Seantrel Henderson

Seantrel Henderson
Miami Hurricanes — No. 77
Offensive tackle Sophomore
Major: Undecided
Date of birth: January 21, 1992 (1992-01-21) (age 20)
Place of birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Weight: 345 lb (156 kg; 24 st 9 lb)
Career history
High school: Cretin-Derham Hall High School,
Saint Paul, Minnesota
 College(s):
Career highlights and awards
  • 2010 Freshman All-American (FWAA, CFN, Phil Steele, Rivals)
  • 2009 USA Today Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2009 Minnesota Player of the Year (AP)
  • 2× USA Today All-USA First Team (2008, 2009)
  • 2008 High School Junior of the Year (Rivals)
Stats at ESPN.com

Seantrel Henderson (born January 21, 1992[1][2]) is an American football offensive tackle for the University of Miami. He attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School and originally signed a letter of intent to play college football at the University of Southern California,[3] but was released from his commitment in July 2010 and eventually committed to the University of Miami.[4]

Tom Lemming called Henderson "a cross between Jonathan Ogden and Orlando Pace", two of the best offensive tackles in the NFL over the past decade,[5] while Sports Illustrated described him "probably the most polished lineman of the past decade."[6]

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High school career

Henderson was considered the top overall player in his class by a number of recruiting services; Rivals.com named him their 2008 Junior of the Year,[7] while USA Today named him to their All-American First-Team as one of only two juniors.[8] Henderson made the All-USA team in 2009 again, and was also named Offensive Player of the Year, the first lineman to do so in the 28-year history of the award.[9]

He was also featured in a July 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated, profiling young athletes poised to star in their sports, alongside Taylor Hall and Jeremy Tyler.[10]

In 2009, Henderson helped Cretin-Derham Hall to a 5A state championship and was named Minnesota Player of the Year by the Associated Press. It’s believed to be the first time the annual award has gone to a lineman.[11]

A two-sport star, Henderson was also considered a top basketball prospect.[1] He played for the "Howard Pulley Panthers" on the AAU circuit alongside Harrison Barnes, one of the nation's top basketball prospects.[12] Henderson also throws shot put and discus and won the 1500 metres, shot put and discus in the USATF 2004 Minnesota Junior Olympics Outdoor Championships.

Recruiting

After unofficial visits to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Michigan State, he acknowledged that Michigan was his early favorite.[13] In the summer of 2009, Henderson took unofficial visits to Florida State, Florida, Ohio State, Tennessee, Southern California and UCLA. At that point, Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State and Michigan were mentioned as leading contenders. Henderson's former Cretin-Derham Hall teammate Michael Floyd currently plays for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Henderson scheduled his fifth and final official recruiting visit to the University of Miami for the 2010 Pro Bowl weekend in late January. He had already made official visits to USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Florida.[14]

Henderson announced his college decision on Tom Lemming's television show on CBS College Sports on National Signing Day.[15] He verbally committed to the Trojans, but did not sign his letter of intent until after USC went before the NCAA infractions committee on February 19 to respond to allegations relating to a scandal involving Heisman Trophy-winning tailback Reggie Bush.[16] Henderson finally signed his letter of intent on March 22, 2010.[3] When the NCAA rendered its decision banning USC from postseason play for two years and imposing severe scholarship reductions, Henderson asked to be released from his commitment to USC. Henderson was released from his commitment to USC on July 6, 2010.[17]

On July 9, 2010, Henderson announced his decision to attended the University of Miami, which had always been his "second choice", according to his father.[4]

College career

As a true freshman at Miami, Henderson played 12 games (including 9 starts) and saw most of his action at right tackle. He graded out at 100 percent in just his second collegiate game, against Pittsburgh. Henderson earned All-Freshman selections by the Football Writers Association of America, College Football News, Phil Steele, Rivals.com.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ a b Millea, John (January 23, 2008). "Henderson is the next big thing". Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/14018811.html. 
  2. ^ Millea, John (August 31, 2009), "Cretin-Derham Hall's Seantrel Henderson: Everyone's No. 1", Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/54023697.html 
  3. ^ a b Dyer, Kristian R. (March 23, 2010), "Top recruit Seantrel Henderson finally signs letter with USC", Sport Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/03/23/henderson.signs/ .
  4. ^ a b Jackson, Barry (July 9, 2010), "Offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson will enroll at UM", Miami Herald, http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/09/1723731/henderson-will-enroll-at-miami.html .
  5. ^ "Recruiting guru tabs Cretin's Henderson as best in Class of 2010", Star Tribune, April 23, 2008, http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/18028269.html 
  6. ^ Dyer, Kristian (December 18, 2009), "No. 1 recruit Seantrel Henderson getting used to grueling process", Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/kristian_dyer/12/18/seantrel.henderson/ 
  7. ^ Buchanan, Olin (January 29, 2009). "Junior of the Year: Henderson draws coaches north". http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=906322. 
  8. ^ USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/2008_allusa_team/flash.htm. 
  9. ^ "All-USA football: Henderson, Joyner named players of year", USA Today, December 23, 2009, http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2009-all-usa.htm 
  10. ^ Lemire, Joe (July 14, 2008), "Where Will They Be?", Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1141794/2/index.htm .
  11. ^ Campbell, Dave (December 5, 2009), "Cretin’s Henderson named Player of Year", West Central Tribune, http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/60495/group/Sports/ 
  12. ^ Winkeljohn, Matt (November 12, 2009), "Harrison Barnes and Seantrel Henderson formed a one-two punch on the Twin Cities-based Pulley Panthers AAU team", ESPN.com, http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/basketball/mens/news/story?id=4647030 
  13. ^ Helmholdt, Josh (May 13, 2009). "Nation’s No. 1 prospect 'loved' visit to Michigan". Detroit Free Press. http://www.freep.com/article/20090513/SPORTS06/90512092. 
  14. ^ Millea, John (January 21, 2010), "Seantrel Henderson schedules final college visit", Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/82276907.html 
  15. ^ Leighton, Tim (January 11, 2010), "Cretin-Derham Hall lineman Seantrel Henderson will name his college choice on Feb. 3", Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com/ci_14166524 
  16. ^ Evans, Thayer (February 3, 2010), "Top U.S.C. Recruit Is Not Signed Yet", New York Times, http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/top-usc-recruit-is-not-signed-yet/ .
  17. ^ Klein, Gary (July 6, 2010), "Trojans release top recruit Seantrel Henderson from scholarship", Los Angeles Times, http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/06/sports/la-sp-0707-seantrel-henderson-usc-20100707 .
  18. ^ "2010 Freshman All-America Team". FWAA. January 10, 2011. http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2010/allamerica110110.html. 
  19. ^ "2010 All-Freshman Team Offense". CFN. December 14, 2010. http://cfn.scout.com/2/1031165.html. 

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