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Ravens’ Derrick Henry on Kansas City: ‘Now it's my turn’
During last season’s AFC Championship Game, Derrick Henry couldn’t help but think: What if?
“Hell, yeah,” Henry said this week when asked if he wondered what might have happened if the Baltimore Ravens had succeeded in their bid to obtain him from the Tennessee Titans at last season’s NFL trade deadline.
The Ravens had the NFL’s best regular-season record at 13-4 in 2023. But in the AFC Championship Game, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated Baltimore 17-10 as the Ravens’ running backs combined for 23 yards on six rushing attempts.
Henry won’t need to wonder on Thursday night. The former Alabama All-American running back made it to Baltimore in NFL free agency this offseason and will be in the backfield when the Ravens and Chiefs square off at 7:20 CDT at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
“I was wishing I could suit up that day watching that game,” Henry said. “But, yeah, now it’s my turn, so got to take advantage of it. It’s going to be a hell of a game. The Chiefs are always tough.”
Although it’s a different year, Henry said the Baltimore holdovers who lost one win short of the Super Bowl last season naturally will feel Thursday night’s game a little more acutely.
“Of course it’s going to be that,” Henry said. “That was who they lost to to get to the big one, so I’m sure that’s in the back of their minds, and want to come out and play Ravens style of football, execute so that we get a ‘W.’ But yes, I’m sure that’s in the back of their minds, and I’m sure everybody is locked in and going to be ready to go.”
After beating Baltimore, Kansas City edged the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in Super Bowl LVIII. The Chiefs have won the past two NFL championship games, played in the previous six AFC title contests and reached the Super Bowl four times, with three victories, in the past five seasons.
But even with Kansas City’s success, Henry has a 4-2 record against the Chiefs, with 572 yards and eight touchdowns on 120 rushing attempts with the Titans. In four regular-season games against Kansas City, Henry has averaged 5.73 yards per carry.
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“They’re a great team,” Henry said. “Been a great team for a while now. Their defense is solid. I think they’re solid from top to bottom, have willing tacklers, they’re disruptive, so you just have to bring your A-game when you’re going up against those guys.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to have success when we’ve played them.”
That is not lost on Ravens coach John Harbaugh, whose team has won one of its past six games against Kansas City.
“It’s going to feel great to have Derrick Henry on our side,” Harbaugh said. “It’s going to be a wonderful thing. I’m looking forward to it.”
Henry joined Baltimore in free agency for a two-year, $16 million contract. Although the most accomplished running back available on the open market this offseason, Henry didn’t get the biggest deal after turning 30 years old on Jan. 4.
“My body feels the same,” Henry said. “It hasn’t changed much. I know the age difference, but my body still feels good.”
As last year’s league champion, Kansas City earned the privilege of hosting the first game of this NFL season. NBC will televise the contest.
“At the end of the day, it’s just football,” Henry said. “What I’ve been playing since I was 5 years old. But the atmosphere and it being the first game, at night, them coming off a Super Bowl, it being at home at Arrowhead — which you know the environment is going to be loud, it’s going to be hostile — but that’s what you want, especially on opening night with everybody watching the first game of the year to kick off the 2024 season, so I’m excited.
“It’s going to be fun, so I’m looking forward to it.”
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.
One of the top prospects in the 2027 boys’ high school basketball recruiting class recently trimmed his list of suitors, and the Kansas Jayhawks find themselves firmly in the mix.
KU is one of eight schools to make the cut for 2027 five-star small forward Demarcus Henry, according to On3 National Basketball Reporter Joe Tipton. His list of eight includes some of the best programs in the country: Kansas, Ohio State, Kentucky, North Carolina, BYU, Arkansas, UConn, and Louisville.
The 6-foot-7 Charlotte, North Carolina, native is one of the best players in the 2027 class. He’s currently ranked as the No. 5 player overall and the No. 1 player at his position, according to the most recent On3.com 2027 player rankings.
As a junior this past year at Compass Prep High School in Chandler, Arizona, Henry averaged 15.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 2.2 steals per game as he helped lead his team to a 25-3 record.
He followed that up with an impressive performance at the NBPA Top 100 camp this summer, leading all attendees in scoring (20.0 points per game) and rebounding (9.3 rebounds per game). He was also a member of the 2026 USA Men’s U18 National Team that earned a silver medal at the FIBA U18 AmeriCup earlier this summer in León, Mexico.
When speaking about his game, Henry mentions his versatility and how he’s developed over the past year.
“I’m just very versatile,” Henry told Rivals in a previous interview. “I can play one through four and just help my teammates and hit shots and play defense. I watch a lot of KD (Kevin Durant) and Paul George. How they score it, and how they could shoot off the dribble, shoot off the catch. I’ve gotten tougher and just more aggressive when I transferred AZ Compass and just being able to get downhill, I feel like that’s really developed for me.”
When asked about what he’s looking for in a potential home at the college level, Henry says he wants to be challenged and grow his game for the NBA.
“What I’m looking for in school is someone that just pushes me to be better,” Henry said. “Help me grow into the person I know I can be and someone who will help me reach my potential. I want to play for a coach that will hold me accountable and help me make me uncomfortable and keep growing and keep getting better and just help me reach the NBA, which is my ultimate goal.”
Early Contenders
Right now the early favorite to land Henry may be the basketball program with the least amount of notoriety of the final eight schools – and that is Ohio State.
Henry has a lot of familial ties to the university as his older brother Chris Henry Jr. is a five-star incoming freshman wide receiver for the Buckeyes football team this year, and his older sister Seini Henry is a talented women’s basketball player at Ohio State.
He’s already taken an unofficial visit to the school and has also taken an unofficial visit to BYU. Thus far, they are the only schools to have received a visit.
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The Royals have been linked to shortstop Jacob Lombard out of Gulliver Prep (Fla.) — if he makes it that far — left-hander Gio Rojas out of Stoneman Douglas (Fla.) HS, outfielder Eric Booth Jr. out of Oak Grove (Fla.) HS, UC Santa Barbara right-hander Jackson Flora and Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress, among others. Maybe they shake up the board and go with Huntington Beach (Calif.) HS left-hander/outfielder Jacob Grindlinger, who is just 17 years old after reclassifying for this year’s Draft and has legitimate upside as a two-way player. Grindlinger is No. 16 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 250 Draft prospects list and is rising on boards as Draft day nears.
Prep players usually mean a lot of upside but with more risk, while college players bring a higher floor and more experience — often with a chance to move quickly. Over the full Draft, the Royals are going to value both.
“There’s a good mix of high school and college,” Bridges said. “To tell you the truth, our range is pretty broad. There’s a clear-cut four players, five players in this Draft, and then believe it or not, where we’re picking, you can go a number of different directions. So we have a pretty good balance of what we’re looking at, both high school and college.”
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