Titan’s Running Back Derrick Henry To Have Foot Surgery

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Derrick Henry. Photo: Donald Page/Tennessee Titans

After a huge division win against the Colts on Sunday, Oct. 31, the Titans announced that running back Derrick Henry is set to undergo foot surgery on Tuesday, Nov. 2. There is no timetable for when he will return, but is expected to miss 6-8 weeks.

“Derrick is going to have surgery in the morning,” said head coach Mike Vrabel at a press conference on Monday. “We are not going to put a timeline on when he may return. I know that he’ll do everything that he can to work himself back, to be able to help this football team. And whenever that is, that’s when it will be.”

So far this season, Henry has totaled 937 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns on 219 attempts, along with 18 receptions for 154 yards to give him a total of 1,091 scrimmage yards. Last season he tallied 2,027 rushing yards, earning his second rushing title of his career.

“I know that Derrick will be around our team as soon as he can,” Vrabel said. “I know that is important to him, and I know that will be important to our team… We’ll have to move on unfortunately without him in the short term and not look back.”

The Titans currently have three running backs on its roster: Jeremy McNichols, who is on the active roster, and practice squad running backs Dontrell Hilliard and Mekhi Sargent.

“Since [Jeremy’s] been here, whether that is on the active roster or the practice squad, he has always just done what the team needed him to do–special teams, run the football, protect,” Vrabel said. “He has a certain level of toughness that we respect. He has done a nice job in protection and he has done a nice job in the screen game, so we have confidence in him.”

The Titans are set to take in the red hot Los Angeles Rams in LA on Sunday, Nov. 7. The Rams have bulked up its defense by trading for Super Bowl L MVP Von Miller.

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