re: Best Running Back in SEC History?

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He may be a sports icon but he is one troubled fellow

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Was, I think. Pretty sure he underwent therapy and is doing fine now.

Don’t think so. His book gave the impression that all his personalities had been blended and he was recovered. Since then there have been other incidents - apparently he has been accused of chasing a lady around a mall parking lot and threatening to kill her. He has also lied about his business success and his non existent college degree. It’s being said that a lot is more coming out about him. I admire his athletic ability but he has been a huge disappointment as a human being.

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Herschel should've won the Heisman as a freshman, Henry wasn't even the starter yet.

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In the 3 years he was a starter, he failed to get as many yards as Henry did in his 1 season as a starter.

And Henry did it while having to split downs with passing. Which is probably why he broke the record in like 50 less carries.

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Henry got fed a lot in 2015, and that's nice, but there were about 10 other RB's that year that would have performed better on Alabama's team.

You take an objective stat, like yards per carry, and Henry wasn't even top 10 among RB's who got at least 200 carries.

He's done okay in the NFL, a league that doesn't build defenses to stop big running backs anymore, but he's not elite.

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@ calling something an objective stat, and then not even remotely caring about SoS.

But I'd love to know what 10 other RB's would have broken Walkers single season rushing record that year. And he broke it on less carries, like many less carries.

Because I'm sure it's soooo much harder to rush against Pac teams than it is SEC teams. Objective?

As for "done okay in the NFL", there are only 8 backs in the entire history of the NFL to rush for more than 2000 yards in a season, and Henry is one of them.

He's a future hall of fame player.

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But I'd love to know what 10 other RB's would have broken Walkers single season rushing record that year.

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Well Fournette did that year so there’s one

Walker had over 8000 yards in the NFL over 5000 in the USFL. Henry is already 28 and still doesn’t have 7000 yards. He’s never catching Emmitt Smith, another SEC back in NFL.

And again, why did Henry not start until into his 3rd season in the NFL. The point is Walker made a league. Do you think Bo Jackson or HW don’t start….wait they did start, first opportunity they had.

1 good year does not an all time RB make. And if he doesn’t show he can stay healthy he won’t be a feature back. The NFL spits out running backs by about 30 years old. So he better get while he can.

Henry has been on my FF roster for 3 years running. I like him. But he doesnt have the resume to be the best SEC RB in based on his college or his pros numbers.

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1 good year does not an all time RB make

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Good thing Henry had the most yards in back to back seasons then.

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Walker had over 8000 yards in the NFL

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It took Walker 11 years in the league to get those yards. Henry has nearly 7000 in half the time. Henry also has more rushing TD's (64) than Walker did in his whole career (61.)

And you want to body gaze and create a completely subjective argument for a guy who had 1 good season in SEC play and your evidence seems to be of the “he looks awesome” variety, and you question the plethora of data that shows that Walker outperformed Henry, and was the player of his generation. And again Henry didn’t start his first two years in the NFL either. And don’t give me that better roster nonsense at AL because Jalen Hurts stated as a freshmen. If he was the best he would have played. So why did the GOAT not start Henry until partially into his Soph season In favor of TJ Yeldon who was an NFL also ran; and an The NFL staff who observed him every day sat him behind Demarco Murray for 2.5 years, when DM largely aged and injured himself out of the league?

Great players lift teams, Henry lifted Alabama for 1 year. He’s lifted The titans for 2-3 years to the tune of 1 trip past the divisional playoffs and he’s going into his 8th year.

And the not adjusting for the future is the same argument as saying Manny Machado is better than Joe DiMaggio. You have to take the era of play into consideration or the newest will always be the best. You can count on the fact in 20 years that Henry’s tape will be lesser than a player of 20 years of nutrition, stamina, strength conditioning.

You’re going to have to get comfortable that “best” is subjective no matter what data you apply to it, but the data that’s there supports Walker which is why he’s routinely presented as the greatest RB in college football history.

Having the best season ever doesn’t make you the best player ever.

Perhaps the fact that The Titans have one of the best OL in the league contributes to his yards. DM had 1300 yards behind that titans line 1 year prior to retirement.

And go look at starting NFL running backs in the NFL over 30. There’s no guarantee Henry sees 10k yards.

Derrick Henry sure did look impressive against:
Colorado State
Georgia State
Chattanooga
Florida Atlantic
Southern Miss
Western Carolina
Middle Tennessee St
Louisiana Monroe
Charleston Southern

It's a shame some teams schedule this many high schools.

Awesome 1 good season. Herschel 3.

TJ Yeldons backup by decision of coach Saban. If he’s the greatest SEC RB all time why wasn’t he the best RB on his team per Saban? And he wasn’t sitting behind Earl Campbell.

An aging DeMarco Murray’s backup with the Titans.