Seantrel Henderson Is Now A Miami Hurricane

Blue chip recruit Seantrel Henderson’s long, strange trip through the recruiting process ends on this the ninth day of July, 2010, a full seven months after the 2009 season ended and five months after National Signing Day.

Henderson will not lose any eligibility or suffer any penalty for his transfer. Additionally, his father will have a platform for his rap career, since Miami has spawned successful rappers like Uncle Luke, Trick Daddy, Pit Bull, Flo-Rida, and Rick Ross. That this is even a consideration probably goes a long way towards explaining why this took so long and involved so much relentless nonsense, but good luck to all involved anyway.

Now that USC has released Seantrel Henderson from his scholarship which allows him to sign with any team without having to sit out a year, it is now time to get some reaction from the USC side. SB Nation’s USC blog Conquest Chronicle feels that it is not necessarily a bad thing to lose the nation’s number two recruit:

Here are some words from Lane Kiffin echoing the importance of playing in more then playing in bowl games:

Looks like Seantrel Henderson received his wish and is being released from his scholarship which will allow Henderson to go to any school without having to sit out a year.

USC head coach Lane Kiffin issued a statement about releasing Seantrel Henderson from his letter of intent:

The known news is that Seantrel Henderson is looking to get out of his USC commitment and that Miami is on his wish list, but where it gets interesting is if Henderson was actually in Miami over the holiday weekend. There are multiple reports that said he was visiting the Miami campus:

Then there is now a contradictory report that say Henderson was not in Miami at all this weekend. Something to chew on is that this report is the only one that could be found that said Henderson was not in Miami this weekend.

Top offensive line recruit Seantrel Henderson waited over a month to sign his letter of intent when he was assured by head coach Lane Kiffin that the NCAA sanctions were nothing and USC would be just fine. Well, not exactly as USC is on probation with a two year bowl and they lose 30 scholarships over the next three years, and that is not sitting well with young Seantrel who is now looking to get out of his commitment with a possible landing spot in Miami.

USC is now in the mode of having to re-recruit Henderson as they have made multiple trips to Minnesota when he did not show up for freshman orientation. However, the slick talking Lane Kiffin is confident that Henderson will be a Trojan this fall: