### **Henry Soars to No. 2 in ESPN's 2025 Running Back Rankings**
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45589580/ranking-nfl-top-10-running-backs-2025-execs-coaches-scouts-make-their-picks-best-rushers) began rolling out its 2025 top 10 player rankings at each position based on a survey of league executives, coaches, and scouts.
Running backs were up first, and Henry came in at No. 2, up seven spots from last year's rankings.
"Mr. Laughs-at-First-Contact still refuses to go down," ESPN's Jeremy Fowler wrote. "Henry's 830 rushing yards after contact in 2024 – his first season with the Ravens – were 191 more than the next-closest player (Josh Jacobs). His 3,634 yards after contact since 2020 is 900-plus yards more than the rest of the field. All of this is nothing new. Tackling Henry is forever an arduous task. But coming off 1,921 yards and 16 touchdowns, Henry appears averse to the running back cliff to which most 30-somethings succumb.
"Somehow, Henry is proving more efficient with age. Henry's 5.9 yards per rush last season represented the highest mark by a player with 250 carries in a season since Adrian Peterson in 2012 (6.0). And his 13 career games with 150 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns ties Jim Brown for the most in NFL history."
At 31, Henry was the only player on the list over 30.
"He'll slow down at some point, but he's got elite body composition and elite work ethic," an AFC executive said. "He's a monster. No one wants to tackle him, and then when he wears you down, that's when he breaks off that big run."
Saquon Barkley of the Philadelphia Eagles took the No. 1 spot. Henry was the only other running back to receive a first-place vote.