Derrick Henry

Derrick Henry

Henry (No. 2) at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl
No. 22 Tennessee Titans
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1994-07-17) July 17, 1994 (age 22)
Place of birth:	Yulee, Florida
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	247 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	Yulee (FL)
College:	Alabama
NFL Draft:	2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45
Career history
Tennessee Titans (2016–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
CFP national champion (2015) 2× SEC champion (2014, 2015) Heisman Trophy (2015) Maxwell Award (2015) Doak Walker Award (2015) Walter Camp Award (2015) Unanimous All-American (2015) First-team All-SEC (2015) SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2015) USA Today High School All-American (2012)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016
Rushing yards: 490 Rushing average: 4.5 Rushing touchdowns: 5 Receptions: 13 Receiving yards: 137 Receiving touchdowns: 0 Player stats at NFL.com

Derrick Henry (born July 17, 1994) is an American football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft by the Titans. In December 2015, he broke Herschel Walker's single season college rushing yards record in the SEC. He won the 2015 Heisman Trophy, as well as the Doak Walker Award, the Maxwell Award, and the Walter Camp Award. Henry also holds the national high school football record for career rushing yards.

Henry attended Yulee High School in Yulee, Florida, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track. He played as a running back for the Yulee Hornets football team. He ran for 2,465 yards and 26 touchdowns as a freshman in 2009. He was named a first-team All-Coast at running back in 2010 after rushing for 2,788 yards and 38 touchdowns while averaging 8.9 yards per attempt. He rushed for 2,610 yards and 34 scores as a junior in 2011 to earn first-team All-Coast honors from the Florida Times-Union. He set the Florida high school record with a 510-yard performance against Jacksonville Jackson and averaged 9.2 yards per carry and 327.8 yards per game as a senior, finishing the season with a state-record 4,261 yards and 55 touchdowns. He finished his high school football career with 12,124 career rushing yards, which broke Ken Hall's career record. He also rushed for 153 career touchdowns. He played for the East squad in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, where he rushed for 53 yards with a touchdown and a two-point conversion.