after watching Alex Collins and Derick Henry tonight, I am just glad Chump passed on both so he could take Adam Lane?????
Derick Henry
- Thread starter Michi-Gator
- Start date
Well, to be fair, think what we'd be like right now if we also had Derrick Henry at linebacker.
LSU proved what ive been saying all year, they are a nothing one dimensional same team as UGA every year. We lost to them because of a few arm punts with bad calls and bad bounces. Treon threw for almost 300 on them but couldn't complete a 3 yard screen pass against Vandy.
Altho' this thread had already fallen off the first index page of the 'Gator Sports Forum', down to overall position 56 (as of 7 p.m. Nov. 15), readers might be interested to learn that the week-later thread that's cluelessly titled "Is This True?"[*] is also about Derrick Henry. He's now a junior starter at running back for Alabama, after having been a 5-star member of the national recruiting class of 2013.
I expect renewed interest in this guy, as Gator attention turns from FSU to the SEC Championship Game. So it'd be a great idea to have this thread easily recognizable & available for then. Perhaps an ITG moderator would be interested in merging the 2 threads under a title that incorporates the player's name, instead of under the interrogative title that provides zero information?
-------
Note *: "This"!? Dayyam! Is what true? <http://florida.forums.rivals.com/threads/is-this-true.27674/>.
Last edited:
Yulee High in Nassau County (the N.E.-most county in Florida), as I elaborated in the unneeded parvenue thread about the same player.[*]
Consider Henry's years playing high-school football[#]; among what he could see happening in college football [##]:
- 2009/2010 (fr.): 14--0 Bama won "2010" BCS National Championship Game against Texas Longhorns, 37–21.
- 2010/2011 (so.): 10--3 Bama won "2011" Capital One Bowl against Michigan State Spartans, 49–7.
- 2011/2012 (jr.): 12--1 Bama won "2012" BCS National Championship Game [do-over] against LSU Tigers, 21–0 [thus awarded the substantial competitive advantage of freedom from the burden of having to prepare for--and win--the SEC Championship Game].
- 2012/×(e.e. sr.): 13--1 Bama won "2013" BCS National Championship Game against Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 42–14.
-------
Note *: My reply in the one with the clueless title: <http://florida.forums.rivals.com/threads/is-this-true.27674/#post-480548>. Which I think still ought to be moderator-merged with the earlier thread, that being the one with the player's name in the title, in which I'm now replying. Altho' I infer from several sources that the correct spelling of his first name is "Derrick".
Note #: By reckoning backward from him being in the "recruiting class of 2013", but later confirmed by <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Henry>.
Note ##: Extracted & edited from <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_seasons>, with my added commentary placed within brackets.
Last edited:
Literally an Urban legend. It was Urban that did that. Muschamp wanted a big back like Henry, but by then it was too late. Henry was too interested in what Bama had to offer.
Damn dude, I know Chump is your boy and all, but blaming Meyer for a recruit in the 2013 class. Damn.
But no worries, Chump outsmarted them all and landed Adam Lane. Could I also add that Chump ran off UF signee Ryan Shazier because his 'measurables' didn't meet specifications. Lol, yet a first round NFL pick. Dude was clueless
When I look at Henry it kind of amazes me. He's got skinny calves just like I do (well, proportionately) 
He's fast when he hits the second level, but he's not Fournette smashing into the line. No one runs Henry down, but he's considered a power back. Yes he is strong as a bull, but his big runs are after he gets through the line of scrimmage. He's an enigma..huge upper body and skinny legs.....he's more Hershel Walker than a battering ram. Catch hjm behind the line and he's human. Once he gets a head of steam there's no stopping him.
He's fast when he hits the second level, but he's not Fournette smashing into the line. No one runs Henry down, but he's considered a power back. Yes he is strong as a bull, but his big runs are after he gets through the line of scrimmage. He's an enigma..huge upper body and skinny legs.....he's more Hershel Walker than a battering ram. Catch hjm behind the line and he's human. Once he gets a head of steam there's no stopping him.
