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Jamison Hensley
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Working again Derrick Henry will likely be stiff-arming tacklers for the Baltimore Ravens for a short while longer.
Henry reached a two-year, $30 million extension with the Ravens on Wednesday, his agent informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter. This new deal retains the 31-year-old Henry off the free agent market after this season and rewards him with the most important deal in NFL historical past for a working again over 30.
The Ravens later introduced the settlement however didn’t disclose monetary phrases.
Earlier than this extension, Henry was getting into the ultimate yr of a two-year, $16 million contract which he outperformed in his first season in Baltimore. Now, he’ll obtain $25 million in assured cash, in response to Henry’s agent, and stay underneath contract by the 2027 season.
Baltimore’s new cope with Henry comes two months after the Tremendous Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles made Saquon Barkley the NFL’s highest-paid working again with a two-year, $41.2 million extension. Ravens officers talked this offseason about getting an extension executed with Henry, who ranked thirteenth amongst working backs with a mean of $8 million per season.
With this extension, Henry can earn a complete of $37 million over the subsequent three years — he was due $7 million in his closing yr of his earlier contract with Baltimore — which makes him the fourth-highest paid working again within the league. His common of $12.3 million per season would put him behind Barkley ($20.6 million), Christian McCaffrey ($19 million) and Jonathan Taylor ($14 million).
Henry took to X on Wednesday to thank the Ravens, his teammates and the staff’s followers:
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After spending his first eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans, Henry proved to be the perfect match within the Ravens’ offense with quarterback Lamar Jackson and ran for 1,921 yards, which was probably the most by a participant 30 or older in NFL historical past. He averaged a career-best 5.9 yards per carry and set a Ravens franchise file with 18 whole touchdowns.
It was final yr right now when Henry was being requested if his greatest days had been behind him. He was coming off a 2023 season through which he recorded 68.6 speeding yards per sport and 4.2 yards per carry, each of which had been his lowest since 2018.
After saying he would “let my play converse for my age,” Henry turned the fourth working again over the previous decade to provide over 1,000 yards speeding at 30 or older. He joined Adrian Peterson, Frank Gore and Raheem Mostert.
Ravens coaches and gamers lauded Henry for his work ethic and his means to take some stress off Jackson, who totaled profession highs of 4,172 yards passing and 41 landing passes in his first season with Henry. Towards the tip of final season, Jackson playfully in contrast Henry to Lightning McQueen from the film “Automobiles.”
Getting into his tenth season, Henry ranks nineteenth on the NFL’s all-time speeding record with 11,423 yards. He can crack the highest 10 and surpass Tony Dorsett with 1,317 yards this season.
