Lamar Jackson got himself a record for Christmas.
The Baltimore Ravens signal-caller became the all-time leading rusher at the quarterback position during Wednesday's dominant 31-2 win over the Houston Texans, passing Mike Vick (6,109) with a six-yard scramble in the third quarter to bring his career total to 6,110.
"I'm grateful, man," Jackson said in the postgame locker room of setting the new mark. "That's a record that's been there forever, for a long time. Michael Vick, one of my favorite players, it's just dope."
Jackson, perhaps the most electric player in the league since he entered it in 2018, required 87 rushing yards entering the contest to pass Vick.
He got most of those on a 48-yard sprint to pay dirt that broke the game even more wide open to bring the score to 24-2, a play on 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 toward his own greatness, Jackson was surprised to hear 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."
Nonetheless, the 27-year-old's record-setting day was powered 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 tossing two touchdowns on 10-of-15 passing.
So dominant is Jackson 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 the tally in the coming weeks and years, but with the playoffs upcoming he'll he hoping to make his most important run yet -- one to the Super Bowl.
