Derrick Henry Praised by Barry Sanders, LaDainian Tomlinson After Making NFL History in Week 1

Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry is earning admiration from some of the NFL's all-time greats amid his dominant performance in Sunday's season-opening win over the Indianapolis Colts.

Both LaDainian Tomlinson and Barry Sanders praised Henry when speaking with The Athletic's Jeff Zrebiec .

"To me, he's the modern-day Jim Brown. That's what he is," Tomlinson told Zrebiec.

Sanders also compared Henry to Brown as well as Earl Campbell, according to Zrebiec.

"I just admire his consistent greatness... From high school to the Heisman and soon to the Hall, he has been great at every level, and it's hard to be consistent at such a high level over so many years," Sanders said, per Zrebiec.

Sanders added: "What Derrick has done from a young age until now is just incredible. I love to watch him run."

Henry ran for 144 yards with three touchdowns in Sunday's Week 1 matchup against the Colts to move past Marcus Allen for third on the NFL's all-time rushing touchdown leaderboard.

He now trails only Emmitt Smith and Tomlinson, who scored 164 and 145 career rushing touchdowns, respectively.

Smith said earlier this week he felt Henry would eventually be able to break his all-time rushing touchdown record.

That's not the only leaderboard Henry might be climbing this season. He's also heading into Week 2 just 97 yards behind Eric Dickerson for ninth on the NFL's all-time rushing leaderboard.

After racking up 1,595 rushing yards last year, Henry doesn't look like he's slowed down one game into his age-32 season.

He'll next look to challenge a New Orleans Saints run defense that allowed the Detroit Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs to rack up 156 rushing yards when the Ravens kick off their home opener Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.