By Brian Stensaas
Quick post here before I head out for some Thursday night football action, Hopkins at Minnetonka.
While many around here will be in awe of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson's cover spot on Sports Illustrated this week (mine arrived in the mail today), another local star is on another sports magazine cover.
Cretin-Derham Hall offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson was selected to be out in front of this month's ESPN RISE Magazine.
Here is a little something from the publication:
When Seantrel Henderson was on the freshman football team at Cretin-Derham Hall, he didn't want to do anything to draw extra attention to himself. He'd already dealt with enough people staring at him in the school hallways because of his 6-foot-7, 300-pound frame. But Henderson decided to get more physical once he began watching the varsity offensive linemen practice. "I started to realize football is a contact sport and you have to start knocking people out," he says. Since then, Henderson has been doing quite a bit of dominating. The senior standout has started every game at left tackle for Cretin-Derham since his sophomore year (freshmen aren't allowed to play varsity for the Raiders), allowing only one sack total and keying offensive attacks that have racked up more than 5,000 yards of offense each of the past two seasons. Big-time football recruits are nothing new at Cretin-Derham, which has produced the likes of Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke, All-Pro center Matt Birk, Denver Broncos offensive tackle Ryan Harris and Notre Dame rising star receiver Michael Floyd. And don't forget Twins All-Star catcher Joe Mauer, who was the Gatorade National Football Player of the Year his senior season at Cretin-Derham and committed to play quarterback at Florida State before giving up the sport in favor of baseball
