OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Derrick Henry has been through this before: new head coach, new offensive coordinator, new position coach, new offense, new run concepts. He acknowledged there’s a feeling-out process to it all and there’s much that he and his Baltimore Ravens teammates have to learn in the coming days, weeks and months.Ultimately, though, that’s not what brought Henry back to the Under Armour Performance Center last week as the Ravens started the organized team activities phase of their offseason under Jesse Minter.Henry is 32. He’s a five-time Pro Bowl selection, the NFL’s 10th all-time leading rusher, a likely future Hall of Famer and one of the most widely respected and revered players in the league. His workout and training regimen is the stuff of legend. He’d be just about the last person on the roster who needs to show up to voluntary practices in the near 95-degree heat to make an impression on a new coaching staff and show the organization he’s been working and is fully invested.Yet, there he was last Tuesday, striding out of the locker room and onto the field with a clear purpose. There he was, returning to action after missing only a handful of plays following a scary knee-to-knee collision with a teammate that left Henry down on the ground and prompted a few teammates to take a knee and bow their heads.“It’s the same approach,” Henry said last week. “I love putting the work in, conditioning, being in the weight room, being around the guys. Around this time, this is where you get to tune up everything, make mistakes, learn from those mistakes. Then, when training camp comes around, you’re rolling. But the offseason is just putting the work in as much as you can so the results will show when it is time.”There is plenty of uncertainty about what the Ravens’ offense will look like with 30-year-old first-time play caller Declan Doyle holding the reins. Doyle spent time in New Orleans and Denver with Sean Payton. He was a non-play-calling offensive coordinator with the Chicago Bears last year under Ben Johnson. Looking at the Broncos’ and Bears’ offenses is probably a good place to start in imagining how Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson-led attack could evolve.Doyle said earlier this offseason that his offense will be physical, detailed and explosive. What didn’t need to be said is that Henry, still one of the league’s most physical and explosive backs a decade into his career, will remain one of the focal points. Why wouldn’t he be?At an age where running backs typically slow down or get phased out, Henry continues to prove he’s still one of the league’s best. Since signing with the Ravens in 2024 after eight seasons in Tennessee, Henry leads the league in carries (632), rushing yards (3,516), yards per carry (5.6), rushing touchdowns (32) and yards after contact (2,585), according to the NFL’s NextGen Stats.He’s finished second in the league in rushing in each of his two seasons in Baltimore. Last season was a struggle for the Ravens, and at times for Henry, whose three lost fumbles contributed to losses and the team’s 1-5 start. However, Henry mostly fixed his fumbling issues — he put the ball on the ground once over the final 14 games — and got stronger as the season progressed.Over Baltimore’s final five games, Henry rushed for 664 yards and six touchdowns and averaged just less than 6.5 yards per carry. Even during a season when the Ravens struggled mightily upfront and never really had the quarterback run threat they are accustomed to because of Jackson’s myriad injuries, Henry still had 1,595 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns. Only Buffalo’s James Cook (1,621) had more rushing yards, and only Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor (18) had more touchdowns.Still, Henry’s late-season surge was not enough to get the Ravens into the playoffs and prevent the seismic change that enveloped the organization about 36 hours into the offseason when 18-year head coach John Harbaugh was fired.In the following weeks, Harbaugh was hired as coach of the New York Giants. Willie Taggart, Henry’s position coach for his first two years in Baltimore, followed Harbaugh to New York. Baltimore’s offensive coordinator Todd Monken got the Cleveland Browns head coaching job.Former Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter was named Harbaugh’s successor. Minter tabbed Doyle as his offensive coordinator and hired longtime Pittsburgh Steelers assistant Eddie Faulkner as his running backs coach.“I mean, change can be good,” Henry said. “We’re all excited for everything. Everything is new, so we’re all just trying to learn, but also enjoying it, taking it day by day, not trying to get too overwhelmed, but just being present in the moment.”In Henry, Minter has his tone setter in the building and on the field. That’s precisely why players and coaches alike were reduced to silence and prayer when Henry stayed on the ground following the collision in last Tuesday’s OTA. Henry joked later that he probably milked the moment a little too long.“Derrick has run every scheme throughout his career, but when you change and terminology is different, you do need to learn formations, terminology, motions, all the different tags and cadence,” Minter said. “Just to see a guy like that with the experience and success that he’s had sort of go about his process of getting better, he’s an unbelievable example for everybody else on the team — offense, defense, whatever — of how you operate when you want to learn, and you want to be the best. It’s just unbelievable the way he goes about his business. It’s really cool to see. Thankful that he’s on our side, and we’re handing the ball to him.”Henry has had to pick up new offenses and said there’s no magic formula to navigating the learning curve. To him, it’s simply a matter of being a professional and putting in the work. He’s always embraced that part of football.He was asked last week whether he sought ways to “reinvent or freshen up” his routine this offseason. Henry, he of the climbing hills with a chain strapped to his waist offseason workouts, smiled at the question and joked that it’s gotten a little harder to get out of bed and touch his toes in the morning.Henry also downplayed the importance of becoming more vocal with his teammates, saying he’s comfortable speaking up, but would rather lead by example.“I like my work to show,” he said.As he enters his 11th season, Henry stands 5,338 yards shy of breaking the all-time rushing record, set by Emmitt Smith, who played 15 years in the NFL, all but two of them with the Dallas Cowboys. With a third consecutive 1,500-plus yard season for the Ravens, Henry would move just outside the top 5 in rushing yards.Henry, who is under contract with the Ravens through 2027 after signing an extension last year, doesn’t talk often about what his ascent up the NFL’s all-time rushing list means to him, but his teammates understand. They also know what a privilege it is to be blocking for him.“I don’t even have words to explain it,” veteran guard John Simpson said. “I’m not going to lie, but I mean, the best way I can explain it is it’s just like crazy. It’s going to be insane. It’s going to be fun for sure.”