By Lydia Jane Allison

NEW YORK –– Jan. 4, 2024 –– Below are among the milestones that can be reached in Week 18 of the 2023 NFL season:

• Rushing quarterbacks (Josh Allen & Jalen Hurts)
• Houston (C.J. Stroud)
• Young quarterbacks with 4,000+ passing yards
• Miami (Tyreek Hill)
• Dallas (CeeDee Lamb)
• Las Vegas (Davante Adams)
• L.A. Rams (Puka Nacua)
• Detroit (Sam LaPorta)
• Jacksonville (Evan Engram)

  ALLEN & HURTS RUSHING INTO THE RECORD BOOKS

Buffalo quarterback JOSH ALLEN and Philadelphia quarterback JALEN HURTS each have 15 rushing touchdowns, tied for the most by a quarterback in a season in NFL history. In total, quarterbacks have rushed for 112 touchdowns this season, marking the third season all-time with at least 100 rushing touchdowns by quarterbacks, joining 2020 (126) and 2022 (105).

The quarterbacks with the most rushing touchdowns in a season in NFL history:

Allen has a rushing touchdown in five consecutive games and on Sunday night in Miami (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), can become the second quarterback in the Super Bowl era with a rushing touchdown in six consecutive games, joining JUSTIN FIELDS (six consecutive games in 2022).

Allen ranks second among quarterbacks all-time with 53 career rushing touchdowns, trailing only Newton (75 rushing touchdowns). Hurts ranks fourth with 41 rushing touchdowns and, with two rushing touchdowns in Week 18 at the New York Giants (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS), can tie Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (43 rushing touchdowns) for the third-most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in NFL history.

Additionally, with two rushing touchdowns, Hurts would become the first quarterback all-time with multiple rushing touchdowns in five games in a season.

The quarterbacks with the most rushing touchdowns in NFL history:

Allen enters Week 18 with 3,947 passing yards and 27 touchdown passes. On Sunday night, he can join DREW BREES (nine consecutive seasons from 2008-16) as the only players in NFL history with at least 4,000 passing yards and 30 touchdown passes in four consecutive seasons.

Allen has 42 combined passing and rushing touchdowns this season and had 45 combined touchdowns in 2020. With three touchdowns in Week 18, he can become the fifth quarterback in NFL history with at least 45 combined passing and rushing touchdowns in multiple career seasons, joining TOM BRADY (2007 and 2021), PATRICK MAHOMES (2018 and 2022), Pro Football Hall of Famer PEYTON MANNING (2004 and 2013) and AARON RODGERS (2011 and 2020).

Allen has 165 touchdown passes since entering the NFL in 2018 and, with three touchdown passes this week, can surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer PEYTON MANNING (167 touchdown passes) for the third-most by a player in his first six seasons in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer DAN MARINO (196 touchdown passes) and PATRICK MAHOMES (192) have more.

The players with the most touchdown passes in their first six seasons in NFL history:

 STROUD AND TEXANS ON VERGE OF MILESTONES

With a win on Saturday night against Indianapolis (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC), the HOUSTON TEXANS, led by first-year head coach DEMECO RYANS and rookie quarterback C.J. STROUD, can become the first team with a rookie head coach and qualifying rookie quarterback to make the postseason since the 2012 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (CHUCK PAGANO and ANDREW LUCK).

Stroud has 3,844 passing yards this season and on Sunday he can become the fifth rookie all-time to reach 4,000 passing yards.

The rookies with the most passing yards in NFL history:

Stroud has six games with at least 300 passing yards, tied for the most in the league this season. With 300 passing yards in Week 18, Stroud will surpass ANDREW LUCK (six games in 2012) for the second-most 300-yard games ever by a rookie. Only JUSTIN HERBERT (eight in 2020) has more.

​Stroud enters Week 18 with a 99.0 passer rating and can join DAK PRESCOTT (104.9 rating in 2016), ROBERT GRIFFIN III (102.4 in 2012) and RUSSELL WILSON (100.0 in 2012) as the only qualifying rookie quarterbacks with a passer rating of 100-or-higher.

