Bryan Henderson (born April 11, 1977) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

defensive lineman who played six seasons in the

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(AFL) with the Arizona Rattlers,

Austin Wranglers The Austin Wranglers were an arena football team based in Austin, Texas. They played four seasons in the Arena Football League from 2004 to 2007 and spent one season in af2, the AFL's developmental league, in 2008. They made playoff appearances i ...

Utah Blaze The Utah Blaze was a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competed in the West Division of the Arena Football League. Home games were played at the EnergySolutions Arena. In 2013, the team did not submit proper ...

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Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an arena football team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The team began play in 1998 in the Arena Football League as an expansion team. They were last coached by Steve Thonn. Their home arena was the Van Andel Arena. ...

and

Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Columbus, Ohio, with home games in Nationwide Arena. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They fol ...

. He first enrolled at

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before transferring to Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

College career

Henderson first played college football for the Los Angeles Valley College Monarchs, earning First Team Juco

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honors in 1999. He transferred to play for the

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, earning First Team All-Conference recognition in 2000.

Professional career

Henderson signed with the Arizona Rattlers of the AFL on December 5, 2002 and played for the team from 2003 to 2004. He garnered First Team All-Arena recognition in 2004 and All-Rookie Team honors in 2003. He was signed by the AFL's

on October 26, 2004 and played for the team during the 2005 season. Henderson was traded to the

for

Delbert Cowsette Delbert Ray Cowsette (born September 3, 1977) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of the University of Maryland, College Park by the Washing ...

on October 5, 2005 and played for the team during the 2006 season. He was traded to the

for

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and Matt Walls on March 22, 2006. He was released by the team on January 29, 2007. Henderson signed with the

of the AFL on March 29, 2007 and played for the team during the 2007 season. He was signed by the

of the AFL on April 29, 2008. He was released by the Destroyers on May 22, 2008.

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