MIAMI DOLPHINS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
SoFi STADIUM
DEC. 11, 2022 | 5:20 PM PT
POSTGAME NOTES
HILL BREAKS DOLPHINS SINGLE – SEASON RECEIVING RECORD
• With WR Tyreek Hill’s 81-yard effort tonight, he has now posted the best statistical season by a receiver in Dolphins history, breaking WR Mark Clayton’s single-season receiving yards record, which has stood for nearly 40 years:
MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN DOLPHINS HISTORY (SINGLE SEASON)
Rk. Player Year Rec. Yds. TDs
- Tyreek Hill 2022 100 1,460 6
- Mark Clayton 1984 73 1,389 18
- Mark Duper 1986 67 1,313 11
- Mark Duper 1984 71 1,306 8
- Irving Fryar 1994 73 1,270 7
• Hill continues to lead the NFL this season in receptions (100) and ranks second in receiving yards (1,460):
MOST RECEPTIONS IN THE NFL (2022)
Rk. Player Team Rec. Yds. TDs
- Tyreek Hill Mia. 100 1,460 6
- Justin Jefferson Min. 99 1,500 6
- Stefon Diggs Buf. 94 1,239 10
- Austin Ekeler LAC 93 623 5
- Davante Adams LV 82 1,247 12
Amon-Ra St. Brown Det. 82 898 6
• Hill is the third player in Dolphins history to have 100+ receptions in a season and is 13 away from breaking that team record as well:
MOST RECEPTIONS IN DOLPHINS HISTORY (SINGLE SEASON)
Rk. Player Year Rec. Yds. TDs
- Jarvis Landry 2017 112 987 9
- Jarvis Landry 2015 110 1,157 4
- Jaylen Waddle 2021 104 1,015 6
- Tyreek Hill 2022 100 1,460 6
- Jarvis Landry 2016 94 1,136 4
• Hill had a 60-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter, the 17th receiving touchdown of 50+ yards in his career.
That is the most in the NFL since 2016, the year he entered the league.
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
SoFi STADIUM
DEC. 11, 2022 | 5:20 PM PT
POSTGAME NOTES
o Hill has 23 total touchdowns of 50+ yards in his career, which is the third-most in the Super Bowl era by a player in his first seven NFL seasons (Lance Alworth, 25; Jerry Rice, 24).
• Hill also returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. He is now the only NFL player in the Super Bowl era to record a receiving, rushing, kickoff return, punt return and fumble return touchdown in his career.
o It was the longest own fumble return in franchise history and the third-longest fumble return of any kind in franchise history behind LB Jason Taylor’s 85-yard return on Sept. 11, 2005 vs. Denver and LB Andrew Van Ginkel’s 78-yard return on Nov. 1, 2020 vs. the L.A. Rams.
o Hill is the fourth Dolphins receiver to ever recover a fumble for a touchdown and the first since WR O.J. McDuffie did so on Oct. 12, 1997 at the N.Y. Jets.
DEFENS E SACKS HERBERT FOUR TIMES
• Miami had four sacks of QB Justin Herbert today, extending the team’s streak to 11 straight games recording at least one sack.
• The Dolphins have totaled multiple sacks in five consecutive games and have 13 sacks in their past three contests.
• LB Jerome Baker led the team with 11 tackles (six solo) today and now has 22 tackles in his past two games. He’s just 17 tackles away from recording the third 100-tackle season of his career.
o Baker also recorded a sack of Herbert in the third quarter tonight.
• DT Christian Wilkins recorded nine tackles (six solo), one sack and two tackles for loss.
o Wilkins now has 75 tackles (44 solo), the most by any NFL defensive lineman.
o His 14 tackles for loss are tied for fifth among all NFL defensive linemen this season.
o Wilkins is 14 tackles shy of his mark career-high of 89 set in 2021. That season Wilkins tied for the most tackles an NFL defensive lineman has had since at least 2013.
o Wilkins has 21 tackles in his past two games and 32 in his past four.
• LB Jaelan Phillips totaled six tackles (four solo), two tackles for loss and one sack when he brought down Herbert for a loss of six yards in the second quarter.
o Tonight’s effort brings Phillips’ total to 47 tackles (25 solo) this season, a new career high. His previous high was 42 tackles in 2021.
INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESSBOX
MIAMI DOLPHINS
• RB Jeff Wilson Jr., second quarter – hip (questionable downgraded to out)
• WR Tyreek Hill, second quarter – ankle (questionable)
• S Eric Rowe, third quarter – hamstring (questionable)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
• None
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
SoFi STADIUM
DEC. 11, 2022 | 5:20 PM PT
POSTGAME NOTES
CAPTAINS
MIAMI DOLPHINS
• S Jevon Holland, LB Elandon Roberts and QB Tua Tagovailoa
QUICK HITS
• There were 70,240 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• WR Jaylen Waddle went over the 1,000-yard receiving mark today. He becomes the first player in Dolphins history to record at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first two NFL seasons.
o Waddle finishes Week 14 with 59 receptions for 1,003 yards (17.0 avg.) and six touchdowns this season.
o He also surpassed 2,000 career receiving yards today.
• QB Tua Tagovailoa surpassed the 3,000-yard passing mark today. It’s the first 3,000-yard season of his career.
o For the season, Tagovailoa has completed 226-of-345 passes (65.5 pct.) for 3,004 yards, 22 touchdowns and just five interceptions, giving him a passer rating of 108.2.
• TE Durham Smythe played in his 75th career game today.
• WR Cedrick Wilson Jr. and RB Jeff Wilson Jr. played in their 50th career games today.
• WR Freddie Swain made his Dolphins debut today.
• LB Bradley Chubb had three quarterback hits tonight and has nine in his past four games.
• LB Andrew Van Ginkel recorded his 11th special teams tackle of the season today, tied for 11th-most in the NFL this year.
• K Jason Sanders made a 55-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, which was the second-longest field goal of his career.
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