 YOUNG QUARTERBACKS ON VERGE OF 4,000 YARDS

Two quarterbacks age 25 or younger – Miami’s TUA TAGOVAILOA (4,451 passing yards, age 25) and San Francisco’s BROCK PURDY (4,280, age 24) – have already reached 4,000 passing yards this season while five other quarterbacks age 25 or younger – Houston’s C.J. STROUD (3,844, age 22), Green Bay’s JORDAN LOVE (3,843, age 25), Philadelphia’s JALEN HURTS (3,803, age 25), Washington’s SAM HOWELL (3,793, age 23) and Jacksonville’s TREVOR LAWRENCE (3,736, age 24) are within 300 passing yards of the 4,000-yard mark entering Week 18.

The 2023 season can become the first season in NFL history with five-or-more quarterbacks age 25 or younger each registering at least 4,000 passing yards in the same season, surpassing the 2020 season (four quarterbacks).

The 2023 season can also become the first season in NFL history with four-or-more quarterbacks age 24 or younger each recording at least 4,000 passing yards in the same season, surpassing the 2018 (three quarterbacks) and 2012 (three) seasons.

 HILL CAN BECOME SEVENTH WITH 1,800 RECEIVING YARDS​

Miami wide receiver TYREEK HILL leads the NFL with a career-high 1,717 receiving yards and is the first player in NFL history to record at least 1,700 receiving yards in multiple seasons.

With 118 receiving yards in Week 18, Hill can surpass ANTONIO BROWN (1,834 receiving yards in 2015) for the fifth-most receiving yards in a season in NFL history. With 83 receiving yards, he would become the seventh player all-time to reach 1,800 receiving yards in a season.

The players with the most receiving yards in a season in NFL history:

Hill has 710 receptions for 10,057 yards and has 82 scrimmage touchdowns (75 receiving, seven rushing) in his first eight career seasons. In Week 18, he needs:

• Three receptions to surpass TORRY HOLT (712 receptions) and BRANDON MARSHALL (712) for the fourth-most receptions by a player in his first eight career seasons in NFL history.
• Ninety-one receiving yards to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer RANDY MOSS (10,147 receiving yards) for the fifth-most receiving yards by a player in his first eight seasons in NFL history.
• Two scrimmage touchdowns to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famers MARVIN HARRISON (83 scrimmage touchdowns) and TERRELL OWENS (83) for the third-most scrimmage touchdowns by a wide receiver in his first eight seasons all-time.

Entering Week 18, Hill ranks second in the NFL with 12 touchdown receptions while teammate RAHEEM MOSTERT leads all players with 18 rushing touchdowns. Miami can join the 2014 DALLAS COWBOYS (DEZ BRYANT and DEMARCO MURRAY) as the only teams since 1970 with the league’s leader in touchdown receptions and rushing touchdowns in the same season.

 LAMB CAN BECOME SIXTH WITH 130 RECEPTIONS

Dallas wide receiver CEEDEE LAMB leads the NFL with 122 receptions this season, ranks second with 1,651 receiving yards and tied for third with 10 touchdown receptions. Last week, he became the sixth player all-time with four games with at least 10 receptions and 150 receiving yards in a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers TIM BROWN (1997), CALVIN JOHNSON (2012) and JERRY RICE (1995) as well as ANTONIO BROWN (2017) and TYREEK HILL (2022).

With eight receptions in Week 18, Lamb can become the sixth player in NFL history with at least 130 receptions in a season, joining MICHAEL THOMAS (149 receptions in 2019), COOPER KUPP (145 in 2021), Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (143 in 2002), ANTONIO BROWN (136 in 2015) and JULIO JONES (136 in 2015).

