Education
Henry attended Yulee High School in Yulee, Florida, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track.
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Henry attended Yulee High School in Yulee, Florida, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track.
He holds the national high school football record for career rushing yards. On December 5, 2015 he broke Herschel Walker"s single season college rushing yards record in the Securities and Exchange Commission in two more games but about 40 fewer carries than Walker. He played as a running back for the Yulee Hornets football team
He ran for 2,465 yards and 26 scores as a freshman in 2009.
He was named a first-team All-Coast at running back in 2010 after rushing for 2,788 yards and 38 touchdowns while averaging 8.9 yards per attempt. He rushed for 2,610 yards and 34 scores as a junior in 2011 to earn first-team All-Coast honors from the Florida Times-Union.
He set the Florida high school record with a 510-yard performance against Jacksonville Jackson and averaged 9.2 yards per carry and 327.8 yards per game as a senior, finishing the season with a state-record 4,261 yards and 55 touchdowns. He finished his high school football career with 12,124 career rushing yards, which broke Ken Hall"s career record.
He also rushed for 153 career touchdowns.
He played for the East squad in the 2013 United States. Army All-American Bowl, where he rushed for 53 yards with a touchdown and a two-point conversion. Also a standout track & field athlete, Henry competed as a sprinter at Yulee from 2010 to 2011. He posted a personal-best time of 11.11 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 2011 FHSAA 2A District 3 Championships, where he placed seventh.
Considered a five-star recruit by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com, Henry was listed as the Number.
1 athlete (player with no designated position) in the nation in 2013. After originally committing to the University of Georgia, Henry committed to the University of Alabama in September 2012.
As a true freshman in 2013, Henry rushed for 382 yards on 36 carries with three touchdowns. During the 2014 Sugar Bowl, he rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on eight carries and had a 61-yard touchdown reception.
Sharing time with T. J. Yeldon his sophomore year in 2014, Henry rushed for 990 yards on 172 carries with 11 touchdowns.
With Yeldon in the NFL, Henry took over as the starting running back as a junior in 2015. Playing in all 15 games, he rushed for Securities and Exchange Commission records 2,219 yards and 28 touchdowns on 395 carries. During Alabama"s victory over Clemson in the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship, he rushed for 158 yards on 36 carries with three touchdowns.
During the game, he also broke Shaun Alexander"s record for most career rushing yards in Alabama history.
College statistics
2016 NFL Draft.
He was also a member of the 4×100 and 4×400 squads.