2017 NFL RECORDS AND MILESTONES

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1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/4/ NFL RECORDS AND MILESTONES A sampling of NFL records set and milestones reached in 2017: THE TEAMS & CLUB MILESTONES ARIZONA CARDINALS Became the only team in NFL history with a QB-RB-WR trio to account for at least 300, 100 and 100 total touchdowns, respectively: QB CARSON PALMER (302), RB ADRIAN PETERSON (104) and WR LARRY FITZGERALD (110). LB CHANDLER JONES led the NFL in sacks (17) and tackles for loss (28). His 17 sacks are a single-season franchise record. Jones had at least one sack in 13 games this season, the most in franchise history. ATLANTA FALCONS Earned a playoff berth for the second consecutive season. QB MATT RYAN passed for 4,095 yards, his franchise-record seventh consecutive season with at least 4,000 passing yards. WR JULIO JONES led the NFC with 1,444 receiving yards, his fifth career seasons with at least 1,000 yards. Jones joined RODDY WHITE (six) as the only players in franchise history with at least five 1,000-yard receiving seasons. Jones has 585 career receptions and surpassed TERANCE MATHIS (573) for the second-most receptions in team history. White (808) is the only Falcon with more career receptions. DE ADRIAN CLAYBORN recorded six sacks in Week 10, the most in a single game in franchise history. DE TAKKARIST MC KINLEY had six sacks, tied for the second-most by a rookie in franchise history. BALTIMORE RAVENS Ranked first in the NFL with a +17 turnover differential. Recorded three shutouts this season and became the fifth team in the past 30 years to record at least three shutouts in a single season. Became the third team since 1970 (1992 Pittsburgh and 1971 Cleveland) to have at least four interceptions in each of its first two games of a season. BUFFALO BILLS Earned a playoff berth for the first time since 1999.

2 RB LE SEAN MC COY ranked fourth in the NFL with 1,586 scrimmage yards. McCoy, who had 1,623 scrimmage yards with Buffalo last season, joined Pro Football Hall of Famers THURMAN THOMAS (five) and O.J. SIMPSON (three) and JOE CRIBBS (three) and TRAVIS HENRY (two) as the only players in franchise history with multiple seasons with 1,500+ scrimmage yards. CB TRE DAVIOUS WHITE had four interceptions and became the third Bills rookie since 1980 with at least four interceptions. White tied for first among NFL rookies with 18 passes defensed, the second-most by a rookie in team history (RONALD DARBY, 21 in 2015). DT KYLE WILLIAMS has 43.5 career sacks, the most in franchise history by a defensive tackle. K STEPHEN HAUSCHKA made seven field goals of at least 50 yards, the most 50+ yard field goals by a kicker in franchise history. CAROLINA PANTHERS Earned a playoff berth for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Had a fumble-return touchdown (LB LUKE KUECHLY) and a puntreturn touchdown (PR KAELIN CLAY) in the fourth quarter of their Week 12 victory against the New York Jets, the second time in franchise history and first since the club s inaugural 1995 season (October 8, 1995 against Chicago) in which the Panthers scored two return touchdowns in the fourth quarter of a game. RB JONATHAN STEWART (7,318) surpassed DE ANGELO WILLIAMS (6,846) for the most career rushing yards in franchise history. Stewart (51) surpassed Williams (46) for the most career rushing touchdowns by a running back in Panthers history. QB CAM NEWTON (54) has the most rushing touchdowns by a player in franchise history. Stewart rushed 16 times for 103 yards and three touchdowns in Week 14 and became the second player in franchise history (TIM BIAKABUTUKA, October 3, 1999) to rush for at least 100 yards and three touchdowns on fewer than 20 carries. RB CHRISTIAN MC CAFFREY set franchise rookie records in scrimmage yards (1,086) and receptions (80). LB LUKE KUECHLY had a team-high 134 tackles and is the only player in franchise history with more than 100 tackles in each of his first six seasons as a Panther. Kuechly had three interceptions this season and has 15 career interceptions, surpassing THOMAS DAVIS (13) for the most interceptions by a linebacker in franchise history. CHICAGO BEARS RB JORDAN HOWARD ranked third in the NFC with 1,122 rushing yards. Howard, who rushed for 1,313 yards as a rookie in 2016, is the first player in franchise history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in each of his first two NFL seasons. Howard has yard rushing games and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer WALTER PAYTON (nine) for the most 100-yard games by a Bear in his first two NFL seasons.

3 RB TARIK COHEN threw a 21-yard touchdown pass in Week 6 and became the first Bears rookie running back to throw a touchdown pass since Pro Football Hall of Famer GALE SAYERS on October 10, QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY passed for 2,193 yards in 2017, the most passing yards by a rookie in franchise history. Trubisky passed for 271 yards with a touchdown and added a fouryard touchdown run in Week 14 and became the first rookie quarterback in team history with a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown in a single game since JIM MC MAHON (December 5, 1982). CINCINNATI BENGALS QB ANDY DALTON did not have an interception in six consecutive games (Weeks 8-13), tied for the second-longest streak of regularseason games without an interception in franchise history. LB CARL LAWSON led NFL rookies with 8.5 sacks, tied for the second-most sacks by a rookie in franchise history. Lawson had 2.5 sacks in Week 3, the most in a single game by a Cincinnati rookie since 2001 (JUSTIN SMITH, three). WR A.J. GREEN led the team with 1,078 receiving yards, his sixth 1,000-yard season, the second-most in franchise history (CHAD JOHNSON, seven). CLEVELAND BROWNS RB DUKE JOHNSON, JR. had 74 receptions, the most in a single season by a running back in franchise history. TE DAVID NJOKU led the team with four touchdowns catches, the most by a rookie tight end in franchise history. LBs JOE SCHOBERT (142) and CHRISTIAN KIRKSEY (138) became the second pair of teammates in franchise history with 125+ tackles each. Schobert s 142 tackles tied for second in the NFL, while Kirksey s 138 tackles tied for fourth. DALLAS COWBOYS WR DEZ BRYANT has 73 career touchdown catches and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer BOB HAYES (71) for the most touchdown receptions in franchise history. TE JASON WITTEN has 12,448 career receiving yards and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MICHAEL IRVIN (11,904) for the most career receiving yards in franchise history. Witten has 68 career touchdown catches and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MICHAEL IRVIN (65) for the third-most in franchise history. DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE is the third player in franchise history with at least 14 sacks in a season (14.5), joining DE MARCUS WARE and JIM JEFFCOAT. DENVER BRONCOS Ranked third in the NFL in total defense (290 yards per game). WR DEMARYIUS THOMAS ranks second in team history in receiving yards (8,653) and touchdown catches (57) and ranks third in receptions (629). RB C.J. ANDERSON rushed for 1,007 yards and became the 14th player in franchise history with 1,000+ rushing yards in a single

