Move over, Steve Young. With his 13-yard scamper in the second one quarter of Buffalo’s Week 8 matchup in opposition to the Buccaneers, Josh Allen knotted himself with the Pro Football Hall of Famer for the second-most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in NFL history. The Bills quarterback got here into this matchup with 42 profession rushing touchdowns, and he now unearths himself aligned with Young and handiest having a look as much as the all time chief, former Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.Â
This ranking got here one power after the Bills had been not able to punch it in with the ball sitting on the 1-yard line. Despite Allen’s nostril for the top zone, he did not obtain a rushing try on that power, however made up for it after which some on the following ownership. He dropped again from the Tampa Bay 13-yard line and scrambled up the center of the sphere to edge his method thru for the landing and align himself with Young in the history books.Â
Young completed his profession as the all time main landing rusher again in 1999 and held that file till Week 1 of the 2016 season when Newton surpassed him. The ex-Panthers quarterback, who remaining performed in the NFL in 2021, created far between Young and Allen as he these days has the file set at 75 rushing touchdowns.
While Allen is now 32 rushing rankings at the back of Newton, he’s on tempo to in the end take down the file. He necessarily averages a rushing landing each and every different recreation, so it would take him a little below 4 seasons to tie Newton for the file at his present fee.Â
When/if Allen does succeed in Newton, he could possibly cling the file for a bit. Aaron Rodgers is the following lively quarterback at the back of Allen and has simply 35 rushing touchdowns over his profession. Jalen Hurts might be Allen’s largest risk to be unseated, as Hurts has 32 profession rushing touchdowns to this point. Lamar Jackson, who was once in the similar draft elegance as Allen, follows him with 29 profession rushing touchdowns.Â