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Xavier Henry (born March 15, 1991) is an American basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies. Henry is a 6'6" guard from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. He played one year at Kansas before turning professional.
Xavier Henry was born in Ghent, Belgium, where his father played professional basketball in the early 1990s.
Henry's brother, C. J., is a sophomore on the University of Kansas basketball team. C.J. was a 2005 MLB draft first round pick and returned to college after playing three years of minor-league baseball in the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies' organizations. The brothers' father, Carl, played basketball at Kansas in the 1980s and their mother played basketball for the Kansas women's team.