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Chris Henry Jr. Looking To ‘Live Up To My Dad’s Legacy’ With Help Of Adoptive Father Pacman Jones

Chris Henry was a very talented and physically gifted wide receiver. He was drafted in the third round by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2005, yet due to his incredibly tumultuous young adult life, he quickly found himself out of the league by 2008. He would die tragically a year later after falling out of the back of a moving vehicle while in the midst of a domestic dispute with his partner.

In hindsight, Henry may be best known for what followed, as in 2010, it was found that his brain showed obvious signs of CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy.