"It seems wrong in some deep but ultimately inconsequential way that doing so nudged him ahead of LaDainian Tomlinson's greatest season-2006, when he set a league record for rushing touchdowns with 28-to make Myers' 2025 campaign the highest individual scoring season in NFL history, but given how kickers are and what kickers do, that is not really all that strange, either."
"The player that Tomlinson passed to set that rushing touchdown record was Shaun Alexander, who was taken two picks after the Raiders selected kicker Sebastian Janikowski with the 17th pick of the first round back in 2000. Alexander won an MVP, but was done in the NFL by 2008; Janikowski kicked for 18 seasons and retired at the age of 40, after having beaten out, huh, Jason Myers for Seattle's placekicking gig."
Professional football history contains many unusual careers, especially among placekickers. Jason Myers converted all five of his field-goal attempts in Seattle's Super Bowl win, setting a Super Bowl record. Those makes pushed his 2025 point total past LaDainian Tomlinson's 2006 season, which featured a league record 28 rushing touchdowns, making Myers' campaign the highest-scoring single season in NFL history. The sequence of players and draft moves connects back to Shaun Alexander and Sebastian Janikowski, who was selected 17th overall in 2000 and enjoyed an 18-season career. Kickers can produce long, accomplished careers even after unconventional starts.
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