This past weekend, the University of Connecticut men's basketball program hosted NaVorro Bowman Jr. on a recruiting visit. He's the son of former San Francisco 49ers star linebacker NaVorro Bowman Sr.

This weekend? It's the son of another former NFL star: Demarcus Henry, who is the son of former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, who died in 2009 at the age of 26 years old.

As relayed by Storrs Central, Henry is the No. 3 player in the nation, according to On3. He's even higher, listed at No. 2 by ESPN. He's 6-foot-7 and currently plays high school ball in Arizona.

Our own Jami Leabow wrote a fantastic profile of him back in July, when he officially listed the Huskies as one of eight finalists in his recruitment. He also had Arkansas, BYU, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina and Ohio State in his final eight.

Henry helped lead Team USA to a silver medal at the 2026 FIBA U18 Men's AmeriCup. The team went 4-1, losing to Canada by two points in the gold medal game. He averaged three points a game and 2.6 rebounds. It should be noted that he's 17 years old, so he was clearly playing up just a bit in this event. 

He averaged 24.0 ppg as a junior at Arizona Compass Prep last season.

UConn has one of the best sales pitches in the entire country, to any prospective player.

On one hand, UConn has the ability to sell itself as a winner. The Huskies have won two national titles in the last four years and have been to three title games in that same period. If a player cares about the chance to win, there's no place better to do that right now than in Storrs.

Furthermore, if a player is interested in getting to the NBA and learning the traits and work ethics that NBA players have, there's also almost no better place than UConn.

As noted by Leabow in her piece, it's been four consecutive NBA drafts with first-round picks from UConn – Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr. (2026), Liam McNeeley (2025), Stephon Castle and Donovan Clingan (2024), and Jordan Hawkins (2023).

With the second-round selections of Tyrese Martin (2022) and James Bouknight (2021), a UConn player has been selected in six consecutive drafts. Duke and Baylor are the only other NCAA schools that can make that same claim.