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Derrick Henry Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week After Career Night

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Derrick Henry continues to pile accolades like a stack of pancakes.

Henry earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the 10th time in his career Wednesday after lifting the Ravens to a 41-24 win over the Packers Saturday night.

Henry ran for a season-high 216 yards and four touchdowns on a career-high 36 carries in the victory. His dominant performance kept Baltimore alive in the playoff mix and helped secure Sunday's AFC North title game against the Steelers.

With Lamar Jackson out with a back contusion, the Ravens leaned on Henry, and the strategy paid dividends.

"Tonight was really fun," Henry said after the game. "I'm built for this. This is what I train for."

Saturday marked Henry's seventh career game with 200+ rushing yards, passing Adrian Peterson and O.J. Simpson for the most such games by a player in NFL history.

Henry joined Jim Brown as the only players with multiple games with 200+ rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns. He also surpassed Tony Dorsett to move into 10th place on the NFL's all-time rushing yards list (12,892).

Henry has 1,469 rushing yards, the third most in the league, and 16 touchdowns on 287 carries this season.

He'll look to build on last week's performance in Pittsburgh on "Sunday Night Football."

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