4 season. LB VON MILLER led the team with 10 sacks and became the first player in team history to record at least five sacks in each of his first seven seasons. Miller has 83.5 career sacks, the second-most in franchise history. DETROIT LIONS Four players TE ERIC EBRON (94), WR GOLDEN TATE (85), RB THEO RIDDICK (64) and WR MARVIN JONES, JR. (64) gained at least 60 yards in Detroit s Week 14 win, the second time in franchise history (December 14, 1980) that the Lions had four players with 60+ receiving yards in a non-overtime victory. DE EZEKIEL ANSAH had three games with three sacks in 2017 and has four career games with at least three sacks, tied with ROBERT PORCHER for the most such games in franchise history. CB DARIUS SLAY led the NFL with 26 passes defensed, the most by a Detroit player in a single season since Slay tied for the league lead with a career-high eight interceptions. GREEN BAY PACKERS Won games in Week 13 and Week 14 in overtime, the first time in franchise history the Packers won back-to-back games in overtime. Scored a rushing touchdown (Week 13) and a receiving touchdown (Week 14) in overtime in the same season for the first time in franchise history. Rookie RB AARON JONES rushed for the game-winning 20-yard touchdown in overtime of the Packers Week 13 win over Tampa Bay. Jones is only the second Packers player all-time to score a rushing touchdown in overtime (JIM HARGROVE, October 18, 1987). QB BRETT HUNDLEY had a rushing touchdown in each of his first two career starts (Weeks 7 and 9) and became the first Packers quarterback to accomplish the feat since CB DAMARIOUS RANDALL had four interceptions and became the sixth Packer since 1940 to record at least three interceptions in each of his first three NFL seasons. HOUSTON TEXANS Scored 57 points in their Week 4 victory against Tennessee, the most points in a single game in franchise history. WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS led the NFL and set a single-season franchise record with 13 touchdown receptions. Hopkins caught at least one touchdown in a franchise-record 10 games in QB DESHAUN WATSON set franchise rookie records with 19 touchdown passes and a 103 passer rating. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WR T.Y. HILTON has 28 games with at least 100 receiving yards and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (27) for the most 100+ receiving yard games in a player s first six seasons in franchise history. TE JACK DOYLE had 80 receptions and joined DALLAS CLARK (100 in 2009) as the only tight ends in franchise history with 80+

5 catches in a single season. S MALIK HOOKER had an interception in three consecutive games (Weeks 2-4) and became the first Colts rookie to accomplish the feat since JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Won the AFC South, their first division title since 1999 (AFC Central). Ranked first in the NFL in defensive touchdowns (seven) and second in total defense (286.1 yards per game), sacks (55) and takeaways (33). Had 10 sacks in two games (Weeks 1 and 7) and joined the 1984 Chicago Bears (two games) and 1967 Oakland Raiders (two) as the only teams with at least 10 sacks in multiple games in a single season. Recorded 10 sacks and had a defensive touchdown in Week 1 and became the second team in NFL history with at least 10 sacks and a defensive touchdown in a season-opening game. RB LEONARD FOURNETTE led the team with 1,040 rush yards and joined FRED TAYLOR (1,223 yards in 1998) as the only rookies in team history to rush for at least 1,000 yards. Fournette had 1,342 scrimmage yards and 10 touchdowns, both the third-most by a rookie in franchise history. DE CALAIS CAMPBELL led the AFC with 14.5 sacks, the most in a single season in franchise history. LB TELVIN SMITH (28 yards) and S BARRY CHURCH (51) each had an interception-return touchdown in Week 5, the first game in franchise history with multiple INT-TDs. TE MARCEDES LEWIS had three touchdown catches in Week 3 against Baltimore at London s Wembley Stadium, the most touchdown receptions by a player in a London Series game since its inception in Lewis also tied ALLEN ROBINSON (December 6, 2015 at Tennessee) and JIMMY SMITH (September 10, 2000 at Baltimore) for the most TD catches in a single game in franchise history. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Won the AFC West for the second consecutive season, the first backto-back division titles in team history. Rookie RB KAREEM HUNT led the NFL with 1,327 rush yards and ranked third with 1,782 scrimmage yards, both franchise rookie records. Joined the 1981 San Diego Chargers as the only teams in NFL history with a 4,000-yard passer (ALEX SMITH, 4,042), 1,000-yard rusher (Hunt, 1,327) and both a wide receiver (TYREEK HILL, 1,183) and tight end (TRAVIS KELCE, 1,038) with at least 1,000 receiving yards each in a single season. Kelce, who had 1,038 receiving yards this season and 1,125 yards in 2016, joined TONY GONZALEZ ( ) as the only tight ends in franchise history with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. Smith, who passed for a career-high 4,042 yards this season, joined ELVIS GRBAC (2000), TRENT GREEN ( ) and BILL KEENEY (1983) as the only quarterbacks in franchise history to pass for 4,000+ yards in a single season.

