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Henry moves into NFL's top 10 for career rushing yards

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Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry passed Tony Dorsett to move into 10th place on the NFL's all-time rushing yards list during Saturday's game against the Green Bay Packers.

Henry, who entered the matchup with 12,676 career rushing yards, topped Dorsett's 12,739 yards on Baltimore's second offensive possession.

Rank Player Yards
1 Emmitt Smith 18355
2 Walter Payton 16726
3 Frank Gore 16000
4 Barry Sanders 15269
5 Adrian Peterson 14918
6 Curtis Martin 14101
7 LaDainian Tomlinson 13684
8 Jerome Bettis 13662
9 Eric Dickerson 13259
10 Derrick Henry* 12740

* denotes active player

On that same drive, Henry scored another first-half touchdown of the day to tie Adrian Peterson for fourth all time in career touchdown runs (120). Minutes later, he found the end zone again to pass Peterson with TD No. 121.

Emmitt Smith (164), LaDainian Tomlinson (145), and Marcus Allen (123) are now the only other running backs ahead of him on that list.

Henry's usage was a hot topic around the NFL entering Saturday's game after the Ravens didn't use the five-time Pro Bowler at all on their final two drives during last week's loss to the New England Patriots.

Henry was heavily involved early against Green Bay with Tyler Huntley starting at quarterback over an injured Lamar Jackson.

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