Charles Lee "June" Henley, Jr. (born September 4, 1975) is a former professional
American football
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running back
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in the
National Football League
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(NFL). He played one season for the
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994.
The arr ...
(1998).
Early years
At
Brookhaven High School Brookhaven High School may be:
* Brookhaven High School (Columbus, Ohio)
* Brookhaven High School (Brookhaven, Mississippi)
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, Henley played along with
Terry Glenn
Terry Tyree Glenn (July 23, 1974 – November 20, 2017) was an American football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and Dallas Cowboys. He was drafted by th ...
of the
New England Patriots
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, the
Green Bay Packers
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, and the
Dallas Cowboys
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, and Shawn Harris a
University of Hawaii
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standout.
College
Henley played
collegiately at the
University of Kansas
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.
NFL
He was drafted in the fifth round of the
1997 NFL Draft
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by the
Kansas City Chiefs
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The tea ...
, but was cut. He joined the Rams
practice squad
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for a year, before joining the full squad for a year. While with the Rams he appeared in eleven games, where he had 88
carries for 313 yards and 3
touchdown
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s. The following summer, a toe injury effectively ended his career.
Legal trouble
On November 17, 2005, Henley was arrested in Columbus for participating in a burglary. After pleading guilty to aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, he was sentenced to four years in prison.
Later on September 26, 2013, Henley was arrested again for theft when he was caught on video surveillance stealing from a Walmart. He has yet to stand trial and has only been accused at this time.
References
1975 births
Living people
Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio
American football running backs
Kansas Jayhawks football players
St. Louis Rams players
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