6 Rookie K HARRISON BUTKER converted 23 consecutive field-goal attempts, the longest streak in franchise history. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS Had five interceptions in the first half of their Week 11 victory against Buffalo and became the first team since Miami in 1973 (December 3) to have five interceptions in the first half of a game. QB PHILIP RIVERS passed for 4,515 yards, his team-record ninth season with at least 4,000 passing yards. RB MELVIN GORDON totaled 1,581 scrimmage yards and 12 touchdowns this season and joined Pro Football Hall of Famer LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON ( ) as the only players in franchise history to record at least 1,400 scrimmage yards and 12 touchdowns in consecutive seasons. Gordon had an 87-yard touchdown run in Week 8 at New England, tied for the longest run in franchise history (PAUL LOWE, September 10, 1961). WR KEENAN ALLEN ranked fourth in the NFL with 102 catches, the most in a single season in team history (Pro Football Hall of Famer LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON, 100 in 2003). DE JOEY BOSA (12.5) and LB MELVIN INGRAM (10.5) are the first Chargers duo to register double-digit sacks in the same season since LOS ANGELES RAMS Won the NFC West division title for the first time since Led the NFL averaging 29.9 points per game. The Rams, who scored the fewest points in the NFL last season (14.0 per game), became the second team in NFL history (San Francisco, ) to lead the league in scoring after recording the fewest points in the previous season. Head coach SEAN MC VAY, at 31 years old, became the youngest head coach in NFL history to lead his team to a playoff berth. RB TODD GURLEY led the NFL with 2,093 scrimmage yards and joined Pro Football Hall of Famers ERIC DICKERSON and MARSHALL FAULK and STEVEN JACKSON as the only players in franchise history with 2,000+ scrimmage yards in a single season. Gurley rushed for 152 yards with three touchdowns and added a touchdown catch in the Rams 42-7 win at Seattle in Week 15. Gurley joined Pro Football Hall of Famer MARSHALL FAULK (October 20, 2002) as the only Rams in franchise history to have at least 150 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown in a single game. QB JARED GOFF passed for at least 300 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in Weeks 9 and 10 and became the first player in franchise history to pass for 300+ yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in consecutive games. Goff threw a 94-yard touchdown pass to WR ROBERT WOODS in Week 10, the third-longest offensive play from scrimmage in franchise history and the longest since 1964.

7 DT AARON DONALD led the team with 11 sacks and has 39 career sacks, the most by a defensive tackle in team history. Became the first team in NFL history to record two interception-return touchdowns and a safety in a season opener. MIAMI DOLPHINS WR JARVIS LANDRY led the NFL with 112 receptions, the most in a single season in team history. Landry, who had 110 receptions in 2015, became the first player in franchise history with multiple 100-catch seasons. RB KENYAN DRAKE rushed for 114 yards and had five receptions for 79 yards in the Dolphins Week 14 win against New England. Drake is the third player in franchise history with at least 100 rushing yards and 75 receiving yards in a single game. DE CAMERON WAKE has 92 career sacks, the second-most in franchise history. In Week 13, joined the 1927 New York Giants and 1961 Washington Redskins as the only teams in NFL history with two safeties and an interception-return touchdown in the same game. MINNESOTA VIKINGS Won the NFC North division title for the second time in three years. Ranked first in the NFL in total defense (275.9 yards per game) and scoring defense (15.8 points per game). Held opponents to a 25.2 percent third-down conversion rate, the best mark in the NFL since the stat began being tracked in QB CASE KEENUM posted a passer rating of at least 100 in four consecutive games (Weeks 10-13) and tied Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (2009) and DAUNTE CULPEPPER (2000 and 2004) for the longest streak in franchise history. Keenum completed 25 of 33 passes (75.8 percent) for 369 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in Week 3. Keenum became the second quarterback in franchise history (TOMMY KRAMER, December 14, 1980 vs. Cleveland) to complete at least 75 percent of his passes with at least 360 passing yards, three touchdown passes and no interceptions in a single game. WR STEFON DIGGS recorded his 200th reception in his 40th career game and surpassed RANDY MOSS (42) and PERCY HARVIN (42) for the fewest games to reach the mark in franchise history. TE KYLE RUDOLPH has 37 career touchdown catches, the most by a tight end in franchise history. DE EVERSON GRIFFEN had at least one sack in eight consecutive games (Weeks 1-8), tied for the longest streak in team history. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Won the AFC East division title for the ninth consecutive season, the longest streak in NFL history. Recorded their 17th consecutive season with a winning record, the longest streak since 1970, surpassing the previous record of 16 held by the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers.

8 Registered their seventh season with at least 13 victories (13-3), the second-most 13-win seasons in NFL history (San Francisco, nine). Produced their eighth consecutive season with at least 12 wins, surpassing the Indianapolis Colts for the longest such streak in NFL history. Led the NFL in total offense (394.2 yards per game) and ranked first in the AFC averaging 28.6 points per game. Head coach BILL BELICHICK has 276 career victories (including the postseason) and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer TOM LANDRY (270) for the third-most wins by a head coach in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers DON SHULA (347) and GEORGE HALAS (324) have more career victories. QB TOM BRADY threw eight touchdowns to TE ROB GRONKOWSKI this season. The two have connected on 75 career touchdown passes, the second-most from a quarterback to a tight end in NFL history. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Won the NFC South division title for the first time since Led the NFL with 23 rushing touchdowns and ranked second averaging total yards per game. Became the third team in the modern era (since 1933) without a turnover in its first four games of a season (1995 St. Louis and 2013 Tennessee). Became the first team in the Super Bowl era to win its next eight games immediately following an 0-2 start. RBs ALVIN KAMARA (1,554) and MARK INGRAM (1,540) became the first running back teammates in NFL history to each record at least 1,500 scrimmage yards in the same season. Kamara set franchise rookie records with 1,554 scrimmage yards and 14 total touchdowns. Ingram and Kamara each had at least 100 scrimmage yards in the same game on four occasions this year (Weeks 7, 10-11, 13), the most such games by a pair of running back teammates in a single season since Rushed for 298 yards and a franchise-record six touchdowns in Week 10 and became the fifth team in NFL history including the postseason to rush for at least 295 yards and six touchdowns in a single game. Ingram rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns in the Week 10 victory, joining GEORGE ROGERS (November 8, 1981) and RICKY WILLIAMS (October 22, 2000) as the only Saints players to rush for at least 130 yards and three touchdowns in a game. WR MICHAEL THOMAS ranked third in the NFL with 104 receptions and became the first player in franchise history with 100+ catches in a single season. CB MARSHON LATTIMORE tied the franchise rookie record and led all NFL rookies with five interceptions.

