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Three more Jayhawks drafted

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008

Four years ago, Marcus Henry was expecting to play junior-college football because nobody recruited him. Read more.

6Sports video: Henry to play for Jets

Posted Sunday, April 27, 2008

This afternoon former Kansas wide receiver Marcus Henry was selected as the fifth pick in the sixth round for the New York Jets. Read more.

Henry added to Shrine roster

Posted Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008

Kansas University senior wide receiver Marcus Henry was added Friday to the West squad for the East-West Shrine Game, to be played Jan. 19 in Houston’s Robertson Stadium. Read more.

6Sports story: Marcus Henry joins Shrine squad

Posted Friday, Jan. 11, 2008

Kansas wide receiver Marcus Henry has been added to the Shrine Game roster. Read more.

Of all people, Marcus Henry spent much of his childhood being mentioned alongside bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger. For being one of the skinniest players on Kansas University’s football team, such a comparison is a little strange. But it’s Henry’s other half who might get the blame for this one. Marcus is three minutes older than his twin brother, Maurice. Read more.

New kids on the block

Posted Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007

Football fans judge wide receivers based on whether they get open for passes, how often they drop the balls thrown to them and how many yards they run for after catches. Football coaches’ grades go deeper than that, and the Kansas University receivers are grading particularly high in one of the less-talked about areas. For a hint as to where they are grading so well, take a look at all the big plays that started as small ones. Read more.

Keegan: Kansas, Henry a good (mis)fit

Posted Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007

The college football waters are anything but still. The giants continue to drop, one by one, and the basketball giant is the lone football school from a BCS conference without a loss. The landscape is so different that Kansas University even has one of those classic tall, long-armed, high-jumping, fast Big 12 receivers playing on its side, pulling a big victory out of the sky, instead of having to watch one on the other side. Read more.

Better to receive

Posted Monday, Aug. 20, 2007

One of the main questions surrounding the Kansas University football team’s preseason focused on which quarterback — Kerry Meier or Todd Reesing — would win the starting job The answer ended up being Reesing, but it hardly matters if the guys downfield don’t do their jobs. That shouldn’t be a problem, according to those who will run the routes. Despite losing key receivers Brian Murph and Jonathan Lamb, the Jayhawks return a host of wideouts with the potential and talent to make an impact. Read more.