OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Operating again Derrick Henry might be stiff-arming tacklers for the Baltimore Ravens for a short while longer.
Henry reached a two-year, $30 million extension with the Ravens on Wednesday, his agent instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter. This new deal retains the 31-year-old Henry off the free agent market after this season and rewards him with the biggest deal in NFL historical past for a operating again over 30.
The Ravens later introduced the settlement however didn’t disclose monetary phrases.
Earlier than this extension, Henry was getting into the ultimate 12 months of a two-year, $16 million contract which he outperformed in his first season in Baltimore. Now, he’ll obtain $25 million in assured cash, in line with Henry’s agent, and stay beneath contract by the 2027 season.
Baltimore’s new cope with Henry comes two months after the Tremendous Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles made Saquon Barkley the NFL’s highest-paid operating again with a two-year, $41.2 million extension. Ravens officers talked this offseason about getting an extension executed with Henry, who ranked thirteenth amongst operating backs with a median of $8 million per season.
With this extension, Henry can earn a complete of $37 million over the subsequent three years — he was due $7 million in his last 12 months of his earlier contract with Baltimore — which makes him the fourth-highest paid operating again within the league. His common of $12.3 million per season would put him behind Barkley ($20.6 million), Christian McCaffrey ($19 million) and Jonathan Taylor ($14 million).
Henry took to X on Wednesday to thank the Ravens, his teammates and the workforce’s followers:
Flockkkkkk 🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛💜🫡💪🏾
God is sweet !! 🙏🏾🙏🏾@Ravens I am appreciative & grateful for everybody aside of this nice group & a BIG S/O to all my teammates to have the ability to make this doable 🤞🏾. Thanks Flock Nation for at all times supporting . Working as arduous I can to have the ability to…— Derrick Henry (@KingHenry_2) Might 14, 2025
After spending his first eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans, Henry proved to be the best match within the Ravens’ offense with quarterback Lamar Jackson and ran for 1,921 yards, which was essentially the most by a participant 30 or older in NFL historical past. He averaged a career-best 5.9 yards per carry and set a Ravens franchise report with 18 whole touchdowns.
It was final 12 months at the moment when Henry was being requested if his finest days had been behind him. He was coming off a 2023 season during which he recorded 68.6 dashing yards per sport and 4.2 yards per carry, each of which had been his lowest since 2018.
After saying he would “let my play communicate for my age,” Henry grew to become the fourth operating again over the previous decade to provide over 1,000 yards dashing at 30 or older. He joined Adrian Peterson, Frank Gore and Raheem Mostert.
Ravens coaches and gamers lauded Henry for his work ethic and his means to take some strain off Jackson, who totaled profession highs of 4,172 yards passing and 41 landing passes in his first season with Henry. Towards the top of final season, Jackson playfully in contrast Henry to Lightning McQueen from the film “Vehicles.”
Getting into his tenth season, Henry ranks nineteenth on the NFL’s all-time dashing listing with 11,423 yards. He can crack the highest 10 and surpass Tony Dorsett with 1,317 yards this season.
