Mountaineer Legacy Fails to Include WVU Basketball Among Top Schools

While player lists can change, the possibility of seeing the son of a Mountaineer legend joining the WVU basketball program is unlikely based on a recent development.

Several months after being offered by West Virginia, DeMarcus Henry, the son of the late former WVU football star, Chris Henry Sr., failed to include Ross Hodge and the Mountaineers among his top schools.

As of his most recent update, Henry is now only considering a group made up of Arkansas, BYU, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina and Ohio State. Based on this development, it appears as DeMarcus Henry will follow his older brother, Chris Henry Jr., in carving his own path away from WVU.

He then explained his reasoning and what he’s looking for in a college program to On3 Sports/Rivals.

“What I’m looking for in school is someone that just pushes me to be better. Help me grow into the person I know I can be and someone who will help me reach my potential. I want to play for a coach that will hold me accountable and help me make me uncomfortable and keep growing and keep getting better and just help me reach the NBA, which is my ultimate goal,” said DeMarcus Henry.

Currently enrolled at Compassion Prep in Arizona, DeMarcus Henry is ranked as a five-star prospect.

The 6-foot-8 guard also has offers from Alabama, Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Illinois, LSU, Mississippi Stare, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Tennessee, USC, UNLV, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Washington, Xavier and many others.

Rich Rodriguez and his staff made a late push to land Henry Jr., but the elite wide reviver talent still decided to stay true to his initial commitment to attend Ohio State.

Henry Sr. spent three seasons in Morgantown on the gridiron. After redshirting in 2002, he won Big East Freshman of the Year with 41 catches, 1,0006 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2003. In 2004, he caught 52 passes for 872 yards and a dozen scores before declaring for the 2005 NFL Draft. At the draft, he was selected in the third round by the Cincinnati Bengals. He died just four years later in 2009.

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