He can always be a backup dancer in his dad's rap videos. (Did that pipe dream ever come to fruition?)
Me and my dad have a great relationship," Henderson told the Palm Beach Post. "We're cool. We're a team. That's how I look at it."
Henderson's dad, Sean, was also a rapper known in the Minneapolis area. When recruiting Henderson, teams made sure to use their rap game to their advantage. Former Ohio State assistant Doc Tressel apparently went all-in on the rap aspect of the recruitment, according to the New York Times.
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On Monday, the Ohio State running backs coach Doc Tressel sent an e-mail message to Henderson's father referring to a performance by the rappers Lil Wayne, Eminem and Drake during the Grammy Awards on Sunday. When Tressel, the older brother of Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel, visited the Hendersons in December, Seantrel made his father freestyle rap for him.
In the e-mail message, Doc Tressel wrote:
"That was a Grammy performance made me think of u! After u did that rhyme 4 me in Dec u said u felt best bout the Buckeyes. The Bucks hbe not changed!! We want u to be down here ovr spr break to learn more bout Columbus. Doc"