Sometimes, sports fans can blow the present out of proportion.

It isn’t at all an overstatement, however, to say that Alabama’s Derrick Henry just completed one of the best seasons by a running back in college football history.

Henry became just the second SEC running back to win the Heisman Trophy and national championship in the same season, joining Mark Ingram, another Tide great.

Henry’s numbers speak for themselves. He led the country with 395 carries, 2,219 yards and 28 TDs in 2015.

No one in SEC history has had more yards, TDs or carries in a single season. Granted, he accumulated those numbers in 15 games. Some great running backs in previous generations played only 10 or 11. Still, he averaged nearly 150 yards on the ground per game. LSU’s Leonard Fournette is the only back who averaged more rushing yards per game than Henry in 2015.

The Alabama star not only placed his name atop the SEC record books, but also among the greatest running backs in college football history. As far as single-season marks go, Henry finished fifth all-time in rushing yards and tied for eighth in rushing TDs.

Only Barry Sanders, Melvin Gordon, Kevin Smith and Marcus Allen had more rushing yards than Henry in one season. The 28 rushing scores tied Henry with Jay Ajayi, Toby Gerhart, Willis McGahee and Terry Metcalf.

Gordon posted better numbers at Wisconsin last season, and Fournette probably will break all of Henry’s single-season records in 2016.

But the difficult SEC defenses that Henry had to face should be taken into consideration. Five of Alabama’s eight SEC opponents ranked in the top 45 nationally in rushing defense. Gordon benefitted from an easier schedule, facing four bottom 50 rushing defenses during conference play in 2014.

Fournette, has a good chance at SEC immortality too, but he will have to earn it next season. If Fournette does break SEC records next year, his accomplishments won’t take away from Henry’s Heisman-winning season.