9 Lattimore had an interception in three consecutive games (Weeks 14-16) and tied the franchise rookie record for most consecutive games with an interception (ROBERT MASSEY, 1989). NEW YORK GIANTS TE EVAN ENGRAM had six touchdown catches, the most by a rookie tight end in franchise history. Engram ranked second in franchise history among rookie tight ends in receptions (64) and receiving yards (722). S LANDON COLLINS led the team with 99 tackles and is the first safety in franchise history with three seasons of 95+ tackles. NEW YORK JETS RBs BILAL POWELL (163 rushing yards, 75-yard touchdown run) and rookie ELIJAH MC GUIRE (93 rushing yards, 69-yard touchdown run) each rushed for a touchdown in the team s Week 4 overtime win. McGuire and Powell are the only pair of teammates in franchise history to each record a touchdown run of at least 65 yards in the same game. WRs ROBBY ANDERSON and JERMAINE KEARSE each had at least 100 receiving yards in Weeks 12 and 13 and became the first set of Jets teammates to each have 100+ receiving yards in the same consecutive games since 1967 (Weeks 16-17) when Pro Football Hall of Famer DON MAYNARD and GEORGE SAUER accomplished the feat for New York. OAKLAND RAIDERS WR AMARI COOPER has the most receptions (203) and receiving yards (2,903) through a player s first three seasons in franchise history. Cooper has 18 career touchdown catches, the second-most in franchise history in a player s first three seasons. DE KHALIL MACK has 40.5 career sacks, the third most sacks by a player in his first four seasons in franchise history. His 40.5 sacks are the fifth-most in team history. Mack led the team with 10.5 sacks this season and became the fifth player in franchise history to record at least 10 sacks in three different seasons. K GIORGIO TAVECCHIO made two 52-yard field goals in Week 1 and joined SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI as the only players in franchise history to convert multiple 50-yard field goals in a single game. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Won the NFC East division title for the first time since Had 13 wins, tied for the most in a single season in franchise history (2004). Tied for first in the NFL (NEW ENGLAND) with a +162 point differential, led the league in rush defense (79.2 yards per game) and ranked first in the NFC in turnover differential (+11). QB CARSON WENTZ had 33 touchdown passes, the most in a single season in franchise history (Pro Football Hall of Famer SONNY JURGENSEN, 32 in 1961). Wentz threw three touchdown passes in the first quarter in Week 5 and became the only quarterback in franchise history to throw three touchdown passes in the first quarter of a game.

10 Wentz threw four touchdown passes in Week 14 and QB NICK FOLES threw four touchdown passes in Week 15. The Eagles became the first team since the 2011 Green Bay Packers (AARON RODGERS and MATT FLYNN, Weeks 16-17) to have different starting quarterbacks throw at least four touchdown passes in backto-back weeks. It was also the first time in franchise history that different Eagles starting quarterbacks accomplished the feat in consecutive weeks. Blocked a PAT, punt and a field goal in the team s Week 15 victory and became the first team since the 1979 Minnesota Vikings (November 25 at Tampa Bay) to block all three types of kicks in a win. PITTSBURGH STEELERS Won the AFC North division title, their eighth division title since Led the NFL with 56 sacks. QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER ranked fifth in the NFL with 4,251 passing yards, his franchise-record fifth season with at least 4,000 passing yards. Roethlisberger had at least two touchdown passes in seven consecutive games (Weeks 10-16), the longest streak in team history. RB LE VEON BELL ranked second in the NFL with 1,946 scrimmage yards, the third-most in a single season in franchise history. Bell also holds the single- Has 7,996 career scrimmage yards, the most by a player in his first five seasons in franchise history. Bell led all NFL running backs with 85 catches, the most receptions by a running back in a single season in team history. WR ANTONIO BROWN led the NFL with 1,533 receiving yards and became the first player in franchise history to lead the NFL in receiving yards multiple times. Brown also led the league in receiving in 2014 with 1,698 yards. It was his sixth season with at least 1,000 receiving yards, tying HINES WARD (six) for the most such seasons in franchise history. Bell (1,684 scrimmage yards) and Brown (1,509 receiving yards) became the first pair of teammates in NFL history with at least 1,500 scrimmage yards each through their team s first 13 games of a season. WR JU JU SMITH-SCHUSTER had 917 receiving yards, the most receiving yards by a rookie in franchise history. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS QB JIMMY GAROPPOLO has won each of his first five starts with San Francisco and has 1,542 passing yards, the most by a quarterback in franchise history in his first five starts with the team. Won each of his first three road starts with the team, the third 49ers quarterback since 1970 to win each of his first three road starts. Garoppolo passed for 293 yards in his first start with San Francisco in Week 13, the most passing yards by a player in his first start for the team in franchise history.

