Derrick Henry made history in Week 5 against the Bengals.
With his 5-yard run in the second quarter, Henry became just the 32nd player in NFL history to reach 10,000 rushing yards. He's the first player since Marshawn Lynch in 2017 to reach the mark and the 21st to ever do it within his first nine seasons.
Henry also became the 26th player and 14th running back to reach 100 career scrimmage touchdowns with his 1-yard score in the first quarter. Henry became the fifth player in NFL history to reach both marks within his first 125 games.
"[I'm] always grateful for the journey and everyone that's been a part of it," Henry said earlier this week on reaching 10,000 rushing yards. "I've been blessed tremendously, and I'm very thankful to be able to be able to play this long and be able to reach a milestone that big.
"All the great ones before me that I idolized – they achieved that accomplishment, so for me to be doing something that the ones that I've idolized have done is so cool."
Henry's first 9,502 rushing yards came over eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans, and he quickly reached the milestone in Baltimore. He's coming off a 151-yard showing in Dallas and a 199-yard performance last week against the Bills, which set up his historic day in Cincinnati.
"As a kid I always wanted to play running back and make it to the NFL," Henry said. "... It's like a kid at a candy store where you can't believe what's in front of you achieving that milestone. I'm grateful – grateful for every coach [and] every teammate that helped me get to this part. I'm just very thankful for it all."
Henry's records didn't stop there as he became the first Raven with a rushing touchdown in his first five games.
