In a recreation that the Baltimore Ravens completely needed to have to be able to keep within the NFL’s playoff image, star operating again Derrick Henry racked up 216 dashing yards of their 41-24 win over the Inexperienced Bay Packers at Lambeau Area Saturday night time.
Henry had a profession night time. His 216 yards have been the fourth-most he is notched in a single recreation in his sure Corridor of Fame profession, and the primary time the longtime Tennessee Titan put up 200 yards on a crew apart from the Houston Texans or Jacksonville Jaguars. And with Saturday night time’s effort, Henry’s seventh 200-yard profession recreation, he broke a three-way time with LaDainian Tomlinson and O.J. Simpson. That file got here on Henry’s final dashing try of the night time, a 25-yard landing run that iced the sport for Baltimore.
However it wasn’t Henry’s solely milestone of the night time. Henry had already gone over 100 earlier than halftime, passing former Dallas Cowboys nice Tony Dorsett on the NFL’s profession dashing listing to maneuver into the highest 10 with 12,892 yards. Henry, 31, has been steadily transferring up the ranks on the all-time dashing listing this season. Final month, Henry handed NFL legend Jim Brown towards the Cincinnati Bengals on Thanksgiving. He had handed Corridor of Famers Franco Harris, Marcus Allen, Edgerrin James and Marshall Faulk earlier within the season.
Henry is even larger up on the profession listing with regards to scoring the ball. Together with his 4 touchdowns Saturday night time, he moved previous Adrian Peterson and into fourth-place in NFL historical past. Henry had 118 getting into the sport, and his two scores earlier than halftime tied him with Petersen’s 120. He tacked on two extra within the second half and is now one behind Allen’s 123. Dorsett (164) and Tomlinson (145) are the highest two in that class.
Per CBS Sports activities analysis, listed below are a few of his different accomplishments on the night time:
- Second participant in NFL historical past with a number of video games with 200+ rush yds and 4+ rush TD (Jim Brown)
- Most rush yards by a customer at Packers all-time (4th with 200+ yds together with Gale Sayers, Walter Payton and Peterson)
- Tied for many dashing makes an attempt (36) in a recreation in Ravens historical past (Bam Morris and Priest Holmes)
- Third-most rush yds in a recreation in Ravens historical past behind Jamal Lewis (295) and Priest Holmes (227)
- Third-oldest participant in NFL historical past with 200-yard dashing recreation (John Henry Johnson and James Brooks)
- Most dashing makes an attempt (36) by any participant in a recreation this season
- Most rush TD (4) in a recreation in crew historical past
- Earned 45.6 fantasy factors (third-most by RB in a recreation this season)
Henry had essentially the most dashing makes an attempt (15) by any participant on his crew’s first two drives of the sport since former Denver Broncos operating again Olandis Gary did it in 1999. Henry now has 25 video games with at the very least 100 dashing yards and two dashing touchdowns, which is tied for essentially the most in NFL historical past with Brown and Tomlinson.
Throughout his first season with the Ravens final 12 months, Henry racked up 1,921 yards and 16 touchdowns, and he now has 1,469 yards and 16 touchdowns this season.
NFL all-time dashing listing
| Participant | Dashing Yards |
| Emmitt Smith | 18,355 |
| Walter Payton | 16,726 |
| Frank Gore | 16,000 |
| Barry Sanders | 15,269 |
| Adrian Peterson | 14,918 |
| Curtis Martin | 14,101 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 13,684 |
| Jerome Bettis | 13,662 |
| Eric Dickerson | 13,259 |
| Derrick Henry | 12,892 |
| Tony Dorsett | 12,739 |
| Jim Brown | 12,312 |
| Marshall Faulk | 12,279 |
| Edgerrin James | 12,246 |
| Marcus Allen | 12,243 |
| Franco Harris | 12,120 |
| Thurman Thomas | 12,074 |
| Fred Taylor | 11,695 |
| Steven Jackson | 11,438 |
| John Riggins | 11,352 |
