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Lamar Jackson fails to break record held by former Ohio State quarterback

Lamar Jackson fails to break record held by Buckeye legend, Kent Graham #GoBucks

The AFC Championship game ended Sunday with the Baltimore Ravens suffering a close loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, 17-10. The Kansas City will now head to the Super Bowl to take on the San Franciso 49ers, who defeated the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship.

During that game, Lamar Jackson made an amazing play where he caught his own pass and gave himself a 13-yard reception. And while that was impressive, it’s not quite the accomplishment of one former Ohio State football legend throwing the longest pass to himself in NFL history. That would be Kent Graham in 1998 with the New York Giants, when he did so for 16-yards against the Chiefs.

Graham was a revolutionary in many ways. He was the first major Ohio State quarterback to come in as a transfer as Graham started his college career with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Graham was the starter for the Buckeyes in 1991 before being drafted by the Giants in the 8th round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He went on to have a long NFL career with a handful of franchises from 1992 through 2002. His son, Taylor Graham, was also a Buckeye quarterback in 2010 and 2011 before transferring to become a Hawaii Warrior.

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Notre Dame quarterbacks through the years

Not the best but who is your favorite ND quarterback of all-time?

In the long history of Notre Dame football its difficult to come up with a favorite all-time quarterback.  Sure, the likes of [autotag]Paul Hornung[/autotag], [autotag]Joe Montana[/autotag], [autotag]Joe Theismann[/autotag], and [autotag]Brady Quinn[/autotag] all achieved great things in blue and gold but so many others reached great heights as well.

Then there were others that didn’t go on to get drafted into the NFL but led successful Notre Dame squads in their own right like [autotag]Kevin McDougal[/autotag], [autotag]Tony Rice[/autotag], and [autotag]Everett Golson[/autotag].

Who is your favorite quarterback in the history of Notre Dame football?

Who do you think was the best?

And who is your favorite one-hit-wonder?

A day after [autotag]Tyler Buchner[/autotag] announced he was entering the transfer portal, here is a look back at photos of several Notre Dame quarterbacks over the years.

Recent former Notre Dame quarterbacks in their first NFL starts

Ian Book will be measuring up to these guys when he makes his first start.

With Ian Book getting the start for the New Orleans Saints this coming week, it brings many other former Notre Dame quarterbacks to mind. Specifically, we like to think of those in recent years who have been made starters for NFL teams and how they did in their debuts. Here are how these quarterbacks who once donned the gold and blue did in when they were first charged with NFL offenses in games:

Throwback Thursday: Giants blank Eagles, 20-0, in 1998

In the latest Giants Wire Throwback Thursday, we get in the time machine a visit 1998, when the New York Giants shut out Philly at home.

The New York Giants won the NFC East in 1997 with 10-5-1 record and appeared to be ready to build on that success in 1998. They got off to a 3-4 start and then lost three straight games after their bye to fall to 3-7.

Believe it or not, the perfect elixir for that losing streak was a home jaunt against the 2-8 Philadelphia Eagles, who after back-to-back 10-6 seasons were headed into a tailspin under head coach Ray Rhodes.

The Giants were hoping that Danny Kanell, the quarterback that led them to the playoffs in 1997, could do it again in ’98. He could not, he was benched in favor of Kent Graham after running up a 3-7 record.

Graham then led the Giants to five wins in their final six games beginning with the 20-0 shutout win on November 22 over the Eagles at Giants Stadium.

Graham was only 10-21 for 153 yards, but threw a touchdown pass to Tiki Barber. Gary Brown had 96 yards rushing and the other touchdown. Brad Daluiso kicked field goals of 49 and 40 yards and the defense sacked Bobby Hoying six times (two by Tito Wooten). Phillippi Sparks had both Giant interceptions.

Here is some footage from the game, which was broadcast on FOX with a very young Kenny Albert calling the action along with Tim Green.

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