Lamar Jackson fails to break record held by former Ohio State quarterback
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The AFC Championship game ended Sunday with the Baltimore Ravens suffering a close loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, 17-10. The Kansas City will now head to the Super Bowl to take on the San Franciso 49ers, who defeated the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship.
During that game, Lamar Jackson made an amazing play where he caught his own pass and gave himself a 13-yard reception. And while that was impressive, it’s not quite the accomplishment of one former Ohio State football legend throwing the longest pass to himself in NFL history. That would be Kent Graham in 1998 with the New York Giants, when he did so for 16-yards against the Chiefs.
Graham was a revolutionary in many ways. He was the first major Ohio State quarterback to come in as a transfer as Graham started his college career with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Graham was the starter for the Buckeyes in 1991 before being drafted by the Giants in the 8th round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He went on to have a long NFL career with a handful of franchises from 1992 through 2002. His son, Taylor Graham, was also a Buckeye quarterback in 2010 and 2011 before transferring to become a Hawaii Warrior.
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NFL歷史上自傳自接後推進碼數最多的是Kent Graham，他那次有16碼的推進，而第二多的是Lamar，他昨天接到自己的傳球後則推進13碼，然後有趣的是這兩位所對上的球隊都是酋長pic.twitter.com/bAdRekqthP https://t.co/920Mau56fN
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