page_title: Derrick Henry
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Derrick Henry / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Derrick Henry and Von Miller in 2020
context_page_description: Derrick Lamar Henry Jr. is an American football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League.
  Born and raised in Yulee, Florida, he set the national high school football record for career rushing yards with the Yulee Hornets. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where during his junior season, he broke Herschel Walker's single-season college rushing yards record in the SEC and won the 2015 Heisman Trophy, the Doak Walker Award, the Maxwell Award, and the Walter Camp Award.
  He was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft by the Titans. He led the NFL in rushing yards for the 2019 season, as well as rushing touchdowns.
context_section_description: In 2018, he fulfilled a promise to his grandmother Gladys and graduated from Alabama in May 2018 with a bachelor's degree in communications. He has a portrait tattoo of her on his chest. He also has a dog named Nino.
caption: Henry alongside Von Miller at the 2020 Pro Bowl
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