TreVeyon Henderson Tired Of Talking About The Past, Ready For The Future

It has been about 50 weeks since Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson last played in a game where he wasn’t dealing with a foot injury. On Saturday in Bloomington, Indiana, Henderson will finally be back on the field feeling like his old self.

He played in just two games at full strength last year, then suffered his injury against Toledo in the third game of the season. Prior to that Toledo game, Henderson averaged 6.9 yards per carry in his Ohio State career. From the Toledo game on last year, that averaged dipped to 4.8 yards per carry.

Clearly, the injury had an impact when Henderson was on the field, but it also kept him off of it. He missed five games last year, including the final two against Michigan and Georgia.

But that was last year and Henderson is ready to move on.

“Yeah, I ain’t gonna lie, I’m tired of talking about it,” he said on Wednesday. “I’m ready to go play, to be honest.”

Henderson is excited to get back on the field. The rehab wasn’t easy, but the hardest part may have simply been remaining patient.

“I wanted to rush it a little bit, man,” he admitted. “I just had to make sure I took care of myself and do what was best, do what I needed to do to be able to get back on that field. I’m just glad I had the right support team around me that just held me back and allowed me to stick to the plan.”

Henderson now says he feels great and is “ready to go,” and being ready to go could mean some big news for the Buckeyes. As a true freshman Henderson rushed for 1,255 yards in 2021. That included an OSU freshman-record 277 yards rushing against Tulsa in his second career start.

Only two players in the nation had more than Henderson’s six carries of 40+ yards in 2021, and only one had more than his four carries of 50+ yards.

Some Buckeye fans may have forgotten, but that’s not Henderson’s concern.

“No, I don’t have to remind anybody,” he said. “I don’t have to prove anything to nobody but myself. That’s what I feel like.”

As much as Henderson could last year, he played through torn ligaments in his foot and a broken bone. He wasn’t nearly as effective as people were accustomed to, and they would often try to let him know their thoughts about his play via social media. He was able to ignore most of it, but you can never truly dodge a social media platform’s algorithms.

“It doesn’t really matter what people say because they don’t know what’s going on,” he said. “And at the end of the day, I know who I am. So what’s said on the outside doesn’t really faze me. I don’t really pay attention to it. I try not to see it but for some reason sometimes it pops up on my For You page. But at the end of the day it doesn’t faze me at all. I know who I am.”

It has been a long road back, and Henderson is now just days away from getting back to what he’s always done best.

The calendar creates excitement, but it also causes reflection.

“I’ve just been looking back a lot,” he said. “I didn’t even play in Indiana game last year. So I’ve just been looking back a lot, like, ‘Dang, it’s finally here. I finally get to go on a football field again and be able to play alongside my teammates, man.’ It’s just, it’s a blessing. It’s a blessing.”

Nearly one year after suffering his foot injury, TreVeyon Henderson will finally be back to his old self on Saturday.

So what will that look like?

“We’ll see Saturday,” he said with a smile. “We’ll see Saturday.”