Derrick Henry, at age 32, is playing like he did at age 22. And he’s in position to make a climb up the all-time rushing list.
With 13,163 career yards, could Henry get all the way to the top?
The guy who holds the No. 1 spot — Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith — believes he can.
“Oh yeah, I think it’s possible ,” Smith said recently, via Jamison Hensley of ESPN. “Derrick Henry is a bigger back. He takes great care of his body. He’s in great shape.”
Smith has said he hopes someone breaks the record in his lifetime. He wishes Walter Payton had still been alive when Smith broke the prior record of 16,726 yards.
Currently, Henry trails Smith by 5,193…
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