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Drew Christopher Brees (/ briːz /; born January 15, 1979) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. [3] A member of the New Orleans Saints for most of his career, Brees is second all-time in career passing yards, career touchdown passes, career pass completions, and ...
Peyton Manning holds the record with 5,477 passing yards in 2013; this surpassed Drew Brees, who recorded a then-record 5,476 passing yards in 2011, by one yard. Drew Brees, Tom Brady, and Patrick Mahomes are the only NFL quarterbacks to have multiple 5,000 yards seasons; Brees accomplished the feat a record five times, while Brady and Mahomes ...
The 2011 season was the New Orleans Saints ' 45th in the National Football League (NFL), their 36th playing home games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and their sixth under head coach Sean Payton. In Week 16, Drew Brees broke the single-season passing record previously held by Dan Marino; Brees ended the season with 5,476 passing yards, an NFL ...
Regular season career passing yards leaders. Tom Brady is the career passing yards leader with 89,214 yards and career playoff passing yards leader with 13,400. Drew Brees is second all-time in passing yards with 80,358. Aaron Rodgers, with 59,679 passing yards, is the active leader in career yardage.
Brees' 80,358 career yards passing were an NFL record when he retired — a mark since eclipsed by only Tom Brady (89,214). Brees’ 571 career touchdown passes rank second behind Brady’s 649.
Unitas established the record set forth in this listing, while Aaron Rodgers is the leading active QB chasing Brady. In the 2020 NFL season, Brady surpassed Brees for the all-time passing touchdowns record; Brees had surpassed Peyton Manning for the record the season before. [13]
Peyton Manning holds the single-season passing yards record, passing for 5,477 yards in 2013. 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 attempt a pass provided they are behind the line of scrimmage. To ...
Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games: 9, Drew Brees (twice) 2011–2012, 2012–2013 [1]: s-9 [166] Most consecutive 300+ yards passing games as rookie : 3, Joe Burrow , 2020 [ 167 ] Most consecutive 350+ yards passing games : 4, Drew Brees , 2011; Matthew Stafford , 2011–2012 [ 168 ]