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{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = June Henley
| image       =
| alt         = 
| caption     = 
| number      = 26
| position    = [[Running back]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1975|09|4}}
| birth_place = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 10
| weight_lbs  = 226
| high_school = [[Brookhaven High School (Columbus, Ohio)|Columbus (OH) Brookhaven]]
| college     = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]]
| draftyear   = 1997
| draftround  = 5
| draftpick   = 163
| pastteams   =
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ({{NFL Year|1997}})*
* [[St. Louis Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1997}}-{{NFL Year|1998}})
| highlights  =
* First-team All-[[Big 8 Conference|Big 8]] ([[1993 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1993]])
* Second-team All-Big 8 ([[1995 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1995]])
* Second-team All-[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] ([[1996 All-Big 12 Conference football team|1996]])
| statlabel1  = Attempts
| statvalue1  = 88
| statlabel2  = Yards
| statvalue2  = 313
| statlabel3  = Average
| statvalue3  = 3.6
| statlabel4  = [[Touchdowns]]
| statvalue4  = 3
| pfr         = HenlJu00 
}}

'''Charles Lee "June" Henley Jr.''' (born September 4, 1975) is a former professional [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played one season for the [[St. Louis Rams]] (1998).

==Early years==
At [[Brookhaven High School (Columbus, Ohio)|Brookhaven High School]] in Columbus, Ohio, Henley played along with [[Terry Glenn]] of the [[New England Patriots]], the [[Green Bay Packers]], and the [[Dallas Cowboys]], and Shawn Harris a [[University of Hawaii]] standout.

==College==
Henley played [[College football|collegiately]] at the [[University of Kansas]] from 1993-1996. He had 3,841 yards and 41 rushing touchdowns in his career at Kansas. He was the school's all-time leading rusher until [[Devin Neal]] surpassed his record in 2024.<ref>https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/11/23/devin-neal-kansas-rb-stats-247-rating-colorado-football/76533562007/#:~:text=Neal%20became%20the%20Jayhawks'%20all,career%20yards%20from%201993-96.</ref><ref>https://kuathletics.com/news/2024/11/9/football-devin-neal-becomes-ku-all-time-leading-rusher-in-45-36-win-over-no-17-iowa-state.aspx</ref>

==NFL==
He was drafted in the fifth round of the [[1997 NFL draft]] by the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], but was cut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=2019-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327170347/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Henley was selected 31 spots ahead of his Kansas teammate [[Isaac Byrd]], also by the Chiefs. He joined the Rams [[practice squad]] for a year, before joining the full squad for a year. While with the Rams he appeared in eleven games, where he had 88 [[Carry (American football)|carries]] for 313 yards and 3 [[touchdown]]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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/apr/25/henley/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081010145941/http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/apr/25/henley/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 10, 2008 |title=Nowhere to run |author=Mark Dent |date=April 25, 2008 |work=University Daily Kansan |accessdate=January 12, 2010 }}</ref>

Later on September 26, 2013, Henley was arrested again for theft when he was caught on video surveillance stealing from a Walmart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/09/26/westerville-former-nfl-player-charged-with-theft.html |title=Former NFL Player Arrested in Westerville |work=10TV.com |publisher= |accessdate=September 27, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003539/http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/09/26/westerville-former-nfl-player-charged-with-theft.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He has a "lengthy criminal history".<ref>https://www.10tv.com/article/news/former-nfl-player-arrested-westerville/530-6db61f55-c353-4d73-a2e0-5d5615aee936</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio]]
[[Category:American football running backs]]
[[Category:Kansas Jayhawks football players]]
[[Category:St. Louis Rams players]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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