Lamar Jackson is a dynamite quarterback who plays for the Baltimore Ravens in the National Football League (NFL). Jackson was born on January 7, 1997, in Pompano Beach, Florida. The 6-foot 2-inch signal-caller has had a stellar career not only in the NFL but in college also. He went to the University of Louisville and in his sophomore year, he won the coveted Heisman Trophy.
His love for football started very early and by the age of 8 years, he could throw the ball over 20 yards. He was already a standout quarterback for Boynton Beach High School in Boynton Beach, Florida. While in high school, he threw the ball for 100 yards. He already possessed dual-threat ability in high school, but improved his passing accuracy by studying hours of tapes. In 2016, while playing for the Louisville Cardinals football team, he won the Maxwell Award and the Walter Camp Award to go with his Heisman Trophy.
Lamar Jackson was then selected by the Baltimore Ravens with the 32nd overall pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. The Ravens struck gold as the final pick of the first round has given the franchise new hope towards lifting the Lombardi Trophy once again after their latest victory came in 2013. Along the way, Lamar Jackson has set the league on fire and with it has put his name in the record books as well. As a quarterback, his passing is top notch, yet he shines brightly with his running game. This dual threat quarterback has thus set many rushing records for a quarterback in the NFL.
Lamar Jackson Passing Yards in the Regular Season
In 2018, Lamar Jackson was eased into the Baltimore Ravens team as he played 16 games but started only 7 of those. As a starter he compiled a 6-1 record in the 7 games, going on to throw for 1,201 yards with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. In 2019, the Ravens cut Joe Flacco, their starting quarterback and handed over the reins to Lamar Jackson. After playing and starting in all 15 games, Jackson threw for 3,127 yards en route to winning the NFL MVP that year. He became only the second player behind Tom Brady to win the MVP award unanimously and at 21 years of age, he was also the second youngest to win the award behind only Jim Brown. From the 2020 season onwards, Jackson has consistently thrown for over 2,000 passing yards leading the Ravens to 4 playoff appearances in 5 years.
Regular Season Stats
| Year | Team | GP | CMP | YDS | AVG |
| 2018 | BAL | 16 | 99 | 1,201 | 7.1 |
| 2019 | BAL | 15 | 265 | 3,127 | 7.8 |
| 2020 | BAL | 15 | 242 | 2,757 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | BAL | 12 | 246 | 2,882 | 7.5 |
| 2022 | BAL | 12 | 203 | 2,242 | 6.9 |
| Career | 70 | 1,055 | 12,209 | 7.4 |
Lamar Jackson Passing Yards in the Playoffs
The postseason has not been kind to Lamar Jackson. Since the 2018 season, the Ravens have made it to the playoffs on 4 occasions but have made it to the Divisional round on only one occasion. Jackson, in 2018, became the youngest quarterback to start a playoff game when he took the field just one day before his 22nd birthday against the Los Angeles Chargers in the Wild Card round. Eventually, the Ravens fell short despite Jackson’s 194 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns as the Chargers won by a score of 23-17. In the 2019 MVP season, the Ravens fell in the Divisional round to the Tennessee Titans. Jackson had a great game passing for 365 yards and 1 passing touchdown. 2020 was the last playoff appearance for Lamar as the Ravens failed to qualify for the playoffs in 2021 and in 2022 he was injured.
Postseason stats
| Year | Team | GP | CMP | YDS | AVG |
| 2018 | BAL | 1 | 14 | 194 | 6.7 |
| 2019 | BAL | 1 | 31 | 365 | 6.2 |
| 2020 | BAL | 2 | 31 | 341 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | BAL | 0 | Did not play - Injured | ||
| Career | 4 | 76 | 900 | 6.6 | |
Lamar Jackson Passing Yards Records
Lamar Jackson’s total body of work as a quarterback in the NFL is not just limited to his passing abilities, but his rushing stats are equally strong. With his dual threat abilities, he has been able to set much more rushing records than passing records in the NFL. Although Jackson has more than 12,000 regular season passing yards, and 900 passing yards in the postseason, 4,437 regular season rushing yards and 367 postseason rushing yards have made more impact on the record books. Having said that, let’s take a look at some of the passing records he holds in the NFL.
Passing records in the NFL
In the 2019 season, he became the first player in the league to have over 3,000 passing yards along with more than 1,000 rushing yards in a single season.
Again in 2019, he had the most perfect passer rating games with 2 games tying with Ben Roethlisberger.
In week 1 of the 2019 season, Lamar Jackson became the youngest quarterback to achieve a perfect passer rating at the age of 22 years and 244 days.
In week 5 of the 2021 season, Jackson achieved the highest completion percentage of 86% while attempting more than 40 passes.
