Who Is This Great FL HS Player? Travis Henry/Frostproof

[OldSchoolLion 1,867]

This guy put on one of the most amazing offensive performances ever in an FHSAA title game, yet his team lost the title game.  He was a hs All-American.  He set school records while playing in the SEC and helped lead his team to a national championship.  He played for a number of years in the NFL and was a Pro Bowl selection. 

Who is he?

[ColumbiaHighFan2017class 2,557]

10 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

This guy put on one of the most amazing offensive performances ever in an FHSAA title game, yet his team lost the title game.  He was a hs All-American.  He set school records while playing in the SEC and helped lead his team to a national championship.  He played for a number of years in the NFL and was a Pro Bowl selection. 

Who is he?

This a shot in dark but maybe Fred Taylor?

[OldSchoolLion 1,867]

19 minutes ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

This a shot in dark but maybe Fred Taylor?

Glades Central did not play in a state final when Fred Taylor was there.  Nice try, though.

[Big Ray 12]

1 hour ago, ColumbiaHighFan2017class said:

This a shot in dark but maybe Fred Taylor?

Travis Henry

[Big Ray 12]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolLion said:

This guy put on one of the most amazing offensive performances ever in an FHSAA title game, yet his team lost the title game.  He was a hs All-American.  He set school records while playing in the SEC and helped lead his team to a national championship.  He played for a number of years in the NFL and was a Pro Bowl selection. 

Who is he?

Travis Henry

[Cat_Scratch 676]

Wilber Marshall? 

[OldSchoolLion 1,867]

22 hours ago, Big Ray said:

Travis Henry

In 1996, playing for Frostproof High, Travis Henry rushed for 4087 yards and 34 TD's , averaging 11.3 yards per carry.  In the 3A state title game in Daytona Beach, Henry rushed for a state title game record 328 yards.  That effort enabled him to break a 43 year-old national record for the most rushing yards in a season.  Unfortunately, it was not enough, and Frostproof lost the title game to two-time defending state champion Union County.   

That season, he shattered the state single-season rushing record of 2,969 yards set by University Christian's Willie McClendon in 1987.  He rushed for 14 straight 200-yard games and finished with 19 in all.  Henry finished his hs career with 7,221 rushing yards and 79 touchdowns.  

Henry played 4 years at Tennessee, rushing for 3,078 yards. He made the All-SEC team in 2000, his senior year.  He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills, where he became one of the Bills' all-time leading rushers.  Henry played for 7 seasons in the NFL, where he rushed for about 6,000 career yards.

Playing for Tennessee in a game that featured one of the most improbable endings in NCAA history, Travis Henry(#20) took over at the end of the game and scored the winning touchdown.  The fun starts at about 4:00, when everyone thought the game was over.  The article below discusses the game. 

http://knoxblogs.com/volhistorian/2007/11/14/the_stoerner_stumble/

 

 

[RichardZacke 3]

Derrick Henry (something with that last name!) was also a monster back from Florida!

High school statistics[edit] 

Derrick Henry			Rushing
Year	Team	GP	Att	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	Lng	TD
2009	Yulee	11	313	2,465	7.9	224.1	–	26
2010	Yulee	12	313	2,788	8.9	232.3	75	38
2011	Yulee	12	309	2,610	8.4	217.5	90	34
2012	Yulee	13	462	4,261	9.2	327.8	80	55
Career		48	1,397	12,124	8.7	252.6	90	153

College statistics[edit]

Derrick Henry		Rushing					Receiving
Year	Team	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
2013	Alabama	35	382	10.6	80T	3	1	61	61.0	61T	1
2014	Alabama	172	990	5.8	49	11	5	133	26.6	49	2
2015	Alabama	395	2,219	5.6	74T	28	11	91	8.3	28	0
Career		602	3,591	6.0	80T	42	17	285	16.8	61T	3

NFL statistics[edit]

 

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	FUM	Lost
2016	TEN	15	2	110	490	4.5	22	5	13	137	10.5	29	0	0	0
2017	TEN	16	2	176	744	4.2	75T	5	11	136	12.4	66T	1	1	0
2018	TEN	16	12	215	1,059	4.9	99T	12	15	99	6.6	21	0	1	1
2019	TEN	8	8	151	581	3.8	34	5	8	128	16.0	75T	1	3	1
Career		55	24	652	2,874	4.4	99T	27	47	500	10.6	75T	2	5	2

Regular season[edit]

 

[A-Town 561 30]

On 10/29/2019 at 8:13 PM, OldSchoolLion said:

Glades Central did not play in a state final when Fred Taylor was there.  Nice try, though.

Hey... He would have if the coach didn't blow a 35-14 lead over Lake Wales. 

[A-Town 561 30]

Santino Homes  WR form Glades Central...... and yes he played in a  WINNING state championship team that had a better winning streak than Vero. I don't think he was ever beaten in high school. Not to mention, He was a state champion in track as well.