ExtremeRavens Posted October 6 Posted October 6 CINCINNATI — Ravens running back Derrick Henry’s resume includes a long list of notable accomplishments during his eight-plus seasons in the NFL. He added two more big ones Sunday against the Bengals that speak as much to his ability as it does his longevity. Henry became just the 32nd running back to top 10,000 career rushing yards during the second quarter of the AFC North showdown. With a 1-yard touchdown plunge in the first quarter, Henry also became only the fifth player in NFL history with at least 10,000 rushing yards and 100 touchdowns from scrimmage in his first 125 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Emmitt Smith and LaDainian Tomlinson as well as Adrian Peterson. Henry is the 27th player all-time to reach 100 career touchdowns. “[I’m] always grateful for the journey and everyone that’s been a part of it,” Henry said Friday when asked about the 10,000-yard milestone. “I’ve been blessed tremendously, and I’m very thankful to be able to be able to play this long and be able to reach a milestone that big. “All the great ones before me that I idolized — they achieved that accomplishment, so for me to be doing something that the ones that I’ve idolized have done is so cool.” He came into the game needing just 18 rushing yards to reach the increasingly rare mark. The last player to top five figures in career rushing yards was Marshawn Lynch in 2017. “It’s very cool,” Henry said last week. “As a kid I always wanted to play running back and make it to the NFL. “It’s like a kid at a candy store where you can’t believe what’s in front of you achieving that milestone. I’m grateful — grateful for every coach [and] every teammate that helped me get to this part. I’m just very thankful for it all.” Henry, 30, entered the game leading the NFL in rushing with 480 yards on 80 carries for a career-high 6 yards per carry along with five rushing touchdowns and one receiving. His biggest impact has come over the past two weeks. In last week’s blowout win over the Buffalo Bills, Henry had 199 yards, including an 87-yard touchdown run on Baltimore’s first offensive play. The week before, he ran for a 151 yards in a victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Henry has twice led the NFL in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. That included in 2020, when was named the NFL Offensive Player of the Year after he ran for 2,027 yards to become just the eighth player to top 2,000 rushing yards in a season. He hasn’t slowed down much, if at all, since. Over the previous five seasons, Henry leads the league in rushing yards (6,115), runs over 10 yards (139) and touches reaching at least 20 mph (22). Last week against the Bills, he hit 21.29 mph on his franchise record 87-yard run for the second-fastest speed by any ball carrier in Week 4. “Derrick’s kind of a unicorn, to be honest, [with] his combination of speed, power [and] durability,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said earlier this year. “He’s thrived in different systems and done different things. He’s won wherever he’s been, and those kinds of guys are rare.” Have a news tip? Contact Brian Wacker at bwacker@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/brianwacker1. View the full article Quote
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