peyton manning has the most passing yards in a career.
peyton manning has the most passing yards in a career.
who has the most passing yards in a career?
peyton manning
going into his junior season, bray and the rest of the volunteers entered the 2012 season with very high expectations, but those expectations never panned out on the field. the 2012 season was bray's only season where he started all 12 games for the volunteers. the season started off promising in the chick-fil-a kickoff game at the georgia dome in atlanta against nc state. the volunteers defeated the wolfpack by a score of 35–21. in the victory, bray had 333 passing yards and two touchdowns. after a 51–13 blowout win over georgia state, tennessee entered the conference slate looking to finally achieve long-awaited victory over some conference rivals. however, against florida, the season began to fade. in the 37–20 defeat, bray performed well in the first half but had a lethargic second half. in the loss, he passed for 257 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. the loss against the gators, which was the program's eighth consecutive in the rivalry, exposed a serious problem with the volunteers in the 2012 season, which was their defense. over the course of the rest of the season, bray mostly played well but mainly because it was a necessity to offset the mediocre defense. the next week, the vols defeated akron by a score of 47–26 with bray passing for 401 yards, four touchdowns, and an interception. the next week, against georgia bulldogs at sanford stadium, bray passed for 281 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions in the 51–44 loss. two weeks later, the vols faced mississippi state at davis wade stadium and lose by a score of 41–31. in the loss, bray had 148 passing yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. the next week, against alabama, bray did not fare well against the eventual national champions. he had 184 passing yards and two interceptions in the 44–13 home loss. the following game was against south carolina at williams-brice stadium. bray performed statistically well in the 38–35 loss. he recorded 368 passing yards, four touchdowns, and one interception. the next week against the troy trojans at home marked a career day for bray but a very ominous reality for the tennessee football team as a whole. in the 55–48 victory, bray set a school-record with 530 passing yards and five touchdowns. bray's performance was needed though as the tennessee defense gave up a school-record 721 total yards to the trojans. peyton manning previously held the school record with a 523-yard performance against kentucky in 1997. the next week, the vols, still in contention for bowl eligibility, faced the missouri tigers at home. the tigers ended up outlasting the vols in 4ot by a score of 51–48. bray had 404 passing yards and four touchdowns in the loss. in the following game against vanderbilt at vanderbilt stadium, bray had his worst game of the season. bray had 103 passing yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions in the 41–18 loss. he was benched in the game for justin worley in a move by head coach derek dooley. the loss eliminated tennessee from bowl eligibility and dooley was fired after the game. in the final game of his tennessee career, bray performed well against the kentucky wildcats at home. in the 37–17 victory, bray had 293 passing yards and four touchdowns.
tyler bray
rivers and the chargers started the 2017 season with some tough results. in week 1, against the denver broncos, he had 192 passing yards, three touchdowns, and one interception in a narrow 24–21 loss on "monday night football". the game was lost when chargers' kicker younghoe koo missed a game-tying field goal. in the next game, a narrow 19–17 loss to the miami dolphins, he had 331 passing yards and a touchdown. rivers struggled in the next game, a 24–10 loss to the kansas city chiefs, with three interceptions. the chargers' hard luck continued in the next game, a narrow 26–24 loss to the philadelphia eagles. in the loss, rivers had 347 passing yards and two touchdowns. after their 0–4 start, the chargers won a game against the new york giants by score of 27–22 in week 5. in the victory, rivers had 258 passing yards, three touchdowns, and one interception. in the next game, a 17–16 victory over the oakland raiders, he had 268 passing yards and one touchdown. the chargers won their third consecutive game in a 21–0 defeat of the denver broncos in their second divisional matchup. rivers had 183 passing yards and two touchdowns in the victory. the chargers' winning streak ended with a 21–13 loss to the new england patriots the next week. in the loss, he had 212 passing yards, one touchdown, and one interception. after a 20–17 loss to the jacksonville jaguars after their bye week, the chargers started another winning streak. in a matchup with the buffalo bills, rivers had 251 passing yards and two touchdowns as the chargers won 54–24. on thanksgiving day, during week 12 against the dallas cowboys, rivers finished with 434 passing yards and three passing touchdowns as the chargers won 28–6. it was the first time the chargers played on thanksgiving since 1969. his performance in week 12 earned him afc offensive player of the week. on december 3, against the cleveland browns, the chargers won 19–10 as rivers had 344 passing yards and a touchdown. in the following game, against the washington redskins, he had 319 passing yards and two touchdowns as the chargers won their fourth consecutive game. on december 16, he had 227 passing yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions as they lost to the kansas city chiefs by a score of 30–13. on december 19, 2017, rivers was named to his seventh pro bowl along with his top receiver keenan allen. in week 16, against the new york jets, he had 290 passing yards and a touchdown in the 14–7 victory. in week 17, rivers became the ninth quarterback in nfl history to reach 50,000 career passing yards. in that game, he completed 28 of 37 passes for 387 yards and three touchdowns in a 30–10 win over the raiders, earning him his second afc offensive player of the week of the season. overall, rivers had 4,515 passing yards, 28 touchdowns, and ten interceptions in the 2017 season. he helped lead the chargers to a 9–7 season. despite having their first winning season since 2014, the chargers failed to make the playoffs. he was ranked 56th by his fellow players on the nfl top 100 players of 2018.
philip rivers