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Stopping Titans running back Derrick Henry will be big task for Vikings

The NFL didn’t keep individual stats until 1932, its 13th season. It would be another 10 seasons before someone would tip the scales to a weight never seen in an official single-season rushing champion.

Clarence “Pug” Manders, a farm-strong South Dakotan, was playing fullback for the Brooklyn Dodgers when his 1941 team bio read, “Manders is the nearest thing to a pile driver in the NFL today. He weighs 205 pounds … and hits with hurricane velocity.”

The official weight for this 6-foot beast was actually 200 pounds.

Fast forward 79 years to U.S. Bank Stadium, where the Vikings on Sunday will face Tennessee’s 6-3, 247-pound Derrick Henry, last year’s rushing champion with 1,540 yards on 303 carries in 15 games.