Ravens’ Derrick Henry approaching yet another historic milestone in what has been a season of benchmarks

It’s been an historic season for Derrick Henry, whose first season with the Baltimore Ravens has been a slam-dunk success so far. 

In the same game earlier this year, Henry eclipsed 10,000 career rushing yards while also scoring his 100th career touchdown. Henry, who ran for his 100th career touchdown last month, is on the precipice of making even more history this month. 

Henry is just 91 rushing yards shy of reaching 11,000 for his career. He will become only the 23rd player to accomplish that feat. Of the 22 players who already have, 16 are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Frank Gore, Adrian Peterson and LeSean McCoy currently aren’t eligible for enshrinement as they have not been retired for at least five years). 

The two-time league rushing champion could move significantly higher on the all-time rushing list over the final five games of the regular season. He’s just 529 yards behind Steven Jackson, whose 11,438 career rushing yards is the 18th-most in league history. Henry could also pass Hall of Famers John Riggins (19th all-time with 11,352 yards) and O.J. Simpson (21st with 11,236 yards) before the season is over. 

While the majority of backs with 11,000 career rushing yards are in the Hall of Fame, every eligible running back with 12,000 career rushing yards is in the Hall of Fame. When looking at it from that prism, Henry is essentially less than 1,100 yards away from cementing his future spot in Canton, Ohio. 

Henry, though, probably doesn’t even need to hit that milestone in order to receive a gold jacket and bronze bust one day. His body of work as it currently stands is most likely already good enough. 

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Author : Bryan DeArdo

Publish date : 2024-12-05 19:19:00

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