Ravens’ Lamar Jackson breaks Mike Vick’s record for career rushing yards by a quarterback

Jackson, perhaps the most electric player in the league since entering it in 2018, required 87 rushing yards to enter the contest to pass Vick.

He made most of them on a 48-yard sprint to pay dirt that broke the game even wider to make it 24-2, a game in which he topped out at 21.25 miles per hour, the third-fastest speed reached by a quarterback in the Next Gen Stats era.

Nonchalant about his own greatness, Jackson was surprised to learn it was also the fastest he’s been clocked as a ball carrier in his career.

“I was jogging,” he said. “I was straight. I didn’t have to do anything.”

Nevertheless, the 27-year-old’s record days were fueled by far more than a single carry. He frustrated Houston’s D throughout the contest by buying time in the pocket in spades and picking up valuable yards with his feet to set up easy conversions, and he was efficient with his arm while throwing two touchdowns on 10-of-15 passing.

Jackson is so dominant that he needed just 102 career games to set the new standard, 41 fewer than Vick.

He’s sure to add many more yards to his tally in the coming weeks and years, but with the playoffs coming up, he’ll be hoping to make his most important run yet — one to the Super Bowl.