Rookie QB DeShone Kizer passed for 214 yards and set career-highs in touchdown passes (three) and rating (99.4). Kizer tied a Browns record for touchdown passes in a game by a rookie. His 315 rushing yards are the second-most by a Browns quarterback in a season. His 2,252 passing yards this year are the third-most by a Browns rookie. Kizer is the first Browns quarterback to throw three touchdown passes in a game since Josh McCown on Nov. 1, 2015.
Most touchdown passes by a Browns rookie in a game
Player | Date | TDs |
1. DeShone Kizer | 12/10/2017 | 3 |
Tim Couch | 10/31/1999 | 3 |
Bernie Kosar | 12/15/1985 | 3 |
Most passing yards by a Browns rookie in a season
Player | Year | Games | Starts | Yards |
1. Brandon Weeden | 2012 | 15 | 15 | 3,385 |
2. Tim Couch | 1999 | 15 | 14 | 2,447 |
3. DeShone Kizer | 2017 | 12 | 12 | 2,252 |
4. Bernie Kosar | 1985 | 12 | 10 | 1,578 |
Most rushing yards by a Browns quarterback in a season
Player | Year | Att. | Yards |
1. Mike Phipps | 1973 | 60 | 395 |
2. DeShone Kizer | 2017 | 61 | 315 |
3. Mike Phipps | 1974 | 39 | 279 |
RBIsaiah Crowell rushed for a season-high 121 yards. He leads the team this season with 716 yards. He is the first Brown to rush for at least 600 yards in four consecutive seasons since Greg Pruitt in 1975-78. Crowell has six career 100-yard rushing games, tied for the most by a Brown since 1999. With 2,989 career rushing yards, he is eighth on the Browns all-time rushing list.
Most 100-yard rushing games by a Brown since 1999
Player | Years | Total |
1. Isaiah Crowell | 2014-17 | 6 |
William Green | 2002-05 | 6 |
Jamal Lewis | 2007-09 | 6 |
Peyton Hillis | 2010-11 | 6 |
Browns all-time rushing yardage leaders
Player | Years | Games | Att. | Yards | TD |
6. Earnest Byner | 1984-95 (7) | 99 | 862 | 3,364 | 27 |
7. Ernie Green | 1962-68 (7) | 89 | 668 | 3,204 | 15 |
8. Isaiah Crowell | 2014-17 (4) | 61 | 705 | 2,989 | 21 |
9. Jamal Lewis | 2007-09 (3) | 40 | 720 | 2,806 | 13 |
10. Bobby Mitchell | 1958-61 (4) | 50 | 423 | 2,297 | 16 |
WR Josh Gordon recorded three receptions for 69 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown. He has 15 career receiving touchdowns. It was his first score since a 43-yard touchdown on Dec. 15, 2013.
RB Duke Johnson recorded four receptions for 41 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown. He leads the team this season in receptions (56) and receiving yards (497), while totaling five touchdowns (three receiving, two rushing).
WR Corey Coleman recorded five receptions for 62 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown. He has two touchdown catches this season and five in his career.
LB Joe Schobert recorded nine tackles. He has logged at least nine tackles in seven of his last eight games and leads the team with 120 this year.
DL Nate Orchard recorded his second sack of the season. He has five in his career.
The Browns play the Green Bay Packers in Week 14.