Baltimore running back Derrick Henry crossed two career milestones on Sunday during the Ravens' 41-38 overtime win at the Cincinnati Bengals. Henry, 30, became the 32nd player in NFL history to rush for 10,000 yards, and he recorded his 100th career touchdown from scrimmage, only the 26th player and 14th running back to do so. In his first season with the Ravens, Henry entered the day as the NFL's active leader in rushing attempts (2,110), rushing yards (9,982) and rushing touchdowns (95).
Through four games this season, he led the league with 480 rushing yards, five rushing TDs and 120.0 rushing yards per game, as well as the longest run of the year at 87 yards. Henry's 1-yard score with 8:54 left in the first quarter gave Baltimore a 7-0 lead.
His 5-yard run in the second quarter got him to the 10,000-yard threshold. Henry became the fifth player in league history to reach both marks within his first 125 games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Emmitt Smith and LaDainian Tomlinson as well as Adrian Peterson. "(I'm) always grateful for the journey and everyone that's been a part of it," Henry said this past week on reaching 10,000 rushing yards.
"I've been blessed tremendously, and I'm very thankful to be able to be able to play this long and be able to reach a milestone that big. "All the great ones before me that I idolized -- they achieved that accomplishment, so for me to be doing something that the ones that I've idolized have done is so cool." He's also th.
