According to Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune, the Bears were aggressive in trying to land some of the top running backs in the draft.

Born a little more than a week before Halloween in 2002, TreVeyon Henderson was one of three of Lakeesha Hayes-Winfield's sons in Hopewell, Virginia, just outside of Richmond. Hayes-Winfield was protective of her children,

Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard had high praise for New England Patriots rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson.