Even scoutnik Tom Lemming has hailed Henderson as "a cross between Jonathan Ogden and Orlando Pace." For a man who's built an entire career on dishing out right frontal lobe melting hyperbole, there's no questioning Henderson has been qualified into a seldom utilized brain injuring echelon of superfreakdom. A few of the scattered accolades Henderson's accrued during his 3 years of shattering hapless high schooler' dreams of healthily finishing their seasons:
-2008 Rivals High School Junior of the Year
-2x USA Today All-USA First Team (2008, 2009)
-2009 AP Minnesota Football Player of the Year
-2009 USA Today Offensive Player of the Year
-2009 Latin Grammy Award for Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album (Nominated)
-2008 GuangBo China International Chinese Award for Outstanding Contribution to Labor in the Yinzhou district
-2010 Duffy Daughtery Memorial Award (Honorable Mention)
This is clearly a very decorated, accomplished young man.
It would seem the competitors in the home stretch for 3 years of Seantrel patronage would be the usual suspects: Florida, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and USC. Of course that only begs the natural next question: who's the front runner for this beast of a young man? Depending on who you listen to, Henderson is either a slam dunk, absolute lock, zero chance he goes anywhere else lean for Florida, Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC, and just for good measure, Miami. But try not to let the hype sway you -- the eye test is the only accurate barometer for man crushes this day and age. Behold the powers of one young Mr. Henderson:
Great measurables. Energetic. Sort of an upbeat, young Korey Stringer on the 'Vikes vibe. But Seantrel doesn't roll with overcast skies and 60% chances of rain, no sir. The afterphoto:
Impressive, no? Ohio State would be in line to ink their first lineman able to block precipitation (or clear skies, depending on his mood, of course) since LeCharles Bentley (Lord knows all Alex Boone could manipulate was space and time, and only after midnight EST). While the former Rimington Award winner's playing career was tragically derailed by staph infection, rest assured, he's making a glorious living exercising his other unique, world class abilities in the People's Republic of China.
But as in many recruiting tales, the will of the young student athlete isn't the only interest vested in this process. Enter Sean Henderson: loving, devoted father and aspiring hip-hop producer extraordinaire. The scuttlebutt has it that Henderson's father is a die hard USC fan with dreams of blowing up in the rap game. Many have linked Henderson accordingly to Lane Kiffin's Extended Stay Football Monopoly in Los Angeles. Undoubtedly, the access the Hendersons' would have to the Los Angeles music scene could seriously aid the senior Henderson in having a track or verse on the next Game mix tape. Others are quick to point out the former power brokers surrounding the Miami program as a reason for assuming that could be the young tackle's final destination. Perhaps to find the best potential landing spot, we'd be best served by taking a brief look at Henderson's national performance debut under the unassuming alias "General Larry Platt":
Overlooked in all of this is the 614's status as a sizable up and comer in the rap game. Lest we forget, rapper Cam'Ron once name checked the city of Columbus in the fading out final 5 seconds of his track "Down & Out". And it's not as though the campus area doesn't have its own eager and waiting collaborators. Your move, Mr. Henderson.
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Re: "rapper Cam’Ron once name checked the city of Columbus"
Luke, you need to download "Get It In Ohio" by Cam'Ron where he spits these lyrics...
"...did the whole Ohio, but I started off a Buckeye..."
Kiffin leave UT after one year...what a bunch of crap. SC and Kiffin deserve each other. Now we are talking about a recruit that is desperately needed but his father may take him to SC so he can start his hip hop career?
Are we f*#kin serious?
Our world is upside down.
Dipset and Camron are known to frequent Columbus and have a lot of connections here..
references Columbus in a few other tracks as well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
this is the best..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
It's good that the father is looking out for his son's best interrests.
Urban is a giant QUESTION MARK next year let alone the next 3 years. NCAA sanctions are in the future for USC & Kiffin is certainly a loose cannon. ND has a new coach & lost their best players. Hard to understand why someone (parent) wouldn't want to send kid ..to stable environment, quality coach, great education, not to mention, superior football program. But then again you're talking about 18 year old kids !!!!!
Remember....Recruiting is a crapshoot at best !
Choice! I'm out of touch with Dipset, I concede. Though "Killa Season" is probably the funniest movie I've ever seen.
I'll just be glad when signing day has past and we can put all this stuff to rest. Making an 18 year old kid a celebrity because he may be a good recruit, I think actually is counterproductive to the player. They get caught up in all the hoopla and the game is lost. Look at TP as a prime example. He was hyped, a deservedly so, but because of all the talk thought he was just going to waltz in and be an instant star. It hurts when reality sets in. I'm not saying he woudln't have had bumps in the road, or he would've devloped faster, but some guys don't bounce back from early failures.
Ya and I bet that was one of the reasons he left the Vols because of all the heat he brought on himself. I can’t wait to see him do it all over again at USC and I’m sure he will because he likes to run his mouth bigtime. You cant really judge him too much on his job with the Raiders because no coach will ever get that team going as long as Al Davis keeps all the coaches there on the shortest leash ever and makes all the wrong decisions with his team and I sure hiring Kiffin was one of them.
