{"id":91440,"date":"2020-07-15T17:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T21:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=91440"},"modified":"2020-07-15T17:25:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T21:25:14","slug":"tennessee-titans-derrick-henry-reach-four-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/07\/15\/tennessee-titans-derrick-henry-reach-four-year-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Titans, Derrick Henry Reach Four-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/titans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> and star running back <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HenrDe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derrick Henry<\/a><\/strong> have reached a four-year extension. The NFL rushing leader for this past season will now be under contract until 2024. Both sides had until 4 PM Tuesday to reach a deal or Henry would play on the franchise tag at $10.278 million.<\/p>\n<p>This deal was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayGlazer\/status\/1283482512392458240\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FOX analyst Jay Glazer<\/a>, with the new contract worth $50 million with $25.5 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Titans and RB Derrick Henry is signing a four-year, $50 million contract that includes $25.5 million guaranteed, source tells ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>In one off-season, the Titans keep both Henry and Ryan Tannehill on long-term deals.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1283493474613035023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Derrick Henry Contract Extension<\/h2>\n<p>This was essentially a no-brainer. Derrick Henry&#8217;s style of play was vital in Tennessee&#8217;s run from the 6th seed to the AFC Championship this past season. Before his arrival in the Music City, Henry was a star running back at Yulee High School where he set the national high school football record for career rushing yards. Following graduation, he committed to the University of Alabama. In three seasons with the Crimson Tide, Henry rushed for over 3,500 yards and 42 touchdowns. Henry completed his college career as a national champion after Alabama defeated Clemson and quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WatsDe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deshaun Watson<\/a> <\/strong>in 2015. Henry was then drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his NFL career, Henry has rushed for 3,833 yards and 38 touchdowns. In the second quarter of a 2018 Week 14 game, Henry had a 99-yard touchdown run, tying him with<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DorsTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Dorsett<\/a> <\/strong>for the longest NFL touchdown run. The 2019 season was his best season as a running back.<\/p>\n<p>In the AFC Wild Card game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a>, Henry rushed for 182 yards in the 20\u201313 victory. This knocked the defending champions out of the postseason. Against the top-seeded<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/ravens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Baltimore Ravens<\/a> in the Divisional Round, Henry rushed for 195 yards and threw a touchdown pass in the 28\u201312 win.<\/p>\n<p>Henry rushed for 69 yards in a 35-24 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> in the AFC Championship game. The Titans now have their offensive leader back in the saddle.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"FnRnlrlZR6V6vihI8pBLDA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1195361096\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'FnRnlrlZR6V6vihI8pBLDA',sig:'x569BN_5g5JstxTdm_PfCPcfbhsromz4Z45ai5HATbY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1195361096',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans have reached a four-year extension, locking up the star running back before the franchise tag signing deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3384,"featured_media":91453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,11],"tags":[596,61,40,1447],"class_list":["post-91440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-titans","tag-derrick-henry","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-tennesee-titans"],"modified_by":"Will Noltie, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}