Derrick Henry is a running back for the Tennessee Titans in the National Football League, who was born and raised in Yulee, Florida.
As a young athlete, Henry set the national high school football record for career rushing yards with the Yulee Hornets.
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Henry is without doubt one of the hottest running backs, displaying tremendous speed and balance, on the NFL roster for the 2021 season and a seriously good addition to fantasy teams.
The Heisman Trophy winner was picked by the Titans in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama.
In 2020, Henry was named the NFL Offensive Player of the Year, Associated Press first-team All-Pro, and FedEx Ground Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
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He led the NFL with a franchise-record 2,027 rushing yards in the same season, becoming the eighth player in league history to eclipse 2,000 rushing yards in one season.
The 2020 season was big for Henry in that he recorded three 200-yard rushing games in a season, becoming only the fifth player in NFL history to do so. Additionally, he earned first-team All-Pro honors from Pro Football Focus in the same year.
The Tennessee Titans running back is in a league of his own with ridiculous numbers boasting on his stats-sheet through the first five games of the 2021 season.
Henry has 142 rushing attempts (excluding sacks), gained 640 rushing yards with seven rushing touchdowns, making him the best running back there is so far this season.
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Henry was drafted by the Titans in the second round (45th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Henry will be up against the Buffalo Bills in Week 6.