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Derrick Henry had a slow start to his NFL career after winning the Heisman Trophy at Alabama. He didn’t reach 1,000 rushing yards in a season until his third year in the league. He’s also been trending down for three years (until the last two weeks) since winning back-to-back rushing titles in 2019-20.
So it’d be easy to underrate his career, but make no mistake, he’s a first ballot Hall of Famer and one of the greatest running backs in league history. As he gets ready to eclipse 10,000 rushing yards I want to make sure you know just how special he is.
Henry is 18 yards shy of becoming the 32nd player in NFL history to reach 10,000 rushing yards as the Ravens take on the Bengals on Sunday. So here’s 32 facts on him:
One of best running back primes ever
1. Henry is averaging 100-plus rushing yards and one rushing touchdown per game over his last 81 games, which basically amounts to five seasons of legendary rushing production.
That is tied with LaDainian Tomlinson for the second-longest stretch a player has ever averaged 100 and one. The only running back to ever maintain those averages for a longer time was the all-time leading rusher, Emmitt Smith (95 games from 1991-97).
2. This is the seventh straight season Henry ranks top 10 in rushing yards. Five players since 1970 have had at least seven straight top-10 finishes (Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Eric Dickerson, Walter Payton, LaDainian Tomlinson).
3. Henry finished second in the NFL in rushing last year, his fourth season with a top-two finish. Only Jim Taylor (five), Eric Dickerson (five), Walter Payton (six), Barry Sanders (seven) and Jim Brown (eight) have more top-two finishes.
4. Henry has six straight seasons with at least 10 rushing touchdowns, the third-longest streak in NFL history behind Adrian Peterson (seven) and LaDainian Tomlinson (nine).
All-time great career
5. Henry will be the first player to reach…
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Author : Douglas Clawson
Publish date : 2024-10-04 13:31:52
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