#Titans running back @KingHenry_2 hosted a back-to-school event today in Yulee.
Henry gave out school supplies, Backpacks, and Bikes to 200 kids.@wjxt4 pic.twitter.com/35Y0af3csk
— Jamal St. Cyr (@JStCyrTV) July 3, 2021
Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry is no stranger to giving back to both the community he grew up in and the one he currently plays in since coming to the NFL, and we saw that once again on Thursday.
Henry returned home to host a back-to-school event in Yulee, Florida, lending a helping hand and providing school supplies, backpacks and bicycles to 200 kids to help get them ready for the coming school year.
The Alabama product has done something similar multiple times over the course of his career with the Titans, providing school supplies to both students and teachers in Tennessee over the past few years.
“It’s a blessing to be a blessing to kids,” Henry told Jim Wyatt of Titans Online back in 2018. “It’s a chance to provide these kids things they need for school – book bags, water bottles, clothes, shoes, anything they need for sports. If they play Pop Warner sports, it can help them. It’s one less thing for their parents to get.
“I was just like them when I was a kid. I wanted to get cleats, I wanted to get clothes, and I wanted to get cool shoes. It was always important to me, to look good going to school. I always wanted to look the best, dress the best. So this is fun for me, and it’s fun to help them out. I love spending time with kids.”
As good of a football player as Henry is on the field, he’s an even better human being off of it. The Titans, and the NFL, couldn’t have a better representative than the man we call “The King.”
