There might not be a harder worker in the NFL than Baltimore Ravens running back, Derrick Henry.
As has been well-documented, Henry spends over $240,000 on body maintenance during the offseason, so it comes as no surprise that he's always in great shape.
That body maintenance, according to The Athletic's Dan Pompei, includes the use of massages, hyperbaric oxygen, infrared saunas, IVs with vitamins and nutrients, and a personal chef for his meals.
Henry also adheres to a strict diet, as you'd imagine. His diet does not include fried food, dairy, gluten or artificial sugars, and he doesn't mess around with eating until four or five o'clock during the season. Before practice, if he eats anything at all, Henry will have a banana or avocado.
As if all that wasn't enough, Henry is rarely not working out. He has a very strict regimen and works with some of the best trainers in the world, and there is basically no offseason for one of the true superstars in the NFL.
Just in case you thought Henry was going to break away from his workout routine and expensive body maintenance that makes him a physical unicorn, think again.
During a press conference announcing his two-year, $30 million contract extension on Monday, Henry revealed that taking so much as a week off following the season-ending loss to the Buffalo Bills bothered him.
Adding to that, Henry actually squeezed in a 6 a.m. workout before going to the aforementioned press conference, and did so after just a half hour of sleep.
"Henry took only a week off after the 2024 season," The Athletic's Jeff Zrebiec wrote. "Said it was killing him not working out. So a week after Buffalo loss, he went back to work. Also said he got here in 6 am hour today after sleeping only for half hour. Wanted to get workout in before press conference."
Is all of this obsessive? Certainly, but that's part of the reason Henry is so great. The results speak for themselves.
Henry has been arguably the most dominant running back of his generation. He's got six 1,000-yard seasons in the last seven, and the season he didn't hit that mark saw him fall short because of a broken foot. Before that, he had a whopping 973 yards in just eight games.
Henry has also broken the 2,000-yard mark during his career, and would've done so again in 2021 if not for the injury. In all, Henry has five Pro Bowl nods, four All-Pro selections, and an Offensive Player of the Year award.
Many thought we'd start to see his decline last season as Henry crossed over 30, but he went in the opposite direction. Henry's 1,921 rushing yards were the second-most of his career, and the second-most in the NFL behind Saquon Barkley.
In our book, Henry has already punched his ticket to Canton and anything he does moving forward is only icing on the cake.