{"id":297099,"date":"2023-12-04T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297099"},"modified":"2023-12-04T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:54:00","slug":"nfl-stats-and-records-week-13-dolphins-players-dominate-wr-puka-nacua-makes-rams-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/nfl\/nfl-stats-and-records-week-13-dolphins-players-dominate-wr-puka-nacua-makes-rams-history\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL stats and records, Week 13: Dolphins players dominate; WR Puka Nacua makes Rams history"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL Research offers the best nuggets from each week of games in the NFL. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 13 of the 2023 NFL season.<\/em><\/p>\n

1) Buccaneers WR\u00a0hits a new milestone<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mike Evans\u00a0has notched his 10th career season with 1,000-plus receiving yards. No other player has had at least 1,000 receiving yards in their first seven career seasons.<\/p>\n

As for a full career, Evans is the third player in NFL history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in double-digit seasons — joining wide receiver royalty in Jerry Rice (14 seasons) and Randy Moss (10 seasons).<\/p>\n

Evans and Rice (11 straight seasons from 1986-1996) are the only players to have 1,000-plus receiving yards in 10 consecutive seasons at any point in their careers.<\/p>\n

2) Stroud breaks record for rookie QB<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Texans already have as many wins this season (seven) as they had in 2021 and 2022 combined. Inarguably, rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud has been a huge factor in Houston’s turnaround.<\/p>\n

Stroud failed to top 300 yards passing in Week 13 against the Broncos, the first time he has had fewer than 300 yards in a game since October.<\/p>\n

Stroud’s mere 274 passing yards in Week 13 brought his season total up to 3,540 — the most in the NFL. Stroud would be the first rookie in the Super Bowl era to lead the NFL in passing yards.<\/p>\n

In just his last five games, Stroud has 1,740 yards through the air — the most in any five-game span by a rookie in NFL history (by over 100 yards). Andrew Luck previously held that mark with 1,625 yards from Weeks 9-13, 2012.<\/p>\n

3) Tyreek Hill is making history<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hill made a 78-yard house call on the Dolphins’ first drive of the game — and that was certainly not his only big play of the day.<\/p>\n

Hill added another 60-yard touchdown in the second quarter and finished Week 13 with five catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns in a 45-15 win against the Commanders.<\/p>\n

Those two touchdowns were the 20th and 21st of Hill’s career that went for at least 60 yards — which ties him with Devin Hester for the third-most touchdowns of 60-plus yards in NFL history. Only DeSean Jackson (26) and Jerry Rice (23) have more.<\/p>\n

This was Hill’s fifth game this season with at least 150 receiving yards and a touchdown — which is a record for the most such games in a single season in NFL history. Hill was previously tied with Victor Cruz (2011), Roy Green (1984), Don Maynard (1968), Ben Hawkins (1967) and Lance Alworth (1965) in that category.<\/p>\n

Hill has 1,481 receiving yards in 2023, nearly 300 more than any other player this season and more than any player has had in their first 12 games of a season in the Super Bowl era.<\/p>\n

Doing some napkin math here — Hill is on pace for 2,098 receiving yards this season (the NFL single-season record is 1,964 by Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson in 2012).<\/p>\n

4) Dolphins’ rookie RB keeps scoring<\/strong><\/p>\n

De’Von Achane has played more than five snaps in four career games:<\/p>\n