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NFL draft profile: Alabama RB Derrick Henry, massive power runner (Shutdown Corner)

Shutdown Corner is counting down the top 50 prospects in the 2016 NFL draft with a scouting report, quotes from NFL evaluators and a projection where they might be drafted.

25. Alabama RB Derrick Henry
6-foot-3, 247 pounds

Key stat: Henry's 395 carries in 2015 were the fifth-most in college football season since 1956. He joined Bo Jackson and Herschel Walker as the only SEC backs to post four 200-yard rushing games in a season.

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The skinny: Downhill, massive runner with rare dimensions and good straight-line speed.