11 K ROBBIE GOULD led the NFL with 39 field goals and joined DAVID AKERS (2011) as the only kickers in team history to lead the league in field goals. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS QB RUSSELL WILSON led the NFL with 34 touchdown passes, tied for the most in a single season in franchise history. Wilson also had 34 touchdown passes in Wilson ranks third in franchise history in career passing yards (22,176), touchdown passes (161) and completions (1,815). TE JIMMY GRAHAM tied for second in the NFL with 10 touchdown catches, the most by a tight end in franchise history. Graham ranks first among tight ends in franchise history in receptions (170), receiving yards (2,048) and touchdown catches (18). LB BOBBY WAGNER ranked third in the NFC with 133 tackles, his franchise-record sixth season with 100+ tackles. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS QB JAMEIS WINSTON has 11,636 career passing yards, the most in franchise history by a player in his first three seasons. Winston has 11 career games with at least 300 passing yards, the second-most in franchise history (VINNY TESTAVERDE, 12). Winston had six games with 300+ pass yards in 2017, the most in a single season in team history. WR MIKE EVANS has 309 career receptions, the third-most in team history. Evans has 4,579 career receiving yards, the most by a player in his first four seasons in franchise history. TE O.J. HOWARD had six touchdown receptions, the most by a rookie tight end in franchise history. TENNESSEE TITANS Earned a playoff berth for the first time since Led the AFC in rushing defense (88.8 yards per game). RB DERRICK HENRY had three offensive touchdowns of at least 60 yards this season, joining CHRIS JOHNSON (five in 2009 and three in 2012) as the only Titans players since 2000 with at least three 60+ yard offensive touchdowns in a single season. TE DELANIE WALKER had 807 receiving yards, his fourth season with 800+ yards, the most by a tight end in franchise history. P BRETT KERN led the NFL with a 49.7 gross punting average and a 44.6-yard net average, both franchise records. K RYAN SUCCOP had 136 total points, tied with AL DEL GRECO (1998) for the highest single-season total in franchise history. WASHINGTON REDSKINS QB KIRK COUSINS passed for 4,093 yards, the fourth-most in franchise history. Cousins has three consecutive 4,000-yard seasons and he is the only player in franchise history with multiple 4,000-yard seasons. Cousins has nine career games with at least 300 passing yards, three touchdown passes and no interceptions and tied Pro Football

12 Hall of Famer SONNY JURGENSEN and JOE THEISMANN for the most such games in franchise history. WR JAMISON CROWDER led the team with 66 catches and has 192 career receptions, the second-most in franchise history by a player in his first three NFL seasons (GARY CLARK, 202). LB RYAN KERRIGAN tied for fourth in the NFL and led the team with 13 sacks, his fifth season leading Washington in sacks, tied with DEXTER MANLEY (five) for the most seasons leading the team in sacks in franchise history.

13 THE PLAYERS & LEAGUE MILESTONES DAVANTE ADAMS WR, Green Bay Packers ACCOMPLISHMENT(S) Tied for second in the NFL with 10 touchdown catches. Scored a touchdown in both the final minute of the fourth quarter and in overtime of the Packers Week 14 win and became the fourth player in NFL history (including the postseason) and the first since New England s JAMES WHITE in Super Bowl LI to score a touchdown in both the final minute of the fourth quarter and in overtime. JAY AJAYI RB, Philadelphia Eagles KEENAN ALLEN WR, Los Angeles Chargers Became the first player in NFL history with at least 400 rushing yards for two different teams in the same season: 408 yards in seven games with Philadelphia and 465 yards in seven games with Miami. Ranked third in the NFL in receiving yards (1,393) and fourth in receptions (102). Had an interception in Week 16 and became the first player in NFL history to record at least 90 catches and an interception in the same season. He is also the third player in NFL history to have at least 1,000 receiving yards and an interception in the same season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer DON HUTSON (1942) and RANDY MOSS (2009). Is the only player in NFL history to have at least 10 catches, 100 receiving yards and a touchdown reception in three consecutive games (Weeks 11-13). ODELL BECKHAM, JR. WR, New York Giants LE VEON BELL RB, Pittsburgh Steelers Reached 300 receptions in his 45th career game, the fastest in NFL history (ANQUAN BOLDIN, 47 games). Led the AFC in scrimmage yards (1,946) and ranked second in rushing yards (1,291). Had 6,286 career scrimmage yards through his 50th career game in Week 3, the fourthmost in NFL history in a player s first 50 games. JOEY BOSA DE, Los Angeles Chargers CHRIS BOSWELL K, Pittsburgh Steelers TOM BRADY QB, New England Patriots Had 19 sacks in his first 20 career games, the most sacks by a player in his first 20 games to begin a career since the individual sack became an official statistic in Became the first kicker since the 1970 merger to make a game-winning field goal with under one minute remaining in the fourth quarter in three consecutive games (Weeks 12-14). Became the fourth player in NFL history to reach 65,000 career passing yards (66,159),

14 joining PEYTON MANNING (71,940), Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (71,838) and DREW BREES (70,445). Brady, who has 196 career regular-season victories, surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (186) and PEYTON MANNING (186) for the most regular-season victories by a starting quarterback in NFL history. Brady has 221 career wins (including the postseason), the most all-time by a starting quarterback. Has won 89 career regular-season road starts and surpassed PEYTON MANNING (85) for the most regular-season road victories by a starting quarterback in NFL history. Has won 58 games in December, the most by a starting quarterback in any calendar month in NFL history. Led the NFL with 4,577 passing yards and is the oldest player to lead the league in passing yards in NFL history. Ranked first in the AFC with 32 touchdown passes this season, the most by a quarterback in a single season at the age of 40 or older in NFL history. Has 55 career games with at least three touchdown passes and no interceptions, passing PEYTON MANNING (51) for the most such performances in NFL history. Has six career games with at least five touchdown passes and no interceptions, the second-most in NFL history. Had 1,399 passing yards with 10 touchdowns and no interceptions through Week 4 and became the first player in NFL history to pass for at least 1,000 yards with 10 touchdowns and no interceptions through his team s first four games in two different seasons during his career (2015). Passed for 340 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 132 passer rating in the Patriots Week 11 win at Mexico City s Estadio Azteca. Is the only player in NFL history to record a 300-yard passing game in three different countries (United States, United Kingdom and Mexico) and is also the first player to have a game with at least three passing touchdowns in three different countries. DREW BREES QB, New Orleans Saints Completed 386 of 536 pass attempts and his 72.0 completion percentage is the highest in a single season in NFL history. Has 70,445 career passing yards and joined PEYTON MANNING (71,940) and Pro

15 Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (71,838) as the only players in NFL history to reach 70,000 passing yards. Reached the milestone in his 248th career game and is the fastest in league history to accomplish the feat. Had 4,334 passing yards and extended his NFL-record streak of seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards to 12. Has 512 career touchdown passes (including the postseason) and joined PEYTON MANNING (579), Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (552) and TOM BRADY (551) as the only players in NFL history to reach 500 career touchdown passes (including the postseason). Has 6,222 career completions and surpassed PEYTON MANNING (6,125) for the secondmost completions in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (6,300) has more career completions. Reached 6,000 completions in his 240th career game in Week 8 and is the fastest in NFL history to accomplish the feat. Has 231 career passing touchdowns at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the most in NFL history by a quarterback at a single stadium JACOBY BRISSETT QB, Indianapolis Colts ANTONIO BROWN WR, Pittsburgh Steelers Is one of six quarterbacks in NFL history to throw touchdown passes of at least 60 yards to three different receivers over a two-game span: 80 yards to T.Y. HILTON in Week 9 and 61 yards to CHESTER ROGERS and 60 yards to DONTE MONCRIEF in Week 10. Led the NFL with 1,533 receiving yards and ranked fifth with 101 receptions. Became the only player in NFL history with five consecutive 100-catch seasons. Has 582 receptions since 2013 and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (563 from ) for the most catches by a player over any fiveyear span in NFL history. Has 7,848 receiving yards since 2013 and surpassed Harrison (7,594 from ) for the most receiving yards by a player over any five-year span in NFL history. Reached 700 career receptions in Week 11 in his 111th career game, the fewest games to reach the milestone in NFL history. Reached 9,000 career receiving yards in Week 6 in his 107th career game, tied with RANDY MOSS for the fourth-fewest games to

16 reach the milestone in NFL history. Had six games with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards this season, tied for the second-most in a single season in NFL history. Only ANDRE JOHNSON (seven in 2008) had more such games in a season. KEVIN BYARD S, Tennessee Titans Had career-high eight interceptions, tied with Detroit s DARIUS SLAY for the most in the NFL. Recorded three interceptions in Week 7 and two interceptions in Week 9 and his five interceptions over the two-game span (Titans had a bye in Week 8) tied for the most by an NFL player in consecutive games since the 1970 merger. CALAIS CAMPBELL DE, Jacksonville Jaguars Led the AFC with a franchise-record 14.5 sacks. Had 10 sacks through Week 7, the most sacks by a player in his first seven games with a team since the individual sack became an official statistic in ADRIAN CLAYBORN DE, Atlanta Falcons TARIK COHEN RB, Chicago Bears KIRK COUSINS QB, Washington Redskins Recorded a career-high six sacks, forced two fumbles and recovered a fumble in Week 10, tied for the second-most sacks in a game since the individual sack became an official statistic in Became the first player since TERRY METCALF (1975) and the first rookie since Pro Football Hall of Famer GALE SAYERS (1965) to have a punt-return touchdown, rushing touchdown, receiving touchdown and passing touchdown in a single season. Reached 13,000 passing yards in his 50th career game in Week 4 and became the sixth quarterback in NFL history to record at least 13,000 passing yards in his first 50 career games. Had 43 interceptions through 50 games, the fewest interceptions through 50 career games among the quarterbacks who reached 13,000 passing yards during that span. Had 4,093 passing yards and four rushing touchdowns and is the only player in NFL history to have at least 4,000 passing yards and four or more rushing touchdowns in three consecutive seasons. ED DICKSON TE, Carolina Panthers Had five catches for 175 yards in Week 5 and became the second tight end in NFL history to have at least 175 receiving yards on five or fewer catches in a single game (DAVE KOCOUREK on December 10, 1961).

17 AARON DONALD DT, Los Angeles Rams ELVIS DUMERVIL LB, San Francisco 49ers JAKE ELLIOTT K, Philadelphia Eagles MIKE EVANS WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers LARRY FITZGERALD WR, Arizona Cardinals Had 11 sacks this season and is the only defensive tackle with at least eight sacks in each of his first four seasons since Has career sacks and joined JULIUS PEPPERS (154.5), DWIGHT FREENEY (125.5) and TERRELL SUGGS (125.5) as the only active players with at least 100 career sacks. Made a 61-yard game-winning field goal as time expired in the Eagles victory over the New York Giants in Week 3, the longest field goal by a rookie in NFL history and tied for the third-longest game-ending field goal in league annals, trailing only TOM DEMPSEY (63 yards, November 8, 1970) and MATT BRYANT (62, October 22, 2006). Had 1,001 receiving yards and joined RANDY MOSS and A.J. GREEN as the only players in NFL history to have four consecutive 1,000- yard seasons to begin their career. Has 15,545 career receiving yards and moved into third place on the all-time receiving yards list. Fitzgerald, who has played his entire career with Arizona, and Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE (19,247 with San Francisco) are the only players in NFL history to reach 15,000 career receiving yards with a single team. Had 1,156 receiving yards, his ninth season with at least 1,000 receiving yards, tied for the third-most in NFL history. Has 1,234 career catches and became the third player in NFL history to reach 1,200 receptions, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE (1,549) and TONY GONZALEZ (1,325). Fitzgerald reached the milestone in his 214th career game, the fastest in NFL history. Ranked second in the NFL with 109 catches, his fifth season with 100+ receptions, tied for the second-most all-time. Has a catch in 211 consecutive games, tied with TONY GONZALEZ for the secondlongest streak all-time. LEONARD FOURNETTE RB, Jacksonville Jaguars Led NFL rookies with nine rushing touchdowns and ranked second with 1,040 rushing yards. Scored a touchdown in each of the first six games this season and joined ROBERT EDWARDS (1998) as the only rookies in NFL history with at least one touchdown in each of

18 their team s first six games of a season. Had a 90-yard touchdown run in Week 5 and, at 22 years, 263 days old, became the youngest player in NFL history with a touchdown run of at least 90 yards. Became the fifth rookie in league annals with a 90+ yard rushing touchdown. JIMMY GAROPPOLO QB, San Francisco 49ers MYLES GARRETT DE, Cleveland Browns ANTONIO GATES TE, Los Angeles Chargers FRANK GORE RB, Indianapolis Colts Is one of five quarterbacks since 1970 to win each of his first seven NFL starts. Had two sacks in his NFL debut in Week 5 and became the only player selected No. 1 overall to record multiple sacks in his NFL debut since the sack became an official statistic in Has 114 career touchdown receptions and surpassed TONY GONZALEZ (111) for the most touchdown catches by a tight end in NFL history. Moved into fifth place on the all-time rushing list with 14,026 career yards. Has 77 career rushing touchdowns and 17 touchdown catches and became the sixth player in NFL history with at least 75 rushing touchdowns and 15 receiving touchdowns, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers MARCUS ALLEN, JIM BROWN, MARSHALL FAULK, WALTER PAYTON and LA DAINIAN TOMLINSON. Had 1,206 scrimmage yards and is the only player in NFL history with 12 consecutive seasons with 1,200+ scrimmage yards. ROBBIE GOULD K, San Francisco 49ers Led the NFL with 39 field goals, tied for the third-most field goals in a single season in NFL history. Made 15 field goals in Weeks and is the only player in NFL history to make at least 15 field goals over a three-game span. A.J. GREEN WR, Cincinnati Bengals Had 1,078 receiving yards and is the only player in NFL history with at least 950 receiving yards in each of his first seven seasons. Reached 500 receptions and 50 touchdown catches in his 89th career game in Week 3 and joined Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON and LARRY FITZGERALD as the only players in NFL history with at least 500 catches and 50 touchdown receptions in their first 90 career games. EVERSON GRIFFEN DE, Minnesota Vikings Tied for third in the NFC with 13 sacks.

19 Recorded at least one sack in each of the Vikings first eight games this season and joined Indianapolis DWIGHT FREENEY (2009) and ROBERT MATHIS (2005) as the only players to record a sack in each of their team s first eight games of a season since the individual sack became an official statistic in ROB GRONKOWSKI TE, New England Patriots Led all NFL tight ends with 1,084 receiving yards and reached 1,000 yards for the fourth time in his career, tied with TONY GONZALEZ (four) and JASON WITTEN (four) for the most seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards among tight ends in NFL history. Reached his 70th career touchdown catch in his 91st game in Week 3, the fifth-fastest player in NFL history to reach 70 career touchdown receptions. TODD GURLEY RB, Los Angeles Rams Led the NFL with 2,093 scrimmage yards and 19 touchdowns (13 rushing, six receiving). Is the third different player in NFL history to have at least 2,000 scrimmage yards, 10 rushing touchdowns and more than five touchdown catches in a single season. The other two players to accomplish the feat are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: O.J. SIMPSON (1975) and MARSHALL FAULK (2000 and 2001). Had 118 rushing yards, 158 receiving yards and two touchdown receptions in Week 16 and became the third player in NFL history to have at least 100 rushing yards and 150 receiving yards in a single game, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer OLLIE MATSON (1954) and HERSCHEL WALKER (1986). STEPHEN HAUSCHKA K, Buffalo Bills Converted four field goals of at least 55 yards, tied with Detroit s MATT PRATER for the most such field goals in a single season in NFL history. Made an NFL-record 13 consecutive 50+ yard field-goal attempts dating back to JEFF HEATH S, Dallas Cowboys TYREEK HILL WR-PR-KR, Kansas City Chiefs Converted two of three extra-point attempts in Week 7 and joined Houston s TED THOMPSON (November 23, 1980) and Detroit s WAYNE WALKER (September 26, 1971) as the only non-kickers/punters to convert at least two extra-point attempts in a single game in NFL history. Has 11 career touchdowns of at least 50 yards, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer GALE SAYERS (11) for the second-most 50+ yard touchdowns in a player s first two seasons in NFL history. Only DEVIN HESTER

20 (13) had more such touchdowns in his first two seasons. T.Y. HILTON WR, Indianapolis Colts AUSTIN HOOPER TE, Atlanta Falcons KAREEM HUNT RB, Kansas City Chiefs Has 10 career games with at least 150 receiving yards, tied with JULIO JONES for the fourth-most 150-yard receiving games in a player s first six seasons. The only players with more such games in their first six seasons are Pro Football Hall of Famers LANCE ALWORTH (13) and JERRY RICE (13) and RANDY MOSS (12). Had an 88-yard touchdown catch in Week 1, the longest touchdown reception by a tight end in a season opener in NFL history. Ranked first in the NFL with 1,327 rushing yards and led all rookies with 1,782 scrimmage yards. Hunt is the second rookie not selected in the first round to lead his league in rushing yards in the common draft era (since 1967). Cincinnati s PAUL ROBINSON led the AFL with 1,023 rushing yards in Became the first player in NFL history to have at least three rushing touchdowns (three) and two receiving touchdowns (two) in his first two career games. Scored a touchdown of at least 50 yards in three consecutive games to start his career (Weeks 1-3) and is the only player in NFL history to accomplish the feat. Had at least 100 scrimmage yards in each of his first seven games this season and is the only rookie in NFL history with 100 or more scrimmage yards in each of his team s first seven games of a season. Is the only rookie in NFL history to have two games with at least 200 scrimmage yards, a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown, having accomplished the feat in Week 1 and Week 15. EDDIE JACKSON S, Chicago Bears Had a 76-yard interception-return touchdown and a 75-yard fumble-return touchdown in Week 7 and is the only player in NFL history with multiple defensive touchdowns of at least 75 yards in a single game. He is the only rookie in NFL history with two 75-yard defensive touchdowns in a single season. DUKE JOHNSON, JR. RB, Cleveland Browns Had 74 receptions for 693 yards and joined HERSCHEL WALKER as the only running backs in NFL history with 50+ catches and

21 500+ receiving yards in each of their first three seasons. AARON JONES RB, Green Bay Packers CHRIS JONES DE, Kansas City Chiefs JULIO JONES WR, Atlanta Falcons Had the game-winning 20-yard touchdown run on his first carry of the game in the Packers Week 13 overtime victory and became the second player in NFL history to score a rushing touchdown in overtime on his first carry of the game (NOLAN CROMWELL, 1979). Had three sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception in Week 2 and became the first player since JAMES HARRISON in 2007 to have at least three sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception in a single game. Led the NFC with 1,444 receiving yards. Has four consecutive seasons ( ) with at least 1,300 receiving yards, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON and DEMARYIUS THOMAS for the secondlongest streak in NFL history. Only TORRY HOLT (six) from has a longer streak in league annals. Has 9,054 career receiving yards and reached the 9,000-yard mark in his 95th game in Week 17, the fewest games to reach the milestone in NFL history. Has 585 career catches and reached 500 receptions in his 80th career game, tying ANQUAN BOLDIN for the fewest games to reach the milestone in NFL history. Has three career games with at least 250 receiving yards and is the only player in NFL history to have multiple 250+ yard receiving games. ALVIN KAMARA RB, New Orleans Saints Ranked second in the NFL with 14 touchdowns (eight rushing, five receiving, one kickoff return). Joined Pro Football Hall of Famer GALE SAYERS (1965) as the only rookies in NFL history to have at least five rushing touchdowns (eight), five receiving touchdowns (five) and a kickoff-return touchdown. Had 826 receiving yards and 728 rushing yards and joined Pro Football Hall of Famer CHARLEY TAYLOR (1964) as the only rookies in NFL history to have at least 700 rushing yards and 700 receiving yards. Had eight rushing touchdowns and five receiving touchdowns and became the fourth rookie in NFL history with at least five rushing and five receiving touchdowns, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers DOAK WALKER (1950), CHARLEY TAYLOR (1964) and

22 GALE SAYERS (1965). Led NFL rookies with 81 catches and ranked second with 1,554 scrimmage yards. His 81 receptions are the third-most all time by a rookie running back. Had 81 receptions for 826 yards and five touchdown catches and is one of two rookie running backs in NFL history (CHRISTIAN MC CAFFREY) with 80+ catches and at least five touchdown receptions. JARVIS LANDRY WR, Miami Dolphins Led the NFL with 112 receptions. Has 400 catches since entering the league in 2014 and surpassed ANQUAN BOLDIN (342) for the most catches by a player in his first four seasons in NFL history Is the only player in NFL history with at least 80 catches in each of his first four seasons. Had at least five receptions in all 16 games this season, joining ANTONIO BROWN (2013 and 2014), PIERRE GARÇON (2013) and JIMMY SMITH (2001) as the only players in NFL history to accomplish the feat. DEMARCUS LAWRENCE DE, Dallas Cowboys Tied for second in the NFL with a career-high 14.5 sacks. Had at least one sack in each of his team s first seven games of the season and is one of seven NFL players to accomplish the feat since ELI MANNING QB, New York Giants Moved into sixth place on the all-time passing yards list with 51,682 career yards. Has 339 career touchdown passes, the eighth-most in NFL history. CHRISTIAN MC CAFFREY RB, Carolina Panthers Had 80 receptions and five touchdown catches and is one of two rookie running backs in NFL history (ALVIN KAMARA) with at least 80 catches and five touchdown receptions. His 80 receptions are the fourth-most all time by a rookie running back. JOSH MC COWN QB, New York Jets LE SEAN MC COY RB, Buffalo Bills Had two rushing touchdowns in Week 13 and became the third player in NFL history with at least two rushing touchdowns in a single game at the age of 38 or older. Has 10,092 career rushing yards and reached 10,000 career rushing yards on his 2,145th

23 carry, the fifth-fewest attempts in NFL history to achieve the milestone. CAM NEWTON QB, Carolina Panthers Led NFL quarterbacks with 754 rushing yards, his third career season with at least 700 rushing yards, tied with MICHAEL VICK (three) for the most such seasons by a quarterback in NFL history. Has 4,320 career rushing yards and is the fourth quarterback in NFL history with at least 4,000 rushing yards, joining MICHAEL VICK (6,109), RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (4,928) and Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (4,239). Has six career games with at least three passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown and tied Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG, DREW BREES, JACK KEMP, TOBIN ROTE and BILLY WADE for the most such games in NFL history. Has 54 career rushing touchdowns and is the only quarterback in NFL history with 50+ rushing touchdowns. Threw four touchdown passes and had 95 rushing yards in Week 10 and is the only quarterback in NFL history with two career games with at least four touchdown passes and 95 rushing yards. Had a 69-yard run in Week 10 and a 62- yarder in Week 14 and became the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to have multiple 60+ yard rushes in a single season. JULIUS PEPPERS LB, Carolina Panthers ADRIAN PETERSON RB, Arizona Cardinals Has career sacks and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer CHRIS DOLEMAN (150.5) for the fourth-most sacks since 1982 when the individual sack became an official statistic. Had 11 sacks this season, his 10th career season with at least 10 sacks and became the fourth player in NFL history to have at least 10 seasons with 10+ sacks, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers BRUCE SMITH (13 seasons), REGGIE WHITE (12) and KEVIN GREENE (10). Had 159 rushing yards in Week 9 and, at 32 years old, became the third-oldest player in NFL history with at least 150 rushing yards in a game, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers JOHN RIGGINS (35 years old) and JOHN HENRY JOHNSON (34). Has 19 career games with at least 150 rushing yards and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famers ERIC DICKERSON (18) and EMMITT SMITH (18) for the fourth-most games with at least 150 rushing yards in NFL history.