'10 MN OL Seantrel Henderson (Verbal Offer)

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Posted: Sunday July 13, 2008 6:56PM; Updated: Sunday July 13, 2008
Andy Staples > INSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

A pair of prospects look to reverse trend and become two-sport stars Story Highlights

Seantrel Henderson is a 6-7, 305-pound offensive tackle/power forward
Marlon Brown is a 6-5, 205-pound wide receiver/small forward
Starring in two sports is now difficult thanks to paranoid millionaire coaches

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- Seantrel Henderson expects the subject to arise this school year when college coaches are officially allowed to finally contact him. Marlon Brown, a year older than Henderson, already has made up his mind.

Henderson, from St. Paul, Minn., and Brown, from Memphis, Tenn., are two of the better players at this weekend's Nike Peach Jam. Coaches from across the nation would love to have the 6-foot-7, 305-pound Henderson patrolling the paint or the 6-5, 205-pound Brown on the wing. But another set of coaches covets Henderson and Brown even more. Henderson, a rising junior at Cretin-Derham Hall, may be the top offensive tackle prospect -- and possibly the top overall prospect -- in the class of 2010. Brown, a senior at Harding Academy, is ranked as the nation's No. 2 receiver in the class of 2009 by Rivals.com.

And each wants to do double duty in college. "That's what I want to do," said Henderson, a gentle giant who usually gets his way on the field and on the court. Brown, meanwhile, said the programs that stay in the hunt for his services will be the ones that will allow him to play both sports.

Henderson, meanwhile, is a road grader on the football field and a mighty road block on the court. Opponents can't box him out, and they seem shocked when they realize he can jump and run like a player half his size. Henderson, the sixth man on the Howard Pulley Panthers traveling team, spent much of Saturday night guarding Oklahoma City, Okla., star Daniel Orton, a 6-10 rising senior who is mulling offers from most of the top 25. While Henderson only finished with six points and five rebounds, he made the game-winning bucket. Orton finished with two points and one rebound.

Henderson said he loves both sports equally, though the affair with hoops did begin first. "I started playing basketball in third grade," Henderson said. "I started playing football in fourth grade. I went from there."

Two stars look to buck trend and play two sports in college - Andy Staples - SI.com

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Let the Henderson hype begin



It's customary for big time players to grace the fields at Cretin-Derham Hall. But nobody's as big (literally) as junior lineman Seantrel Henderson. At 16 years old, he's 6-foot-8 and is more than 300 pounds. Just how big is that? Only two current NFL players are bigger.

"A lot of people say that I'm fast, quick and things like that," Henderson said about himself. "Good with my feet and strong off the ball."

Seantrel believes he has a mental advantage over every opponent because of his size. He outweighs them and towers over everyone. But he's not just a bulldozer. Seantrel is a solid football player with unlimited potential.

"I think he can be as good as he wants to be," said John Alt, lineman coach at Cretin-Derham Hall and a former NFL player. "His feet, that's what I look at, his feet and hips are absolutely perfect at this point at the high school level."

Seantrel's great size and playing ability has obviously gained a lot of early attention. In fact, he's considered to be the top prospect in the entire nation for the class of 2010.

"I really didn't expect that when I found out about it, but I was really grateful and happy that they did that," Henderson said.

"He's definitely as good as we've had, but you just can't tell me, as much as I like Seantrel, you just can't tell me there's not another of him in Florida, or Texas, or Ohio," admitted Mike Scanlan, head coach at Cretin-Derham Hall. "So, some knucklehead who is sitting his underwear in his basement declares him the number one recruit in the country, what an incredible amount of pressure to put on a young man."

He must be dealing with the pressure ok for now. Seantrel already holds scholarships from Minnesota, Florida and Ohio State. And the big lineman should continue to get some more big offers in the next two years.

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SEANTREL HENDERSON

School: Cretin-Derham Hall

Year: Junior

Position: OT/DE

Vitals: 6 feet 7, 303 pounds

Skinny: Hulking 16-year-old lineman played every down as a sophomore and will be leaned on heavily to protect first-year starting quarterback Mark Alt. One of the country's top 2010 recruits already has scholarship offers from 10 Division I colleges, including Minnesota, Notre Dame, Wisconsin and Ohio State. Played power forward for Minneapolis-based Howard Pulley traveling basketball team this summer.

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