Darrell
Henderson.
Darrell
Henderson.
Memphis· 5'8"· 208 lb· 4.49s 40
Shanahan outside zone offensive system that prioritizes speed and agility over brute force, featuring wide zone runs and play-action concepts.
Year 1: Change-of-pace back and receiving threat. Ceiling: High-volume starter in a speed-based outside zone scheme.
A traditional power running game where he's asked to consistently run between the tackles against stacked boxes.
Henderson's quick decision-making and burst make him an ideal fit for schemes that create horizontal stretch and utilize his receiving ability.
Selected #70 overall in Round 3 of the 2019 NFL Draft by Los Angeles Rams out of Memphis.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.49sp50
- Vertical
- 33.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 121inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- 22repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | RecYds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Memphis | 13 | 87 | 482 | 5 | 20 | 237 |
| 2017 | Memphis | 12 | 130 | 1154 | 9 | 24 | 226 |
| 2018 | Memphis | 13 | 214 | 1909 | 22 | 19 | 295 |
| Career | — | 38 | 431 | 3545 | 36 | 63 | 758 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Darrell Henderson played five seasons in the NFL, primarily as a running back for the Los Angeles Rams, where he contributed to their Super Bowl LVI victory. He had a brief stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2023.