The Titans Replacing Derrick Henry With Tony Pollard, AP Source Says

NASHVILLE, Tenn.: The Tennessee Titans are changing four-time Pro Bowl working again Derrick Henry with Tony Pollard.

Pollard and the Titans agreed Monday to a $24 million, three-year contract, an individual acquainted with the deal informed The Associated Press. The individual spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity as a result of free brokers can’t formally signal with new groups till Wednesday when the NFL’s new league 12 months begins.

The Titans drafted Tyjae Spears final season. Spears was the backup to Henry. The eight-year veteran, who turned 30 in January, is poised to hit free company Wednesday for the primary time in his profession.

Pollard, 26, was a fourth-round choose by Dallas in 2019 out of Memphis. He has had back-to-back 1,000-yard dashing seasons with the Cowboys utilizing the franchise tag on Pollard for the 2023 season.

The Cowboys declined to tag Pollard for a second straight season regardless of him working for 1,005 yards and 6 touchdowns. Pollard additionally had a career-high 55 receptions for 311 yards.

Pollard has 3,621 yards dashing in his profession on 762 carries, averaging 4.8 per rush. He additionally has 176 receptions for 1,319 yards and 5 TDs.

Henry turned 30 in January. The 2015 Heisman Trophy winner led the NFL in carries with 280 and ranked second in dashing behind the 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey in 2023. He’s additionally certainly one of solely eight gamers to run for not less than 2,000 yards in a season and is tied for thirteenth in NFL historical past with 90 dashing TDs.

He is simply 508 yards shy of Eddie George’s franchise dashing mark of 10,009 yards.

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AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi contributed to this report.

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