At Lincoln High School in San Diego, California, the speedy wide receiver was told that he didn’t have the talent to play college football. He did.
First at San Diego City College and then at UCLA, where he caught two touchdown passes in the 1976 Rose Bowl to help the Bruins upset undefeated Ohio State. Henry was then told he didn’t have the talent to play in the NFL. He did.
After he wasn’t selected in the 1977 NFL Draft, Henry traveled to Philadelphia where the Eagles were in their second year under head coach Dick Vermeil, one of his former college coaches.