Derrick Henry poised to break Eric Dickerson’s single-season scoring record

Eric Dickerson’s single-season scoring record was set 40 years ago, but Derrick Henry is threatening to break it.

Henry leads the NFL in rushing yards with 873, averaging 124.7 yards per game. He’s on pace to finish with 2,120 yards on the season, which would break Dickerson’s record of 2,105 yards set in 1984 over a 16-game season.

Henry is averaging 5.84 yards per carry, which is higher than Dickerson’s 5.6 yards per carry average in his record-breaking season. Through seven games, Henry is averaging more yards per carry than Dickerson, Terrell Davis, Jamal Lewis and OJ Simpson in their best seasons.