Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson passed Michael Vick to record the most rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history in a 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans on Wednesday.

“Michael Vick, one of my favorite players,” Jackson said. “That’s just nonsense.”

Jackson passed Vick on a 6-yard run in the third quarter. Jackson had 87 yards rushing, giving him 6,110 yards rushing, passing Vick, who had 6,109 yards in his 13-year career.

Jackson, the regular-season MVP last season and in 2019, threw two touchdown passes and had a 48-yard scoring run to lead the Ravens to victory. And he only needed more than three quarters to get it done, leaving Josh Johnson with about ten minutes left and the game long since decided.

“Just have fun,” Jackson said. “The NFL is not easy. I don’t care what nobody says. It looks easy, but it’s not.”

Coach John Harbaugh raved about Jackson’s season. He has a career and franchise record 39 touchdown passes with just four interceptions and four touchdown runs.

“Sometimes I just shake my head and say, ‘That was a really great play,'” Harbaugh said. “I see a lot of great plays from Lamar Jackson. I told him I was proud of him. I’m not just proud of him because he makes great plays. I’m proud of him for all the things that go into the great plays, but also for all the things he overcame along the way.”

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