The Blessed Individual eats record books for breakfast… AND HE NEVER GETS FULL.
His Sunday feast against Tampa Bay was chock full of delicious tidbits that may have escaped media attention under the glare of his three touchdown runs, which broke NFL single-season record for rushing TDs by a quarterback.
From RotoWorld.com:
On the same afternoon where he broke Steve Grogan’s 1976 mark of 12 rushing scores, Newtown became just the third player in NFL history with a touchdown pass, three rush scores, and a reception in the same game, joining LaDainian Tomlinson and Ronnie Brown. Yes, lost amid the rushing scores was a 27-yard catch. Matching Rodgers’ 39 standard-scoring fantasy points, Newton is also the first quarterback with three rushing touchdowns in a game since Daunte Culpepper with the Raiders in 2007.
Newton is currently the league leader in rushing touchdowns with 13—just five away from Eric Dickerson’s rookie record. He’s also just 442 yards shy of tying Peyton Manning’s rookie passing record. And he’s got four breakfasts left.
h/t Xavier Garunzuay.
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Interest coincidence about three NFL players…Newton, Tomlinson, and Brown…obviously two of them were Auburn players but Tomlinson was also a Pat Sullivan recruit at TCU.
I believe his reception was almost a TD too.. anybody know if that would have eliminated RB or LT?
Looks to me like Cam has become an icon and entertainer…sure has people fired up in Charlotte about the Panthers again.
I think he has more broken records this year than Mark Ingram has touch downs
Actually, he has four records and Ingram has five touchdowns, but as he will likely break Peyton Manning’s rookie passing mark AND LaDanian Tomlinson’s scoring record the joke still stands.
There is still at least a chance for a seventh record – Eric Dickerson’s 18 rushing touchdowns in his rookie year. Cam’s on track to have 17 by the end of the year.
Is there a record for the number of NFL records set in a year by a single player?
when they drafed him there were afew boo’s. those same people are screaning now. war eagle!