{"id":1173318,"date":"2020-05-22T18:41:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T22:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1173318"},"modified":"2020-05-22T18:45:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T22:45:40","slug":"you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-pro-bowl-running-back-travis-henry-has-fathered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-pro-bowl-running-back-travis-henry-has-fathered\/","title":{"rendered":"You Won't Believe How Many Kids Pro Bowl Running Back Travis Henry Has Fathered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Travis Henry had a short but productive career as an NFL running back that included selection to the Pro Bowl in his second season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/buffalo-bills\/\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>. Injuries contributed to Henry losing his starting job to Willis McGahee in 2004, but the two running backs will forever be connected in a way other than just racking up yards on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Travis Henry was a star every step of the way<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former NFL Stars Who Are Surprisingly Poor\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qNmC9eSHaUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis\nHenry was a highly recruited college prospect thanks to a stellar scholastic\ncareer that saw him selected a Parade All-American and Mr. Florida Football after\na senior season in which he rushed for 4,087 yards in 14 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry signed with the University of Tennessee and worked his way up the depth chart while sharing time with Jamal Lewis, who would go on to seven 1,000-yard seasons in the NFL. Henry became the Vols\u2019 featured back as a senior and ran for 1,314 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis Henry\u2019s skills on the field attracted the attention of the NFL, but factors off the field could have contributed to dropping him down to the second round and the 58<sup>th<\/sup> pick of the NFL draft. One of those issues would have been a reported score of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160902201337\/http:\/\/wonderlictestsample.com\/nfl-wonderlic-scores\/\">nine out of 50<\/a> on the Wonderlic test administered during the NFL Scouting Combine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Travis Henry\u2019s 11 children have 10 mothers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former NFL Player Willis McGahee on E!&#039;s &quot;Famously Single&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DHyRp-W4a0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/karl-malone-made-104-million-but-refused-to-pay-125-weekly-child-support\/\">Karl Malone Made $104 Million But Refused to Pay $125\nWeekly Child Support<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis\nHenry did not have the typical college experience, whether for an average\nstudent or for an athlete. Henry fathered a child while still in high school in\nFlorida. While a 19-year-old in college, he wed the\n25-year-old woman who was the mother of his second child; an annulment was\nlater granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, two additional relationships while at Tennessee produced\nHenry\u2019s third and fourth children. The pattern continued once Henry reached the\nNFL, where he blossomed in 2002 in his second season, rushing for 1,438 yards and\n13 touchdowns to earn a place in the Pro Bowl. His stats in 2003 included 1,356\nyards and 10 touchdowns on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Off\nthe field, Henry wandered from relationship to relationship. By not long after\nhis retirement, he had fathered 11 children with 10 women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After losing his starting role to Willis McGahee in 2004 while injured, Travis Henry forced a trade to the Tennessee Titans. McGahee would follow Henry in more than one respect: The former University of Miami star had <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-former-pro-bowl-running-back-willis-mcgahee-has\/\">10 children with nine women<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-former-pro-bowl-running-back-willis-mcgahee-has\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Plenty of legal trouble<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1998 Tennessee Vols\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n_ZIXgb2zwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After\nhis third and final 1,000-yard season in 2006, Travis Henry was released by the\nTennessee Titans and signed with the Denver Broncos. He was leading the NFL in\nrushing through four games before injuries limited him significantly the rest\nof the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry\nwent to court to head off a potential suspension for a positive marijuana test\nduring the 2007 season and succeeded in his appeal. However, the Broncos gave\nup on Henry during the offseason. He was found to have tested positive for\nmarijuana shortly afterward, triggering a one-year suspension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry was arrested on Sept. 30, 2008, for alleged involvement in a cocaine trafficking ring. He took a plea agreement and was sentenced the following summer to <a href=\"https:\/\/billingsgazette.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/article_3f1f6a18-7187-11de-9bb4-001cc4c002e0.html\">three years in federal prison<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/12\/sports\/football\/12henry.html\">A New York Times story<\/a> before Travis Henry\u2019s sentencing said he was also the subject of court actions related to missed child support payments. A lawyer representing him said the retired player was responsible for $170,000 a year in child support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL running back Travis Henry has fathered 11 children with 10 women and at one time was responsible for $170,000 a year in child support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":1173319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4901,4944],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>You Won&#039;t Believe How Many Kids Pro Bowl Running Back Travis Henry Has Fathered - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NFL running back Travis Henry has fathered 11 children with 10 women and at one time was responsible for $170,000 a year in child support.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-pro-bowl-running-back-travis-henry-has-fathered\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You Won't Believe How Many Kids Pro Bowl Running Back Travis Henry Has Fathered\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NFL running back Travis Henry has fathered 11 children with 10 women and at one time was responsible for $170,000 a year in child support.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-pro-bowl-running-back-travis-henry-has-fathered\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-22T22:41:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-22T22:45:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Travis-Henry.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"798\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sports7J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-pro-bowl-running-back-travis-henry-has-fathered\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/you-wont-believe-how-many-kids-pro-bowl-running-back-travis-henry-has-fathered\/\",\"name\":\"You Won't Believe How Many Kids Pro Bowl Running Back Travis Henry Has Fathered - 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