Henson Has Few Regrets Despite Being a Bust

Drew Henson has played at Yankee Stadium and started at quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, which puts him in the rarest of the rare--the two-sport stars that have made it to the top level of two pro sports.

But at the same time, he's also been a bust at two sports--a top baseball prospect who flamed out at Triple-A thanks to an unhealthy dose of strikeouts, and a washout at quarterback with the Cowboys, where he was beaten out by Tony Romo for the starting job and eventually beaten out for the backup job as well.

Now as he sits as the fourth-string quarterback on the Vikings roster, he's still an interesting story, not for what he's done, but for what could have been, which is why USA Today devoted an entire feature to a player who is unlikely to take one snap from scrimmage during the regular season.

As the story explains, Henson was a one of the top baseball and football prospects coming out of high school in 1998. He tried to do both sports for a while before the Yankees convinced him to give up football for a six-year, $17 million deal.

That ended up being a poor choice. Henson proved that despite incredible tools, he didn't have the confidence or the swing to be a regular major leaguer. But the time he lost to baseball meant that when he returned to football he was always playing catch up.

What the story doesn't mention is that Henson's chances of even making the Vikings roster are pretty slim--Tyler Thipgen will get the first chance at the third-string job, but Henson could slip onto the roster if he impresses and Thigpen disappoints.

But it does mention that no one should feel too bad for Henson. Sure, he may never reach the heights expected of him, but as he says himself, his first contract with the Yankees ensured that he'll never have to worry about money.