![]() He developed a close relationship to his grandmother, who he cites as very influential in his upbringing. Henry was raised primarily by his grandmother Gladys, who nicknamed him "Shocka", as his birth shocked the whole family, given his parents' young ages. ![]() His mother became a hemodialysis technician. Henry's father, known as "Big D", was absent for much of his childhood, having been arrested 20 times for various crimes including drug and prostitution-related offenses, and was consequently in and out of prison and had trouble maintaining employment. was born in Yulee, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, to Stacy Veal and Derrick Henry Sr., aged 15 and 16 respectively. 2.3 2015 season: National Championship and Heisman seasonĭerrick Lamar Henry Jr.His imposing rushing game has earned him the nickname " King Henry". In 2020, Henry would again lead the league in rushing yards and touchdowns and became the eighth player in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season, and the second Tennessee Titan to do so. He led the NFL in rushing yards for the 2019 season, as well as rushing touchdowns (tied with Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones). He was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft by the Titans. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where during his junior season, he broke Herschel Walker's single-season college rushing yards record in the SEC, won the 2015 Heisman Trophy, the Doak Walker Award, the Maxwell Award, and the Walter Camp Award, and was a key part of the 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team that won the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship. (born January 4, 1994) is an American football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL).īorn and raised in Yulee, Florida, he set the national high school football record for career rushing yards with the Yulee Hornets. 99-yard rushing touchdown (Tied with Tony Dorsett)ĭerrick Lamar Henry Jr.USA Today High School All-American ( 2012).All-Time High School Football Rushing Leader.SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2015).2× NFL rushing touchdowns leader (2019, 2020).NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2020).Henry has now done it six times in total, including the four in a row against Houston. LaDainian Tomlinson, Barry Sanders, and Jim Brown did it three times each, while Dalvin Cook, Adrian Peterson, Tiki Barber, Larry Johnson, Jamal Lewis, Ricky Williams, Clinton Portis, Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson, and O.J. To be clear, not only has no other NFL player ever run for 200-plus yards and two scores against the same opponent four times in a row no other NFL player has run for 200-plus yards and two scores four times in their entire career. No other player in NFL history has ever accomplished that feat. It was, incredibly, the fourth consecutive game against the division rival Texans where Henry has run for at least 200 yards and two scores. On Sunday, Henry ran 32 times for 219 yards and two touchdowns against Houston. There has perhaps never been a player who has owned an opposing franchise the way superstar Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry has owned the Houston Texans of late.
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