Derrick Henry turned 31 years old at the beginning of January. The former Heisman Trophy winner somehow looks just explosive prior to his 10th season in the NFL as he did as a young, spry rookie back in 2016.
His latest viral workout proves that age is just a number.
Henry, the NFL rushing leader in 2019 and 2020, ran for more than 2,000 yards last season during his first year with the Baltimore Ravens in 2024. He ran the ball 367 times in 19 games, which was the second-most carries of his career as a 30-year-old. The normal shelf life for a running back on the highest level of football is just 2.57 years. This upcoming fall will mark a full decade for Henry. Insane.
It seems like Derrick Henry goes viral at least four times per year: once during the offseason for some kind of mind-boggling athletic feat, once during training camp for looking jacked, and twice during the regular season and/or playoffs for ridiculous runs involving a truck stick or stiff arm. This year is no different.
Henry recently traveled down to Dallas to work with longtime trainer Anthony Jamal Billings. Billings ran him a workout that would exhaust the average person on flat land and flipped it on an angle.
At 6-foot-3, 247 pounds, Henry ran through a challenging footwork drill on a 45º hill. He looked just as fast on the elevated ground as he does in the open field. And if that was not challenging enough, they strapped a weighted chain to his body and sent him up the incline at a full sprint.
I understand that this is not Henry’s most insane workout in terms of optics. There have been a few offseason clips that will drop your jaw to the floor. This one is a bit more mundane. I get it.
However, this is actually one of his most impressive. To display such quick feet, while driving them into the ground at his size with a weighted chain is pretty insane. If you were to turn the camera on its side, you would not know that he is powering up a steep hill. It’s as if it is flat ground. Derrick Henry is a freak!