By Kevin Duffey
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Former Alabama RB Derrick Henry made some headlines this spring when he missed the Titans’ voluntary workouts.
At the time, it was unknown why Henry was absent, and his teammates weren’t exactly happy.
“It definitely puts that little check mark in the back of my mind and lets me know who I can count on, who I can’t count on,”defensive lineman Jurrell Casey said in mid-April. “To see your teammates show up is definitely great.”
Little did anyone know, Henry was at Alabama taking classes and pushing to graduate from college as quickly as he could — he’s four classes short of his degree. The fact that he was missing OTAs for school certainly wasn’t the issue; it was the fact that he didn’t tell anyone about it, and he admits he could have handled that differently.
“Yeah, I should’ve handled it different but I was just trying to focus on school and get my training right just so I was ready when I came back here,” Henry told ESPN. “We settled the differences we all good and I’m happy to be back working with the guys, being here with the guys, and trying to be better everyday and that’s what we’ve been doing.
“Trying to get my degree is one thing I promised my family and my grandmamma before she passed,” he said. “So I just wanted to get that out of the way as quick as I can.”
A simple phone call to his head coach could have made this non-issue an even more non-issue.
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
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