On the path to taking the field in a Houston Texans uniform, Nick Chubb doesn't hold back, saying he's still at the level of an elite running back. After two injury-plagued seasons, Chubb insists he can remain among the NFL's elite well into his 30s, placing himself in the same conversation as Baltimore Ravens star Derrick Henry .
Chubb, 29, pointed to Henry's production last season — a league-record 1,921 rushing yards for a running back aged 30 or older — as proof that age doesn't necessarily mean decline.
“[Henry] is different. You are not gonna put him in that category, he showed it's not true,” Chubb said to ESPN. “And I think that applies for me. I'm in the category with them. I'm different, and I feel good as I have been.”
The Texans signed Chubb to a one-year, $2.5 million