The way that Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry ended the 2018 NFL season still is getting plenty of attention as the former Alabama All-American prepares for the 2019 campaign.

Henry led the NFL in rushing yards over the final month of the 2018 regular season with 625 and eight touchdowns on 97 carries in five games. He got 238 of those yards in a 30-9 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Dec. 6, when he broke the second 99-yard run from scrimmage in league history.

In contrast, Henry ran for 434 yards and four touchdowns on 118 carries in the Titans' 11 pre-December contests last season.

“That would be a case where we’d want to look at how he finished the season and how we ran the ball at the end of the season and enhance those things,” Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel said on Thursday about getting Henry started in 2019 as he finished in 2018, “and whatever the issues were at the beginning of season, just keep fixing them.”

Arthur Smith, who’s taken over as the Titans offensive coordinator this year, said “certainly we want to build off that … get him going where we were at the end of the year.”

Smith said “a lot of different factors” went into Henry’s breakout month.

“Obviously, something broke through and where we were hitting on different cylinders,” Smith said. “At times that could be from the perimeter blocking, that could be from up front, it could be from how comfortable he feels now in the system. There’s a lot of factors to it. He certainly did a nice job at the end of the year, and we just hope to build on that.”

But Henry isn't looking back at December.

“Starting over,” Henry said during a press conference on Thursday. “I’m not worried about last year. Last year’s in the past. Got to start over. Building with this team in OTAs and the offseason and trying to get this thing going, but not really worried about last year. It’s in the past.”

Henry said he doesn't think there's any secret to starting 2019 the way he ended 2018.

“Play good football,” Henry said. “Y’all have seen me stand up here before and say I wasn’t playing good football. That’s the main focus. Being efficient, being consistent, making big plays, being a playmaker for this team in this offense and helping us win games.”

This offseason, Matt LaFleur left his post as the Titans' offensive coordinator to become the Green Bay Packers' head coach. Smith is Henry's third offensive coordinator as he prepares for his fourth NFL season.

During Henry's three seasons with Tennessee, Smith had been the Titans' tight-ends coach.

“I love Arthur,” Henry said. “It’s been fun. I’ve known Arthur going on Year 4, so I’m excited and know he’s building team chemistry while we’re out here.”

Henry joined Tennessee in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft after winning the Heisman Trophy and helping the Crimson Tide capture the CFP national championship for the 2015 season. That puts Henry entering the final season of his $5.4 million rookie contract.

“I ain’t worried about that,” Henry said on Thursday when asked about entering his contract year. "Next question. That ain’t no concern for me. …

"It's football. I fell in love with it before the money. I love football."

The Titans have four OTA practices remaining next week before mandatory minicamp on June 11-13. After that, Tennessee's veterans will be off until training camp in late July.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.