Former Alabama running back terror Derrick Henry has become as fearsome during his legendary NFL career as he was while playing in Tuscaloosa.
On Sunday afternoon, the bulldozer of a back who led the Crimson Tide to a national championship in 2015 and won the Heisman Trophy that year along the way, added another milestone to his NFL career just by scoring 1 touchdown in an otherwise ugly loss to the Buffalo Bills.
While the Bills dominated the scoreboard on Sunday at home, blowing out Henry and the Baltimore Ravens, 36-10, it was Henry who provided at least something for Baltimore football fans to cheer about. The 11-year veteran’s 2-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter on Sunday turned out to be the Ravens’ only TD of the day, but it was a notable touchdown because it put Henry in exclusive company among running backs who have starred for multiple franchises.
Henry achieved his latest milestone moment on a 1st-and-goal play, and like so many other times he’s reached the end zone he did so standing up, with no Buffalo tackler able to bring him down. With the TD, Henry joined Hall of Famers Marcus Allen and Marshall Faulk as the only players in NFL history with 40 or more rushing touchdowns with 2 different franchises.
The milestone stat came according to the NFL, and it further cemented Henry’s place in Ravens’ history in just his third season in Baltimore. Before that, Henry was the backfield star for the Tennessee Titans during an 8-year run from 2016-23, when he piled up an eye-popping 90 rushing touchdowns during the regular season.
And it didn’t take Henry long to get to the 40-touchdown mark with Baltimore.
Here is Henry’s latest amazing moment during what is sure to be a Hall of Fame career in the NFL:
Henry’s 136th career touchdown on Sunday tied him with Faulk for the 7th-most in NFL history, and with the 32-year-old veteran not appearing to be slowing down anytime soon, who knows where he’ll end up on that touchdown list before he decides to hang it up.
For now, he’s the backfield bully who keeps on giving for the Ravens, even on bad days like Sunday.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
