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Derrick Henry

Derrick Henry is a running back for the Baltimore Ravens. Depth chart: RB1.

Scouting report

Derrick Henry: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Derrick Henry at a glance

Derrick Henry is a 32-year-old running back for the Baltimore Ravens, listed at 6'3" and 252 pounds. The Tennessee Titans drafted Henry 45th overall in the second round in 2016, out of Alabama; this is year 11 in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Henry at 257.6 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB10 at the position and works out to 17.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Henry has scored 53.0 PPR points, or 26.5 per game. That is 20.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Henry would finish with about 451 points, ahead of the 257.6 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 35.3 points in Week 1 against IND, the RB1 finish that week. Henry has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 59 qualified running backs of 2026, Henry ranks in the 98th percentile in rush TDs, the 97th percentile in rush yards and the 88th percentile in yards per carry. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 53rd percentile in receptions.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Henry has finished as RB3 in 2020, RB22 in 2021, RB4 in 2022, RB8 in 2023, RB4 in 2024 and RB8 in 2025. That is four top-five positional finishes in 10 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 336.4 PPR points in 2024. Across 154 regular-season games on record, the totals read 13,230 rushing yards, 126 rushing touchdowns, 193 receptions and 1,839 receiving yards.

Derrick Henry by the numbers

Henry has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 12 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 37 times and finished in the top twelve 66 times. The career high is 47.8 PPR points, set in Week 14 of 2018 against JAX, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 17 games of 30 or more PPR points, 56 100-yard rushing games and 8 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Henry has reached 20 points in 48 games, 31% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Henry handled 20.0 carries per game, including 11 red-zone carries and 3 carries from inside the five. 4 runs gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Henry drew 2.0 targets per game.

Contract

Henry is playing on a two-year, $30 million contract signed with the Baltimore Ravens in 2025, an average of $15 million per year with $25 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
257.6
PPR / game
17.4

Derrick Henry fantasy outlook

Derrick Henry enters the 2026 season with BAL and ranks RB10 and #34 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 257.6 PPR points across 14.8 games, or 17.4 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Derrick Henry as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Derrick Henry produced 279.5 PPR points in 17 games (16.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 64%, with a 85% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 1 projection

Derrick Henry is projected for 18.0 PPR points on the road at IND in week 1, with a likely range of 4.0 to 34.4.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.9 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
78.3
Dynasty
43.3
Superflex redraft
77.5
Superflex dynasty
57.0
TE premium dynasty
26.1

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026BAL24021244438053.0
2025BAL173071,5951621151500279.5
2024BAL173251,9211622191932336.4
2023TEN172801,1671236282140246.7
2022TEN163491,5381341333980302.8
2021TEN82199371020181540193.3
2020TEN163782,0271731191140333.1
2019TEN153031,5401624182062294.6
2018TEN162151,059121815990201.4
2017TEN16176744517111361135.0

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