The Titans have reworked star running back Derrick Henry’s contract and will make him the highest-paid player at his position for the 2022 season, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. His $2 million raise brings his salary to $14 million for the year, but Tennessee did not add years onto his current deal.
As it stands, 2023 is the last season of his current contract. If both sides don’t agree on an extension next offseason, Henry will become an unrestricted free agent in 2024.
Henry has not only been one of the best running backs in the NFL, but he has put together one of the best stretches in NFL history until injury hampered his success in 2021. The star tailback rushed for 2,027 yards in 2020, becoming just the eighth person in NFL history to reach the milestone. He was on pace to do the same again last season, but he suffered a Jones fracture in Week 8 that would end up sidelining him for the remainder of the regular season.
