Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
The faces and environment surrounding Drew Henson are mostly new and unfamiliar.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
The faces and environment surrounding Drew Henson are mostly new and unfamiliar.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
The Lions trimmed their roster to the mandatory 53-man limit today. In addition to the cuts, the Lions placed running backs Brian Calhoun and Aveion Cason on the reserve/injured list.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Henson was home in Dallas last week with his bride, Madeleine -- they were married July 5 -- when the Lions called offering him the one thing that had failed to come his way all summer: a chance to play again.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Here was a kid who was outstanding at two sports. Loved them both. Loved Michigan and fully expected to win the starting job once he arrived. Who could have foreseen that Brady would end up being Brady and his baseball career would end up crashing and burning before it ever got started.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
Three up, three down. The Lions won another preseason game Saturday night, beating ex-Lion Shaun Rogers and the Cleveland Browns. See Kevin Smith's big run, new Lion Drew Henson in his Lions gear, Rogers meeting with ex-teammates - including Matt Millen, and more from Saturday night.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
Football fans who hoped Drew Henson would one day suit up for the Lions got their wish Saturday. They just didn't get to see him play.
Pride Of Detroit (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
Before getting to my observations from yesterday's game, I first want to mention that there is a good chance Drew Henson will be signed to the Lions' practice squad when the final round of cuts are made next Saturday. Henson will not be on the 53-man roster, but the Lions are likely going to keep Henson around just in case an injury happens to Dan Orlovsky while Drew Stanton is out with his own injury....
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Filed under: Lions It's hard to remember now, but there was a time when Drew Henson was considered America's best young athlete. When he was 19 years old, people thought the only thing that would stop him from becoming a Hall of Fame quarterback in the NFL was that he was first going to be a Hall of Fame third baseman for the Yankees. As it turned out, he quit baseball because he just plain wasn't...
The Viking Age (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
The Detroit Lions have signed former Vikings quarterback and failed New York Yankees prospect Drew Henson. Yes, they’ve signed him as a football player. Not as a scout or a coach or one of those guys who unkinks the cord to the coach’s headset during the game. Another Detroit QB named Drew, Stanton, sprained his [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
>> >> Drew Henson's career in pictures Share this photo : 1 of 17 Minnesota Vikings quarterback Drew Henson throws at the NFL football team's training camp, in Mankato, Minn., Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Henson, the former U-M quarterback is trying to make the Vikings' roster as the No. 3 QB. (Nati Harnik/AP)
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
The Detroit Lions have signed quarterback Drew Henson, a high school and college standout who has struggled at the professional level in baseball and football.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
The Detroit Lions signed former Michigan star and professional baseball player Drew Henson to be a backup quarterback on Friday.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
The 28-year-old Henson shared quarterback duty at Michigan with Tom Brady. He played three seasons as a third baseman in the New York Yankees' organization before the NFL's Houston Texans drafted him in the sixth round, 192nd overall, in 2003.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Key moments from Drew Henson's athletic career:
