would much rather see the Henne who completed just five of his 18 throws for 55 yards and a score against them in December 2010, though that horrific showing somehow ended in a 10-6 Dolphins win at the Meadowlands.

“I think they’re averaging over 26 points a game since Henne became the starting quarterback or played,” Ryan said Thursday. “There’s something about him. He pushes the ball down the field more than Gabbert did, so that’s something we have to be aware of.”

Henne is just 27 years old, and Bell said he still considers his ex-teammate one of the more promising young passers in the league. The Dolphins’ mistake, Bell added, is going to be the Jaguars’ gain.

“From the years I played with him, it was very obvious to me that he could play in this league,” Bell said. “He just needed another [chance]. I knew that once Chad went to Jacksonville, he would fit in with that team. He would fit in with any team, to be honest with you.”