🏈 Henry's place in the record books: UA, SEC, and NCAA

[TerryP]

Two points of note:

Gone unnoticed I guess ... DH is looking at at least four more games, possibly six, to put his name in the Bama record books. He's currently 426 yards away from breaking the single season rushing record.

His 38 carries last night were the third most in Bama history.

1. Johnny Musso: 42 vs. Auburn, 1970.
2. Shaud Williams: 40 vs. Tennessee, 2003.

 

[UAgrad93]

Well, Henry will definitely get plenty of touches next week in StarkVegas and then hopefully only 15-18 against Charleston before running roughshod over the Barn!

 

[rick4bama]

Two points of note:

Gone unnoticed I guess ... DH is looking at at least four more games, possibly six, to put his name in the Bama record books. He's currently 426 yards away from breaking the single season rushing record.

His 38 carries last night were the third most in Bama history.

1. Johnny Musso: 42 vs. Auburn, 1970.
2. Shaud Williams: 40 vs. Tennessee, 2003.

1. Johnny Musso: 42 vs. Auburn, 1970 A 15 year old boy listening to the game on the radio in his bedroom. Didn't like the outcome.
2. Shaud Williams: 40 vs. Tennessee, 2003 A 48 year old man watching the game listing to Vern and Gary. Love the outcome.

We may be seeing something great these next three games.

 

[BamaFan334]

We will get those yards. Cooper and Henry in the last two years have been fun to watch.

 

[Bamaholic#1]

I hope we don't see Henry with 30+ touches again. Save those ostrich legs.

 

[alabama mike]

I think DH has a good chance to pick up major yards in 2 of the 3 games left in the regular season. Hopefully, he does not see the field after halftime in the other game. After that, it's win and advance with DH leading the charge.

 

[Bama Guy]

Hope DH gets a rest. Look what 2 weeks did for him.......and the team. RTR

 

[TerryP]

I hope we don't see Henry with 30+ touches again.

I don't see how he doesn't get a lot of carries against Mississippi State. I suspect (and hope) the goal is going to be keeping Dak on the sidelines as much as the team can.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[TerryP]

Another ...

This one may be out of reach even with six games as a possibility.

Ingram set the career record for rushing touchdowns at UA with 42. Henry is sitting at 31 going into next weekend. This past weekend he passed Eddie Lacy for 5th place all time.

 

[Rolltide24]

I'm in the camp that hopes we share the load of at all possible in Starkville. Of course this may not be an option based on the score. But also would prefer we not use him at all against the Arizona School of Ice Making. His load has been very heavy this year and the most important games will still be ahead of us.

 

[BamaFan334]

I doubt he hits the 11 touchdowns before season end, but with Kiffin finally learning to ride the big guy, I think it's more possible now than before if that makes any sense. If we make it to the playoffs and go to the National Championship game I think he will hit it.

 

[c5vetman]

I hope he scores 11 touchdowns against the barn, alone...

 

[TerryP]

222 ...

I didn't realize he was this close to leading the nation in rushing yards.

 

[BamaFan334]

222 ...

I didn't realize he was this close to leading the nation in rushing yards.

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I knew he had to be close after another two hundred yard game and Fournette being stonewalled against us. If he can stay healthy, I think he will take the nation's leading rusher title.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Right now, Henry's matching Ingram's yards per carry during his Heisman campaign, but Henry's averaging about 4.5 carries more per game. He only had 22 carries against State, although Bama had just 55 snaps and a season low 30 rushing attempts. We average about 42 rushing attempts a game, so Henry's getting roughly 57 percent of the attempts on the season, but got 73 percent Saturday. Ingram got 45 percent of the carries in 2009. Of note is Henry's 147 against Wisconsin came on just 13 carries.

In particular with Drake out, I think they don't trust another RB to carry the ball when the game is in question. We're using our WR's to jet sweep, I think, as a change of pace and reduce Henry's workload a touch. We don't have that number three back that the coaches trust, the ones we've used in the past to bludgeon an opponent into submission and rest our 1/2 combination, that Fowler/Lacy/Upchurch with havoc-wreaking fresh legs. Hopefully one will break through and help carry the load this week, and be serviceable in the aubrun and potentially Florida games.

I expect Henry will get 90 to 130 or so against CSo next week (depending on whether he breaks a long run in the first half) and then we'll see a good second half mix of Harris, Bo and I guess Gore (haven't kept up with him since he was getting mop up duty earlier this year - is he healthy?) since Clark is out with the achilles.

RTR,

Tim

 

[TerryP]

Right now, Henry's matching Ingram's yards per carry during his Heisman campaign,

 

[TerryP]

I thought this narrative was interesting this past Saturday.

CBS, and their coverage, focused on this being back-to-back games for 200+ yards. SECN's Saturday night crew started three out of four ... and it seems to have stuck.

His third 200-yard game in four Saturdays pushed Alabama past Mississippi State while other contenders are slipping

 

[It Takes Eleven]

222 ...

I didn't realize he was this close to leading the nation in rushing yards.

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1,458 yards YTD. The Bama season record is Trent's at 1,679, correct? That should fall easily and, honestly, he may become the Tide's first 2,000 yard season rusher. Three 200 yard games out of his last five or six will have him approaching Shaun's career total. Although that sounds unrealistic, Henry's last four games, all against SEC competition, have gone
32-236/2 (aTm), 28-143/2 (UT), 38-210/3 (LSU), and 22-204/2 (MSU).

RTR,

Tim

 

[Mr. Pink]

So as it stands now:

1 more TD for the single season TD record

154 more for the single season yardage record

Both of those are going to be his.


8 more TDs to break Ingram's career mark

668 yards for Shaun's career yardage mark



He has at the very least, 2 more games and most likely 3 more games.... then potentially a 4th game. If he gets all 4 games and doesn't have a "bust" game, but at leaves performs to his average, he should have the records..... and that is in only 3 years, only 1 of which he was the feature back. Incredible.