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Scarborough: The time Derrick Henry thought about transferring from Alabama

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  • Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff Writer Close
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On a cool afternoon in mid-December of 2013, those closest to Derrick Henry gathered for an intervention of sorts.

J.T. Medley had felt him slipping. The longtime assistant coach and father figure to Henry knew he was lost at Alabama and feared he was about to make an irreversible decision.