NFL stats and records, Week 14: Browns QB Shedeur Sanders enters rarefied rookie air

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NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 14 of the 2025 season.

It seemed like perfect timing for Shedeur Sanders to lead the Browns to their fourth victory of the season in a matchup against the one-win Titans. While that result did not go according to plan, Sanders showcased the top-end talent that put him at the upper echelon of mock draft boards back in the spring.

The fifth-round rookie finished with 364 passing yards, three passing touchdowns, 29 rushing yards and a score on the ground. Sanders led a potential game-tying touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter but was not on the field for the Browns’ two-point try. (Cleveland utilized rookie running back Quinshon Judkins on a Wildcat play, as the team has often done near the goal line.)

Although the Browns failed on the two-point attempt and lost, 31-29, their rookie quarterback made history and attached his name to a pair of high-profile quarterbacks. Sanders became just the second rookie in NFL history with at least 350 passing yards, three passing TDs and a rushing TD in the same game, joining Joe Burrow, who did so in 2020 against the Browns (also in a loss).

Many of those passing yards for Sanders came on explosive big plays — namely a 58-yard screen pass to Judkins and a 60-yard touchdown toss to Jerry Jeudy. Sanders has four completions of 50-plus yards since making his first career start in Week 12, which is twice as many as any other quarterback in that span. Sam Darnold, who has two, is the only other QB with multiple such completions during that time frame.

Sanders joined Aaron Rodgers as the only quarterbacks since 2000 to have four completions of 50-plus yards within their first three career starts. Rodgers did so in 2008 after sitting behind Brett Favre for three seasons.

The Bills trailed the Bengals by 10 points with less than eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter — until Josh Allen scrambled for a career-long 40-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to three. The next time he touched the ball, the Bills held a four-point lead, thanks to a Christian Benford 63-yard pick-six.

Allen finished with three passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown and outrushed the Bengals all by himself (78-62) in Buffalo’s 39-34 win over Cincinnati.

The 2024 AP Most Valuable Player now has three career games with at least three touchdowns passing, one rushing and 75 yards on the ground. That breaks a tie with Lamar Jackson and Michael Vick for the most such games in the Super Bowl era.

Allen, who has 22 passing touchdowns and 12 rushing touchdowns in 2025, has now reached 20-plus passing touchdowns and 10-plus rushing touchdowns in three different seasons, breaking a tie with Jalen Hurts and Cam Newton for the most such campaigns all time. Hurts, who takes on the Chargers on Monday, needs one more passing TD and two more rushing TDs in 2025 to notch his third 20-10 season and rejoin Allen for that record.

Allen is also three passing touchdowns away from a third straight season with 25-plus TDs through the air and 12 or more scores on the ground. No other player in NFL history has had a single season with both of those touchdown totals.

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