play 6:59 ESPN The Magazine: Marshall Henderson Andy Katz sits down with Ole Miss Guard Marshall Henderson for an exclusive look at the life and off the court challenges of Henderson as he currently serves suspension going into the 2013 college basketball season.

LONG BEFORE HE suited up for Ole Miss, Marshall Henderson was a rebel. He admits he never liked following rules, whether set by his father or the police. Arrested in high school for using counterfeit money to buy marijuana, Henderson avoided jail but violated his probation while in college by testing positive for pot, cocaine and alcohol. A standout at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas, where he played for his dad, Willie, Henderson cycled through three colleges -- a freshman year at Utah, a transfer to Texas Tech, where he never played a game, and then a transfer 30 miles west to South Plains junior college -- before landing in Mississippi at the start of last season. Now entering his senior year, he has racked up impressive stats (20.1 ppg last season), a reputation for showboating and a lengthy rap sheet. Last season he led the Rebels to an upset over 5-seed Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament, but he was suspended indefinitely in July after receiving a citation for driving without insurance. (Police found marijuana and cocaine in his car but said it wasn't enough to prosecute.) Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy isn't sure when he'll reinstate his star guard, but Henderson says he's ready -- and has sworn off drugs and alcohol for the season.

Ole Miss coach isn't sure when he'll reinstate his guard, but Henderson says he's ready. Benjamin Lowy for ESPN

At what point did you get rebellious?

Tenth grade was a turning point. When you get a little older, people start dabbling in things, and I'm ride or die with my best friends, whatever they're doing. But during the season, when we had dad-son/coach-player screwups, that was always the toughest.

How hard was it to play for your dad?

The hardest thing I've done in my entire life. We were just head-to-head on everything all the time; there was no trying to meet in the middle. I really didn't want to have to listen to anything because, yo, man, I'm the best! I'm averaging like 25 points a game and my dad would be trying to find things I didn't do right, and I'd be like, "Man, can I get some kind of credit?" I would go at him pretty hard in practice, and he'd ground me later on and take the phone away from me at home, and then I would get all riled up about it and there would be some pretty intense yelling matches. My mom tried to step in and try to be the middle person, but after a while there was just no point.

How did this affect your family?

I would just leave the house and come back whenever. My dad was waiting up for me scared because I wasn't answering the phone, and I would just go and do something crazy and come back home, and then we'd start yelling at like 2 in the morning and wake everybody up. I wasn't doing anything to help myself out, and they were like, "You've got to go." I just came home one night and they had everything packed up. I went to my mom's parents' house, and I respected the hell out of them and wouldn't have done anything to jeopardize my relationship with them, so that was actually a good move.

When did the relationship with your dad begin to repair?

Really, when I went to college and he wasn't my coach anymore. At one point, I was at home and I felt the need to tell him everything that I'd ever done and let him know it wasn't his fault. I could only use him as an excuse for so long. Me and my dad are like best friends now.