{"id":834164,"date":"2026-07-30T20:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834164\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:24:13","slug":"derrick-henry-addresses-nfl-retirement-timeline-ahead-of-2026-season-with-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834164\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Henry Addresses NFL Retirement Timeline Ahead of 2026 Season with Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry revealed that he isn&#8217;t contemplating retirement as he prepares for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t try to enter another season thing about retiring and have that on my mind,&#8221; Henry said Thursday, per ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49490329\/ravens-henry-entering-11th-year-not-thinking-retirement\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jamison Hensley<\/a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s not even my mindset. My mindset is how can I get better, so we can be the best team we can be. I haven&#8217;t thought about retirement at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;I love the game and once I feel like that love is gone, then I&#8217;ll hang it up,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But I&#8217;m just focused on getting better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The 32-year-old has already spent 10 seasons in the NFL with the Ravens and Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Still, Henry didn&#8217;t show many signs of slowing down during his 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In 17 appearances, the five-time Pro Bowler rushed for 1,595 yards and 16 touchdowns while averaging 5.2 yards per carry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">His productivity was particularly impressive considering he faced at least eight defenders in the box on over 39 percent of his carries, the second-highest rate among all running backs (via\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/nextgenstats.nfl.com\/stats\/rushing#percent-eight-defenders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Next Gen Stats<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Henry also remained durable in 2025, suiting up in all 17 regular-season contests for the third consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">While he already sits at No. 10 on the NFL&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/history\/leaders\/_\/stat\/rushlead\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">all-time rushing list<\/a>, his teammates don&#8217;t envision him retiring in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;As long as he is having fun and he feels good, he could play as long as he wants because they do not build humans like that,&#8221; Ravens offensive tackle\u00a0Ronnie Stanley\u00a0said, per Hensley. &#8220;So, there are not many challengers, I would say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Henry will officially begin his 11th season when Baltimore travels to face the Indianapolis Colts in Week 1 on Sept. 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry revealed that he isn&#8217;t contemplating retirement as he prepares for the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-834164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}