The star offensive lineman from Minnesota also considered Ohio State and Miami before choosing the Trojans.
So the recruiting, or re-recruiting, of Seantrel Henderson is back on.
New USC coach Lane Kiffin used the word "re-recruit" while telling the Los Angeles Times that offensive lineman Henderson, the top-rated recruit in the Class of 2010, did not show up with the rest of the USC incoming freshmen this week.
Kiffin is confident that Henderson will still wind up at Southern California, but for now, Henderson is home in Minneapolis, at least thinking about a future somewhere else.
Seantrel HendersonMiami and Ohio State, in that order, were Henderson's next options after USC. Henderson didn't initially sign a binding National Letter of Intent with USC, wary of possible sanctions, but eventually the left tackle signed on the dotted line, and now he would have to sit out a season if leaving for another school, unless the Trojans release him from his letter.
That doesn't seem to be in the Trojans' plans. But a source close to the situation said the Hendersons did not believe that the USC sanctions would be this severe, with large scholarship losses in future classes as well as a two-year bowl ban.
This could end simply, with Henderson eventually deciding that USC is the place for him, regardless of the sanctions. But this remains worth watching to see if the Hendersons decide to push the issue, asking to be released from the letter of intent, and how USC responds.
"I hope in the end Seantrel sees what every other freshman in this class has," Kiffin told the Times, "that one or two games isn't why you choose a university. They didn't come to SC because of a bowl game the first or second year. They came here because of the education; they came here because of the football program."