- Henry Melton
Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Henry Melton
college = Texas
conference = Big 12
sport = Football
position = RB / DE
class = Senior
major =
career_start = 2005
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 268
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1986|10|11
birth_place =Cedar Hill, Texas
highschool =Grapevine High School ,Grapevine, Texas
career_highlights =
awards =Henry Melton (born
October 11 ,1986 ) is a seniordefensive end for The University of Texas Longhornscollege football team. Born inCedar Hill, Texas , he was arunning back for the 2005 National Championship Team and he has also played onspecial teams .cite web | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=15&change_well_id=17&member_id=123 | title=Henry Melton #37 | work=MackBrownTexasFootball | accessdate=2007-03-14]In
high school Melton was a second-team "All-USA" selection byUSA Today ; he gained over 800 yards andscored eighttouchdown s as a senior.cite news | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/doc_lib/2005_ULL_notes.pdf | title=Texas Game Notes - Louisiana Lafayette | accessdate=2007-03-14 | publisher=MackBrownTexasFootball | format=PDF]His first appearance as a Longhorn was
September 3 2005 against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns.cite news | title=Charles sets Longhorn mark while taking over for injured Selvin Young; 270-pound Melton flashes speed on scoring run | publisher=Austin American Statesman | date=4 September 2005 | author=Golden, Cedric | accessdate=2006-07-30] cite web | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/000_stats/05/game01.htm | title=Louisiana-Lafayette vs Texas (Sept 03, 2005) | work=MackBrownTexasFootball | accessdate=2007-03-14]Over the summer prior to the 2007 Longhorn football season, Melton and teammate
Sergio Kindle were arrested in separate incidents on charges of driving while intoxicated.cite news | url=http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/08/03/Sports/Law-Seeks.Out.Texas.Football.Again-2929321.shtml | title=Law seeks out Texas football, again | publisher=The Daily Texan | author=Jankowski, Philip | date=3 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-03] cite news | url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5024080.html | publisher=Houston Chronicle | title=UT tackle turns self in on aggravated robbery charge | author=Duarte, Joseph | date=3 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-03] [cite news | url=http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2007/08/03/jones_suspended_indefinitely.html | title=Jones suspended indefinitely | publisher=Austin American Statesman | author=Halliburton, Suzanne | date=3 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-03] Both players were suspended from the team for the first three games of the season. They were required to do community service and missed the first two days of practice in order to visit with a woman whose son was crippled by a drunk driver.cite news | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2962285 | title=Melton, Kindle to miss first three games of season for DWI charges | publisher=Associated Press | date=5 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-06]References
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