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Derrick Henry: Where does he stack up at the end?
Posted on 3/6/26 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 3/6/26 at 1:39 pm
Currently DH sits at
10th: in rushing yards with 13,018
4th: in rushing TD's with 122
1 season with 2,000 yards
He's averaging around 1,200 yards a season which will put him 7th all time at the end of next season. I think it's very achievable.
The crazy part is can he do two more times? Putting him 3rd all time with 16,618 yards.
He still looks to be every bit as big, strong, and fast as he was when he came into the league. He had one season, 2021, where an injury sidelined him.
Always fun to look at are his high school stats that are laughable.
1,397 carries, 12,124 yards, and 153 TDs
10th: in rushing yards with 13,018
4th: in rushing TD's with 122
1 season with 2,000 yards
He's averaging around 1,200 yards a season which will put him 7th all time at the end of next season. I think it's very achievable.
The crazy part is can he do two more times? Putting him 3rd all time with 16,618 yards.
He still looks to be every bit as big, strong, and fast as he was when he came into the league. He had one season, 2021, where an injury sidelined him.
Always fun to look at are his high school stats that are laughable.
1,397 carries, 12,124 yards, and 153 TDs
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Posted on 3/6/26 at 1:48 pm to SteveLSU35
He's a workhorse for sure. Is he better than
Barry Sanders
Marshall Faulk
Tony Dorsett
The Juice
Sayers
DIckerson
To name a few. They were dynamic backs.
He stacks up to me more like:
Emmitt Smith
Walter Peyton
Hell, John Riggins (although he is much better)
He's a bruiser workhorse. He is one of the best of those ever.
Barry Sanders
Marshall Faulk
Tony Dorsett
The Juice
Sayers
DIckerson
To name a few. They were dynamic backs.
He stacks up to me more like:
Emmitt Smith
Walter Peyton
Hell, John Riggins (although he is much better)
He's a bruiser workhorse. He is one of the best of those ever.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 2:00 pm to Boss
I agree, and I think that Ladainian Tomlinson needs to be placed higher as a complete back.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 2:02 pm to Boss
You can’t call someone a bruiser workhorse with his big play ability.
You graduate to a different level if you’re a bruiser workhorse who also make huge plays all the time.
You graduate to a different level if you’re a bruiser workhorse who also make huge plays all the time.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 2:12 pm to SteveLSU35
If I had to win one game...Sanders, Payton and Faulk the only ones I'd choose over Henry.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 2:13 pm to SteveLSU35
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Derrick Henry
Wish the Cowboys would have picked him instead of one-year wonder Ezekiel Elliot
Posted on 3/6/26 at 2:23 pm to bad93ex
Zeke >>>>>>> Henry
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Posted on 3/6/26 at 2:38 pm to SteveLSU35
Top 20 maybe but more likely 20-25 on all time RB list.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 2:43 pm to Paul Allen
quote:
Top 20 maybe but more likely 20-25
There aren’t 20 RBs better than Henry. Get outta here with that BS.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 3:01 pm to Geauxldninja
quote:
There aren’t 20 RBs better than Henry.
1. Jim Brown
2. Walter Payton
3. Barry Sanders
4. Emmitt Smith
5. LaDainian Tomlinson
6. Eric Dickerson
7. Adrian Peterson
8. Marshall Faulk
9. Gale Sayers
10. O. J. Simpson
11. Tony Dorsett
12. Jerome Bettis
13. Franco Harris
14. Marcus Allen
15. Thurman Thomas
16. Curtis Martin
17. Edgerrin James
18. Earl Campbell
19. Roger Craig
20. Terrell Davis
Posted on 3/6/26 at 3:05 pm to Paul Allen
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16. Curtis Martin
17. Edgerrin James
Posted on 3/6/26 at 3:07 pm to Boss
quote:
They were dynamic backs.
Being a must watch is high on the list in ranking backs all-time...or should be. When most elite backs have roughly ballpark similar stats, compilers drop down in esteem.
Some people think Henry is boring most of the time, some eagerly await the breakaways.
He's probably middle tier between elite stat heavy load carry fall forward guy and unreal watch every play guy (Sanders, Sayers for example).
Your Riggins analogy is somewhat apt but he's like a Hemi compared to the Diesel.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 3:38 pm to faraway
That tard just googled top 20 retired running backs.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 4:46 pm to Boss
Behind Sanders, Jim Brown, and Sayers only. So 4th IMO.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 5:41 pm to SteveLSU35
Who's better, Peterson or Henry?
Posted on 3/6/26 at 5:43 pm to 632627
Henry
Posted on 3/6/26 at 6:43 pm to Paul Allen
Earl Campbell at 18…List is shite…
Posted on 3/6/26 at 7:12 pm to SteveLSU35
quote:
Derrick Henry: Where does he stack up at the end?
If he puts up similar numbers this year to what he's been averaging, I think a case can be made for Top 5 all-time. Right now he's definitely Top 10.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 8:59 pm to SteveLSU35
Peterson is the only RB I was actually able to watch that is better than Henry
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