Drew Henson

[jcblanco22]

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.

Adam, I'm curious, what did you think of his time in NFL Europe, in the spring of 2006 was it? He seemed to be showing marked improvement, albeit against inferior competition. I remember Zuriel Smith stating that he looked like a completely different guy throwing him the ball than the one that had been flinging it at Valley Ranch a few months earlier.

 

[AdamJT13]

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.

Henson did set the all-time high school home run record and was named the national high school player of the year by Baseball America. Mark Newman touted him as "an extraordinary baseball talent" whom he expected to be in the majors by the time he was 21.

I didn't say Henson was the best baseball prospect ever, but he was considered an elite prospect -- if only he'd give up football. Coming out of high school, I'd compare him to a Joe Mauer type of prospect, but football hurt his draft status.

And how many guys just coming out of high school -- before they've even played in college -- have been the subject of a feature story in Sports Illustrated (for purely sports reasons)? Maybe Ron Powlus and a couple of basketball players (LeBron James)?

 

[Nors]

Drew Henson may be the most overrated high school football and baseball prospect - ever - lol

Half the problem was he read his clippings. And Brady/Romo mashed him on the field. Curveball - duck!

 

[CaptainQuint]

Yankees' 3rd baseman yesterday was 0 for 5, left 7 men on base, and wasn't special defensively. Henson could have been 0 for 5 with more errors, I guess.
Henson's chances after Michigan always seemed brief. Willie Mays would have been dumped if Parcells had Durocher's job in New York.
I've never understood how Henson could have had such brief chances in games. Tomorrow seems like another very brief chance, and he'd better score fast. I've always wondered if he has some serious alcohol or drug abuse problem.

 

[CaptainQuint]

Drew Henson may be the most overrated high school football and baseball prospect - ever - lol

Half the problem was he read his clippings. And Brady/Romo mashed him on the field. Curveball - duck!

If Brady mashed him at Michigan, why did Brady get passed by every NFL team at least 5 rounds?

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Drew Henson may be the most overrated high school football and baseball prospect - ever - lol

Half the problem was he read his clippings. And Brady/Romo mashed him on the field. Curveball - duck!

His lack of success in baseball had nothing to do with clippings. He worked hard and tried, he just couldn't hit professional curveballs. There's been more talented players who had the same problem.




YAKUZA

 

[MapleLeaf]

Everything I've read about him says the opposite. He's very intelligent and very coachable. He does everything the coaches ask of him, he knows everything that he needs to know, and he has the phyical tools to do it very well. But he just can't get it all to click together.

...is he is a practice field guy.

You see them all the time in sports. Guys who throw that pretty pass when no one is rushing them.

Guys who have the right mechanics when working one on one with a position coach, but in the confusion and randomness of a game they can't repeat the basic fundamentals you have taught them.

More often than not this is paired with a panic mechanism. They frustrate you as a coach because they make you feel the previous weeks pf practice and training camp with them were a waste.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

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.

Ah the Drew/Romo - debates circa 2004 - LOL


Parcells was so spot on....

The guy just simply didn't have it.

Folks need to realize just because you were a great Highschool player doesn't mean your going to be a great college player and just because you were a great college player doesn't mean you are going to be a great professional.

The American Landscape is full of guys like Drew Henson. Guys who had exceptional careers at some level but just never panned out at the pro level.

 

[Paniolo22]

I see a future Al Bundy in the making.

 

[cowboys2233]

"I'm probably the most fortunate guy I know."

Then you haven't met Alex Smith, who has the same total lack of talent that you do, but got first-pick money out of the deal.

 

[cowboys2233]

I see a future Al Bundy in the making.

I wonder how a high score on the Wonderlic translates on the living room couch? I'll bet he's a total zen master with the universal remote.

 

[cowboys2233]

The guy just simply didn't have it.

The American Landscape is full of guys like Drew Henson. Guys who had exceptional careers at some level but just never panned out at the pro level.

And who cares about reputation? It was pretty obvious from watching the guy play that he had no business in the NFL, with his slumped-over, hunchback, limp wristed, loser style of play.

Is that too harsh? :laugh2: