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Oldest player to record first rushing touchdown: Butch Songin, 36 years, 158 days (AFL); Bobby Hebert, 36 years, 62 days (NFL) Oldest player to record first rushing attempt: Charles Woodson, 39 years, 78 days; Oldest player to record first rushing yard: Jeff Gossett, 39 years, 304 days; Oldest player to score first point: Bill Irgens, 39
NFL records include: List of NFL individual records, a list of all-time records for individual NFL players; List of NFL team records, a list of all-time records for teams and franchises; List of NFL team playoff records, a list of records in the NFL playoffs; List of Super Bowl records, a list of records set by teams and players in Super Bowl games
Rank Player Position Career Points 43 Jerry Rice: Wide receiver: 1985–2004 1,256 62 Emmitt Smith: Running back: 1990–2004 1,052 74 LaDainian Tomlinson
The first 2,000-yard season was recorded in 1973 by Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson, who is the only player ever to have surpassed 2,000 yards in a 14-game season; all others occurred in 16-game seasons. Simpson finished with 2,003 rushing yards, averaging six yards per carry and an NFL-record 143.1 rushing yards per game. [4]
The NFL officially counts and includes the statistical records logged by teams that played in the American Football League (AFL) as part of NFL history. Therefore, these teams' pre-merger win–loss records are accounted for. However, the NFL does not officially count All-America Football Conference statistics, despite the 1950 NFL–AAFC ...
Since reliable yardage statistics were not recorded prior to 1932, the first NFL player recognized as the career leader in rushing yards was Cliff Battles, who played from 1932 to 1937 for the Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins. [2] He led the NFL with 576 yards in 1932 and held on to the record throughout his career.
First NFL quarterback to reach 200 career wins (regular season and postseason combined): Peyton Manning vs. Carolina Panthers; February 7, 2016 First NFL quarterback to reach 250 career wins (regular season and postseason combined) : Tom Brady vs. Carolina Panthers ; September 20, 2020
Tom Brady has 649 passing touchdowns, the most in NFL history. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. Passes are typically attempted by the quarterback, but any offensive player can throw one, provided they are behind the line of scrimmage. To qualify as a passing play, the ball must ...