The players with the most receptions in a season in NFL history:

With three receptions this week, Lamb can become the fourth player all-time with at least 125 receptions and 10 touchdown receptions in a season, joining ANTONIO BROWN (2014 and 2015), Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (2002) and COOPER KUPP (2021).

The players with at least 125 receptions and 10 touchdown receptions in a season in NFL history:

Lamb has 5,047 receiving yards since entering the NFL in 2020 and with 42 receiving yards in Week 18, can surpass TORRY HOLT (5,088 receiving yards) for the fourth-most by a player in his first four seasons.

Lamb has nine career games with at least 10 receptions and can join MICHAEL THOMAS (18 games) and CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY (10) as the only players with at least 10 such games in their first four seasons in NFL history.

 NACUA LOOKS FOR ROOKIE RECEIVING RECORDS

Los Angeles Rams rookie wide receiver PUKA NACUA ranks fourth in the NFL with 1,445 receiving yards this season and ties for eighth with 101 receptions. Last week marked his seventh game with at least 100 receiving yards, tied for the second-most such games by a rookie in NFL history.

With four receptions at San Francisco (4:25 p.m. ET, FOX), Nacua will surpass JAYLEN WADDLE (104 receptions in 2021) for the most receptions by a rookie in NFL history.

​The rookies with the most receptions in NFL history:

With 29 receiving yards, Nacua will surpass BILL GROMAN (1,473 receiving yards) for the most receiving yards by a rookie all-time and with at least 100 receiving yards on Sunday will join Groman (nine games in 1960) as the only rookies all-time with eight games of 100-or-more receiving yards.

The rookies with the most receiving yards in history:

 ADAMS APPROACHES 100 RECEPTIONS

In 2023, 10 players have already eclipsed 100 receptions, with Las Vegas’ DAVANTE ADAMS (98 receptions) and Cincinnati’s JA’MARR CHASE (95) representing the two closest players to reaching the mark in Week 18. If two more players reach 100 receptions, 2023 would become the first season in NFL history with 12-or-more players each having 100-or-more receptions, surpassing the 2018 season (11 players).

With two receptions in Week 18, Adams would become the fourth player in NFL history with at least 100 receptions in four consecutive seasons, joining ANTONIO BROWN (six consecutive seasons from 2013-18), STEFON DIGGS (four from 2020-23) and Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (four from 1999-2002).

Adams has 867 receptions since entering the NFL in 2014 and with three receptions can surpass TORRY HOLT (869 receptions) for the third-most receptions by a player in his first 10 seasons in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer MARVIN HARRISON (927 receptions) and BRANDON MARSHALL (882) have more.

 LAPORTA SETTING MARKS FOR ROOKIE TIGHT ENDS

Detroit rookie tight end SAM LAPORTA leads all tight ends with nine touchdown receptions, ranks tied for fourth with 81 receptions and sixth with 860 receiving yards this season.

LaPorta can become the third rookie tight end in NFL history to record at least 10 touchdown receptions, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer MIKE DITKA (12 touchdown receptions in 1961) and ROB GRONKOWSKI (10 in 2010).

The rookie tight ends with the most touchdown receptions in NFL history:

With one reception, LaPorta will surpass KEITH JACKSON (81 receptions in 1988) for the most receptions by a rookie tight end in NFL history.

The rookie tight ends with the most receptions in NFL history:

With 40 receiving yards, LaPorta will become the third rookie tight end all-time with at least 900 receiving yards, joining Ditka (1,076 receiving yards in 1961) and KYLE PITTS (1,026 in 2021).

The rookie tight ends with the most receiving yards in NFL history:

 ENGRAM CAN CATCH 110

Jacksonville tight end EVAN ENGRAM leads all tight ends with a career-high 104 receptions entering Week 18. With six receptions this week, he can become the fourth tight end in NFL history with at least 110 receptions in a season, joining ZACH ERTZ (116 receptions in 2018), TRAVIS KELCE (110 in 2022) and JASON WITTEN (110 in 2012).

The tight ends with the most receptions in a season in NFL history:

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