Ravens’ Derrick Henry sets the record straight on his diet

While Derrick Henry was running for 151 yards and two touchdowns during the Baltimore Ravens’ 28-25 victory over the Dallas Cowboys last week, viewers of the FOX Sports coverage of the NFL game got some insight into the former Alabama All-American running back’s rigid diet.

FOX Sports’ Tom Rinaldi said Henry’s new teammates in Baltimore took note of his “obsessive dedication” to physical conditioning and reported the four-time Pro Bowl ball-carrier “spends more than a quarter of a million dollars on what he calls body maintenance.”

Henry’s devotion to fitness extended to his diet, too, the report said, as he abstains from fried food, dairy products, gluten and artificial sugars. Rinaldi also said Henry doesn’t eat his first meal until 4 or 5 p.m. daily during the season unless he grabs a banana or avocado before practice.

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During an appearance on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” on Thursday, Henry said the report “gave me a little too much credit” with the last item.

“Eating at 4 and 5 is not something that, I think, is everyday sustainable,” Henry said. “It’s some days where I probably won’t eat until 4 or 5, which is days that I’m doing body recovery or doing IVs. But most of the time, I usually wait until 12 to eat a meal. In the morning, I eat like avocado, spinach and kale right as soon as I get in the building. But in the offseason, I usually fast until like 1 or 2 o’clock.

“Four or 5 o’clock every day, I would be a stick figure.”

With roster measurements of 6-foot-2 and 247 pounds, Henry is not a stick figure.

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The Heisman Trophy winner for Alabama’s 2015 CFP national-championship team, Henry is in his first season with Baltimore after eight with the Tennessee Titans. Henry changed teams in NFL free agency during the offseason.

The Ravens play the Buffalo Bills at 7:20 p.m. CDT Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. NBC will televise the game.

Henry will enter the game 217 rushing yards away from becoming the 32nd player in NFL history with 10,000 and three touchdowns away from becoming the 26th player in league history with 100.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.