But I didnt think he would last to long at Tennessee either. I thought he would probably win like 4 or 5 games next year and they would bounce his ass out of there. They should have just stuck with Fulmer and shitcanned the idea of hiring a new coach in the first place.
I’m Tired of all this crap about how Tressel can’t close and everything because he lost Sharrif Floyd to the GAY-DORS and everyone else that didnt pick OSU and they’re wining and everything, well fuck them they cant do what Tressel can do. I hate ungrateful fans. Thats a bunch of BULLSHIT for sure, we have Taylor Graham and Roderick Smith for starters and another Corey Brown coming in on offense and ya Seantrel Henderson would be a mega boost. Get another Orlando Pace in there on the blind side again. Everyones talking big things about that Hankins guy and David Durham. I’m glad we didnt lose anyone early this year, we will definitely have the team to beat next year. So leave Tressel alone, he’s one of the best recruiters out there, thats why he’s doing what he does and you don’t.
I still need mind-bleach after Meyer's "I had a vision form GOD hurggle buurggle blarrrgh!!" recruiting BS. Where's a bolt of lightning when you need one. CFB is wacky right now. Liars to left of me Messiahs to the right...
I didn't think it was possible to appreciate the class Tress has brought to tOSU any more than I already did but these d-bags have done exactly that. Count our blessings in this age of messianic/mercenary/arse-clown coaches.
/fundamentals_montage_on
Henderson must be getting ready to commit to tOSU, it's the only reason i can think of for ESPN dropping him to No 8 and Rivals dropping him to No 2, lol
HAHA. Nice one.
well done...
That actually does bode quite well for OSU lol. How do you drop a guy this far after the season is over? I don't care when the All-American/exhibition games were.
We got Pryor, the #1 recruit a few years ago. You can't get 'em all. I'm just happy and anxious that we could make a run at duel national chips next season, football and basketball (if The Villain stays).
Ya no shit, I'm so tired of all these southern coaches saying that God is the key to everything crap. Urban Meyer is a picture perfect example of this whole thing and using Tebow as a catalyst for everything including recuiting. If they pitched that stuff to me I would literally run away. Mark Richt of Georgia is another one but he isn't that extreme he actually keeps it to himself and doesn't force it down everyones throats. And as for Tebow, that guy just needs to get laid BIGTIME!!!!
I love your Name by the way. Platoon Kicked ass.
We are definitely going to need Seantrel Henderson in a couple of years, especially when Shugarts is gone. if not next year. We need to get another Orlando Pace on that blinds side again. Not that Shugarts isnt doing a good job.
Well, I think you can judge Kiffin based on his job at Oakland. Simply for the fact that everything Al Davis said about him was right. We all laughed at the crazy old man when he attacked Kiffin's personality, but since then Kiffin's mouth has run wild and he's proven that he's a total asshole and a moron. He has accomplished the very difficult task of making Al Davis look smart for canning his ass.
You're right. What does it take to make Al Davis look like the sane grownup?
That's the South for you; god-football, football-god. Regarding yor Tebow comment; hell, I need to get laid, too, but ...
You have no arguement here, I totally agree that Kiffin is a deuschbag and Al Davis was spot on which everyone knows is very rare. But nobody will ever make the Raiders an even descent team as long as Al Davis is there because he always has his hand up every coaches ass like a puppet and and his head up his own ass so he'll never change and his team is always going to suck.
But Kiffin needs to shut the fuck up before he pisses off the whole country and not just the SEC. But I'm sure its just a matter of time till USC reallizes he's a couple lamb chops short of a mixed grill and he'll be out of there before you know and they'll be begging Carroll to come back and throw more money at him than Obama has thrown away.
I garan-effin-tee that some USC booster will have a recording contract ready for the old man ala Reggie.
Agreed. If Taylor Graham pans out then its back to the typical drop-back passer tOSU is known for, and without a solid LT that can protect, he gets smashed every weekend.
Every game is one in the trenches. Its as simple as that, your only as good as your offenive line on offense. Take it from someone who play college ball.
Seems you've nailed both points pretty well.
it's also won in the trenches ....
let have a round of applause for the context nazi
Yup.
Matt James cancels Florida trip, lists ND,OSU, and UC as finalists. UC fans heads beginning to re-inflate.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/pr...
Jordan Hicks claims no "clear cut favorites",
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/pr...
I would rather have Henderson, But James is just as good. And Hicks is going to have some serious competition on that roster for playing time with Dorian Bell, Homan, Sweat and everyone else.
The more the merrier!
I like the article about Marcoux in "good shizzy". How does a 6'5 235 kid with an arm like that slip through the cracks? Now that is a kid I wouldn't mind having. That kid is hungry.
i love it, i give it +0.5
There is only one Orlando Pace guys. The hype on this kid is crazy. I wish everyone would stop trying to make him into a hall of fame player before he plays one snap at the next level.
they said the same thing about Mike Adams..
The Villain won't be back unfortunately.
+1000
God is the key to everything. And a lot of these kids' parents believe that also. And when you recruit, most of the time you're recruiting the family with the athlete.
We need two more OL but I don't see it happening right now.
Ross Homan is going to kill next year.
He will sign with slimebag Kiffin in just a few short hours. His father is loving all this attention, I really wish someone would punch Lane in the face. I really hope the Trojans get major sanctions. Go Bucks!!!