The Tennessee Titans have reworked famous person working again Derrick Henry's contract, making him the highest-paid participant on the place for the 2022 NFL season.
Henry's wage jumps from $12 million to $14 million, NFL Community reported.
Ezekiel Elliott ($12.4 million), Alvin Kamara ($11.5 million), Dalvin Cook dinner ($8.9 million) and Joe Mixon ($8.7 million) are available behind Henry for 2022 working again salaries.
Henry, 28, initially signed a four-year, $50 million take care of the franchise in 2020. He'll nonetheless be a free agent after the 2023 season.
Henry missed 9 video games in 2021 resulting from a foot damage however returned for the postseason, the place the Titans misplaced at house to the Cincinnati Bengals within the AFC Divisional Spherical. The working again nonetheless mustered 937 speeding yards and 10 speeding touchdowns on 219 speeding makes an attempt (4.3 yards per carry).
Henry completed the 2020 season with an NFL-best 2,027 speeding yards and 17 speeding touchdowns on 378 speeding makes an attempt (5.4 yards per carry). He has three 1,000-plus-yard speeding seasons underneath his belt.
Tennessee chosen Henry with the forty fifth choose within the 2016 NFL Draft out of Alabama.
