Tom Brady becomes first player in NFL history with over 100,000 passing yards

Tom Brady continued to make an almost unreachable impact on the NFL record books after crossing 100,000 passing yards for his career with regular season and postseason numbers combined. The 23-year NFL veteran and eventual Hall of Famer broke the 100,000 yard mark with a 15-yard pass to Leonard Fournette.

100,000 CAREER PASSING YARDS!#TomBrady is the FIRST player in NFL history to reach the historic milestone.#GoBucs | #ForeverNE pic.twitter.com/NGrA1jBpkP

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Tom Brady passes insane milestone for passing yards

Brady’s milestone number is a testament to not only his regular season success, but his playoff greatness — as he now sits nearly 15,000 yards ahead of No. 2 on the list, Drew Brees. Rounding out the top five are Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Ben Roethlisberger and Philip Rivers, with Matt Ryan being the closest active quarterback with 64,415 yards.

Brady only needed 164 yards to cross the milestone coming into Sunday’s game, and he joked in an interview with Pro Football Talk‘s Mike Florio that he still remembers the last milestone he crossed with receiver Mike Evans. Evans famously gave away the 600th career touchdown pass thrown by Brady by throwing it into the stands in his celebration.

“Put out an APB or something like that to all the offensive guys?” Brady joked. “Yeah, I mean those things are — I’ll probably keep my jersey. I’ve been keeping more of those lately. But whatever happens, happens. It’s just a football.”

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Brady went on to reminisce over the record’s meaning to him and gave credit to everybody he’s played with and continues to play with in his historic career.

“I think for me it’s a credit to all the guys that I’ve played with, and who have blocked for me, who have caught passes,” Brady said. “I think all those things are a great celebration to all those guys. I think I can’t do shit in this league without guys doing what they are amazing at, too. I’m very fortunate to play with great players, people who catch the football, great coaches, and being down here has been an amazing experience for me.”