Jules Heningburg

Jules Nehemiah Heningburg (born May 3, 1996) is an American professional lacrosse player on the Boston Cannons of the Premier Lacrosse League. As a member of the Redwoods, he was a 4x All-Star. He played college lacrosse at Rutgers University where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and All-American (2018 Second Team, 2017 Honorable Mention). Heningburg was selected 7th overall in the first round of the 2018 Major League Lacrosse Draft by the Florida Launch.

Early life and college Heningburg grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey as the fifth of six children of a Black father, Gus Heningburg Jr., and a white mother, Maria Morrison Heningburg. His grandfather, Gus Sr., was a civil rights activist, while his grandmother, Jean, was the first Black teacher at Montclair High School. He played high school lacrosse for Columbia High School before transferring to Seton Hall Preparatory School. He chose to keep his lacrosse talent in New Jersey for college, heading to Rutgers University. In his four years with the Scarlet Knights, Heningburg started all 60 games he appeared in.

Professional Field Lacrosse Career 2018: Florida Launch Heningburg was drafted 7th overall by the Florida Launch in the 2018 Major League Lacrosse Draft. He made 8 regular season appearances. With Jules joining approximately 140 other players leaving the MLL to sign with the PLL, the MLL was forced to contract the league footprint. As a result, the Launch franchise folded during the 2019 MLL offseason.

2019: Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club Heningburg left the MLL for the PLL in the upstart league's first season. At the inception of the Premier Lacrosse League, Heningburg was assigned to the Whipsnakes roster. The inaugural 2019 season began on June 1, and Heningburg saw action in three games for the Whipsnakes before being traded to the Redwoods on June 17 in exchange for Alec Tulett and a fourth round draft pick in 2020.

2019–2023: Redwoods Lacrosse Club Heningburg played for the Redwoods of the Premier Lacrosse League for 5 seasons. He finished his first season with 33 regular season points and helped steer the Redwoods to the championship game were the Redwoods fell to Heningburg's former team, the Whipsnakes, by a score of 12-11 in overtime. During the 2020 off-season, the Redwoods used one of their protected roster spots to keep Heningburg from being selected in the Expansion Draft by the Waterdogs Lacrosse Club. During the COVID-19 shortened 2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, it was revealed by league doctors that Heningburg would have to sit out the bubble championship series due to an underlying health condition. Heningburg returned to the PLL in 2021, where he scored 52 points over his next 3 seasons. In 2023, his contract with the Redwoods expired and he entered free agency.

2024: Carolina Chaos On March 7, Heningburg signed a one-year deal with the Carolina Chaos. He spent the 2024 season with the team, scoring 15 points in 9 games. He scored 3 points in his debut. He appeared in one game. That summer, he worked to improve his indoor lacrosse game in the Interstate Box Lacrosse Association (IBLA). Heningburg was a staple of the Minneapolis Wheat Kings's run to third place in the IBLA Nationals Tournament in Huntington Beach, California.

2020-2023: New England Black Wolves and Albany FireWolves Heningburg returned to the National Lacrosse League in September 2020 on a contract with the New England Black Wolves. In February 2021, the Black Wolves announced a move to Albany with new ownership. He did not appear in another match for the FireWolves, after spending some time on the holdout list, he was waived on March 3, 2023.

Statistics Source:

MLL Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts GBMajor League Lacrosse 2018 Florida 8 15 0 10 25 5 Totals 8 15 0 10 25 5

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NLL

NCAA Season Team GP G A Pts GB 2015 Rutgers 15 21 8 29 25 2016 Rutgers 16 39 21 60 24 2017 Rutgers 14 20 26 46 20 2018 Rutgers 15 37 35 72 29 Totals 60 117 90 207 98

Personal life Heningburg is a founding member of the Black Lacrosse Alliance, which seeks to "push the culture of lacrosse forward to become more inclusive and inspire a more diverse generation of lacrosse players."