Butch Jones Shares John Henderson Video With Vols
By Zach Ragan
Former Tennessee Volunteers defensive lineman John Henderson, who spent eight seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, spoke to team 118 on Monday, before Tennessee’s first bowl practice in the Sunshine State.
The two-time Pro-Bowler spoke to the Vols about everything from what it was like to be a freshman at Tennessee to what it takes to be a Pro-Bowler in the NFL.
"Butch Jones: To have him [Henderson] be able to come back and be from here in Jacksonville. The message was from being a freshman and all the things that goes into it to being a Pro Bowl player and all the things that going into it how you take care of your body. You could see the excitement, you could see the energy, you could see the passion. We led off with a YouTube video of him and the trainer that has become very wide-spread and he was laughing about that, but you could see the passion and the energy. Great players have an energy level about themselves, so it was a great illustration for our players of the excellence that we have here at Tennessee."
The video that Jones is referencing is the now famous video of Henderson’s pre-game ritual in the NFL.
Before each game, Henderson was slapped in the face by a trainer. And I’m not talking a playful little slap across the face. Henderson took the best slap the Jaguars’ trainer had to offer.
Check out the video for yourself. Even if you’ve seen it, it’s worth seeing again.
Yeah, I pity anyone that had to line up against him back in the day.