After 247Sports debuted an initial Top 100 for the class of 2026 this past August, Wednesday’s update to the rankings and expansion to the first Top247 of the evaluation cycle represents the most comprehensive look at rising junior football prospects to this point. An initial member of the Top 100 who saw his stock soar in this update is Houston Legacy School of Sport Sciences athlete Keisean Henderson.
The 6-foot-3 1/2, 175-pounder debuted as the country’s No. 10 wide receiver and No. 69 overall prospect.
However, after a successful full-time move to quarterback under the tutelage of 1998 Heisman runner-up, Kansas State legend and now Houston LSSS head coach Michael Bishop, the scouting team at 247Sports moved Henderson to athlete and rocketed him up the board to the nation’s No. 19 overall prospect.
Henderson’s highly productive sophomore campaign, which saw him throw for more than 1,500 yards and 21 touchdowns to only three interceptions at a 63.3% completion rate, isn’t the only setting we’ve been able to evaluate him in.
The new No. 1 athlete in the country for the 2026 cycle has also made quite the name for himself on the 7-on-7 scene, donning an at this point signature Davy Crockett racoon-skin cap playing both sides of the ball at wide receiver and safety.
Henderson has racked up top-performer honors at nearly every tournament that we’ve evaluated him in, thanks to his impressive vertical-leaping prowess at the catch point and acrobatic sense for contorting his body to haul in high-degree-of-difficulty grabs.
