Drew Henson

[zeromaster]

I knew there was something missing this preseason; I just couldn't figure out what it was. A Henson retrospective, that's the ticket!

 

[DaBoys4Life]

Peter Warrick

 

[JPostSam]

Has any professional athlete had as much unfulfilled potential as Drew Henson without being injured or a headcase?

umm... bobby carpenter?

:bang2:

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Has any professional athlete had as much unfulfilled potential as Drew Henson without being injured or a headcase?

It makes you wonder whether he would have reached that potential if he had stuck with football all the way through. His time in baseball messed up his mechanics and his timing/recognition, and it just never came back.

Man, this should be it's own seperate threa, how about Mike Williams?

 

[joseephuss]

Peter Warrick

He is a bit of a head case. I never thought he was that talented coming out of FSU. He was great in college, but I just did not think it would fully translate to the NFL.

How about James Francis? He is the linebacker from Waco that it was rumored that Jimmy Johnson wanted to draft in 1990 when Dallas ended up with Emmitt Smith. I don't recall him dealing with injuries or him being a head case, but I am not positive on that.

 

[AdamJT13]

All of the names mentioned so far are run-of-the-mill busts, or guys who didn't quite live up to their potential. None of them were supposed to be THE guy, the No. 1 overall pick and can't-miss star. Henson was that in two sports.

Henson was supposed to be a superstar baseball player, an Alex Rodriguez type of third baseman. He ended up getting only nine career at-bats and one hit in the major leagues.

Henson was supposed to be a potential No. 1 overall pick in football, an Aikman/Elway type of quarterback (a prospect on the level of Carson Palmer). He's thrown 18 passes in his entire career.

Not only hasn't Henson lived up to his hype in either sport, he has barely even earned any playing time. And he hasn't been injured or turned out to be a headcase/troublemaker.

I can't think of a comparable "bust" in ANY sport, let alone both.

 

[Temo]

I can't think of a comparable "bust" in ANY sport, let alone both.

Baseball is notorious for such busts. Henson wasn't even a first round pick.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

The amazing thing is that Henson is where he is at because Parcells didn't like him and refused to give him a fair chance.

If Parcells had liked him a little bit and given him a fair chance, no one would have heard of Tony Romo!

 

[L-O-Jete]

All of the names mentioned so far are run-of-the-mill busts, or guys who didn't quite live up to their potential. None of them were supposed to be THE guy, the No. 1 overall pick and can't-miss star. Henson was that in two sports.

Henson was supposed to be a superstar baseball player, an Alex Rodriguez type of third baseman. He ended up getting only nine career at-bats and one hit in the major leagues.

Henson was supposed to be a potential No. 1 overall pick in football, an Aikman/Elway type of quarterback (a prospect on the level of Carson Palmer). He's thrown 18 passes in his entire career.

Not only hasn't Henson lived up to his hype in either sport, he has barely even earned any playing time. And he hasn't been injured or turned out to be a headcase/troublemaker.

I can't think of a comparable "bust" in ANY sport, let alone both.

I was going to name Robo-QB Marinovich, but He wasn't #1 overall and seems he was a bit of a headcase in the end, but Couch was a #1 overall and a diligent worker IIRC.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

How about the guy that encompasses the same type of player, but from a different perspective. The original Drew Henson, Mr. Chad Hutchinson. He was considered a can't miss prospect in baseball and was the first round pick of the Braves in 1995. Instead, he opted to go to college at Stanford and play football/baseball. Though there were concerns that he may consider playing football, the Cardinals drafted him in the second round that year due to his 97 mph fastball with the thoughts that he would be in the starting rotation by next season at the latest. The Cardinals later revealed that they considered taking him with the fifth overall pick, but due to their concerns that he would do the same to them that he had done to the Braves, they opted for JD Drew. After four years when Hutch could not get control of his stuff at the major league level, he opted to try football again, signing with our very own Dallas Cowboys.

 

[dbair1967]

Baseball is notorious for such busts. Henson wasn't even a first round pick.

Being a 1st rd pick in baseball isnt the same as being a 1st rd pick in the NFL or NBA. Other things go into it other than talent alone, including whether they think the kid will sign.

David

 

[AdamJT13]

Baseball is notorious for such busts. Henson wasn't even a first round pick.

I take it you don't know much about the baseball draft.

 

[AdamJT13]

I was going to name Robo-QB Marinovich, but He wasn't #1 overall and seems he was a bit of a headcase in the end, but Couch was a #1 overall and a diligent worker IIRC.

Marinovich would have been similar to Henson as a football prospect coming out of high school or after his freshman season, but he started getting into trouble while still in college. And even Marinovich accomplished more in the NFL than Henson has.

 

[AdamJT13]

How about the guy that encompasses the same type of player, but from a different perspective. The original Drew Henson, Mr. Chad Hutchinson. He was considered a can't miss prospect in baseball and was the first round pick of the Braves in 1995. Instead, he opted to go to college at Stanford and play football/baseball. Though there were concerns that he may consider playing football, the Cardinals drafted him in the second round that year due to his 97 mph fastball with the thoughts that he would be in the starting rotation by next season at the latest. The Cardinals later revealed that they considered taking him with the fifth overall pick, but due to their concerns that he would do the same to them that he had done to the Braves, they opted for JD Drew. After four years when Hutch could not get control of his stuff at the major league level, he opted to try football again, signing with our very own Dallas Cowboys.

Hutchinson was never close to being the NFL prospect Henson was, and he accomplished far more in the NFL than Henson has. He wasn't quite as much of a baseball prospect, either.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

How do we know he won't give up? He gave up on baseball. I wish him well, but I doubt he does much.

I agree that him going to baseball at the time he did stunted his growth as a QB and at a pretty critical time as well. It is a difficult task to be away from the game for any period of time and then come back and play at a high level. It really demonstrates just how good Roger Staubach was.

In the words of Jim Valvoline, the famed racquetball coach: Never, never give up.

 

[Hailmary]

How about Dan and Dave, the olympians hyped up by Reebok years ago. One of them didn't even qualify and the other finished 3rd (I think).

I'm not sure if they were as good as advertised (I guess they obviously weren't), but the way Reebok was hyping them up in their ad campaigns, them not bringing home gold and silver had to have been a huge disappointment.

 

[Hoofbite]

Drew sucks. Hes out there just to chew up time.


And to think that people swore parcells up and down for not starting the guy.

 

[CowboyMark]

I don't know dudes. He is with the lions. I wish him the best. Don't give him much chance though. I mean it's the lions.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I take it you don't know much about the baseball draft.

As a life long Yankees fan, Henson was considered to be a possible All Star 3rd basemen. But the key word is "possible." He was considered a far and away better QB prospect than a 3rd basemen. I remember there being some scouting reports where they weren't all that impressed with his baseball skills, but George can't stay away from big names like Henson, even in the draft. I would hardly call Henson a surefire baseball prospect, more of a guy that had the potential to be a good player. Surefire is more along the lines of Josh Hamilton or Brien Taylor.





YAKUZA

 

[Nors]

Ah the Drew/Romo - debates circa 2004 - LOL


Parcells was so spot on....