Lamar Jackson Breaks Michael Vick’s Single-Season Rushing Yards Record
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Lamar Jackson is setting more records.
The Baltimore Ravens quarterback continued his season of success Thursday against the New York Jets, snapping a record that stood for more than a decade.
Jackson now holds the NFL’s single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback, per NFL Research, with 1,103 through Week 15. That breaks the record previously held by Michael Vick, who recorded 1,039 rushing yards in 2006.
Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) just broke @MichaelVick's single-season NFL record for rushing yards by a quarterback (1,039).@Ravens | #ThursdayNightFootball
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) December 13, 2019
Jackson also has seven career games with 50-plus rushing yards and multiple passing touchdowns, the sixth-most by a player in the Super Bowl era, per NFL Research. The only players with more are Vick, Cam Newton, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young and Russell Wilson.
Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) now has 7 career games with 50+ rush yards and multiple pass touchdowns.
That is the 6th-most such games by a player in the Super Bowl era.
The only players with more are Cam Newton, Randall Cunningham, Michael Vick, Steve Young & Russell Wilson.
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) December 13, 2019
Now that’s some elite company.
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