
Running back, Alabama, 2013–15
Derrick Henry
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Yulee, FL
- Born
- Jan 4, 1994, in Yulee, Florida
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Derrick Henry played running back at Alabama (2013–15). He led the 2015 national champions in rushing. He won the 2015 Heisman Trophy, the 2015 Doak Walker Award, the 2015 Maxwell Award and the 2015 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2015. The Tennessee Titans took Henry in round 2, No. 45 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
271rushing yards, career highat Auburn, 20153rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Clemson, 2015Honors
- 2015Heisman Trophy
- 2015Led the national champions in rushing
- 2015Doak Walker Award
- 2015Maxwell Award
- 2015Walter Camp Award
- 2015Consensus All‑American
- 2015SEC Offensive Player of the Year
- 2015First-team All-SEC
- 2015National leader in points (168)
- 2015National leader in rushing touchdowns (28)
- 2015National leader in rushing yards (2,219)
Team titles: SEC champions, 2014 and 2015; National champions, 2015
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Alabama | 33 | 0.30 | – | – | 9.9 | 6% | – |
| 2014 | Alabama | 181 | 0.23 | 80th (n=253) | 0.12 | 41.6 | 18% | 0.28 |
| 2015 | Alabama | 412 | 0.21 | 78th (n=268) | 0.12 | 87.8 | 38% | 0.33 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2015 Alabama 15 games, 2,219 rushing yards, 28 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 35–17 | 13 | 147 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 12 |
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 37–10 | 18 | 96 | 3 | 28 | – | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. | L 37–43 | 23 | 127 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 39 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 34–0 | 13 | 52 | 1 | 10 | – | – |
| Oct 3 | at | W 38–10 | 26 | 148 | 1 | 30 | – | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 27–14 | 27 | 95 | 1 | 15 | – | – |
| Oct 17 | at | W 41–23 | 32 | 236 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 18 |
| Oct 24 | vs. | W 19–14 | 28 | 143 | 2 | 20 | – | – |
| Nov 7 | vs. | W 30–16 | 38 | 210 | 3 | 40 | – | – |
| Nov 14 | at | W 31–6 | 22 | 204 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. | W 56–6 | 9 | 68 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 28 |
| Nov 28 | at | W 29–13 | 46 | 271 | 1 | 30 | – | – |
| Dec 5 | vs. | W 29–15 | 44 | 189 | 1 | 21 | – | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. | W 38–0 | 20 | 75 | 2 | 14 | 1 | −6 |
| Jan 11 ✦ | vs. | W 45–40 | 36 | 158 | 3 | 50 | – | – |
2014 Alabama 14 games, 990 rushing yards, 11 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 33–23 | 17 | 113 | 1 | 19 | – | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 41–0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 52–12 | 11 | 73 | 0 | 21 | – | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 42–21 | 20 | 111 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 29 |
| Oct 4 | at | L 17–23 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 8 | – | – |
| Oct 11 | at | W 14–13 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 8 | – | – |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 59–0 | 10 | 70 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 41 |
| Oct 25 | at | W 34–20 | 16 | 78 | 1 | 28 | – | – |
| Nov 8 | at | W 20–13 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 8 | – | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 25–20 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 9 | – | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 48–14 | 12 | 92 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 55–44 | 5 | 72 | 1 | 49 | – | – |
| Dec 6 | vs. | W 42–13 | 20 | 141 | 2 | 45 | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 35–42 | 13 | 95 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 54 |
2013 Alabama 9 games, 382 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 35–10 | 2 | −3 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 31–6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 25–0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12 | – | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 45–3 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 17 | – | – |
| Oct 12 | at | W 48–7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | – | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 52–0 | 6 | 111 | 1 | 80 | – | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 45–10 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 23 | – | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 49–0 | 6 | 66 | 1 | 27 | – | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 31–45 | 8 | 100 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 61 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2016 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅝″ |
| Weight | 247 lb |
| Arm length | 33″ |
| Hand size | 8¾″ |
| Wingspan | 80¾″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 sW |
| Vertical jump | 37″ |
| Broad jump | 10′10″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.20 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 157 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.
Pro Bowls: 5 (2019–20, 2022–24) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2020 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2019, 2024)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2020; AP second team 2019, 2024; Pro Football Writers first team 2019–20, 2024; Sporting News first team 2020, 2022, 2024.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tennessee Titans | 14 | 110 | 490 | 5 | 13 | 137 |
| 2017 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 176 | 744 | 5 | 11 | 136 |
| 2018 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 215 | 1,059 | 12 | 15 | 99 |
| 2019 | Tennessee Titans | 15 | 303 | 1,540 | 16 | 18 | 206 |
| 2020 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 378 | 2,027 | 17 | 19 | 114 |
| 2021 | Tennessee Titans | 8 | 219 | 937 | 10 | 18 | 154 |
| 2022 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 349 | 1,538 | 13 | 33 | 398 |
| 2023 | Tennessee Titans | 17 | 280 | 1,167 | 12 | 28 | 214 |
| 2024 | Baltimore Ravens | 17 | 325 | 1,921 | 16 | 19 | 193 |
| 2025 | Baltimore Ravens | 17 | 307 | 1,595 | 16 | 15 | 150 |
| 2026 (so far) | Baltimore Ravens | 5 | 113 | 476 | 7 | 8 | 62 |
| NFL career | 157 | 2,775 | 13,494 | 129 | 197 | 1,863 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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