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Mike Evans Continues to Storm the Bucs' Record Books

Data Crunch: Now the franchise's all-time leader in yards from scrimmage, wide receiver Mike Evans also moved up the Bucs' career scoring list on Sunday night in another sparkling performance

Oct 03, 2022 at 01:23 PM

Scott Smith

Senior Writer/Editor

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers dropped a 41-31 prime-time decision to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week Four on an evening that was confounding for what had been the NFL's stingiest defense. Conversely, what had been an offense stuck in neutral found another gear and looked a bit more like what the team had grown accustomed to since the arrival of Tom Brady in 2020.

Though it offers little consolation on the day after the game, Brady clearly benefited from the return of several key offensive figures in Week Four, particularly that of wideout Mike Evans who had missed Week Three while serving a one-game NFL suspension. Evans wasted no time making his mark, and in fact set yet another franchise record with his very first catch of the night.

Four minutes into the second quarter, Brady found his favorite target deep down the middle for a 30-yard gain that was more than enough to make Evans the Buccaneers' all-time leader in yards from scrimmage. The ninth-year receiver piled that record on top of his franchise standards for touchdown catches (78), total touchdowns (79), receptions (622) and receiving yards (9,536).

Most Yards from Scrimmage, Buccaneers History

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Player	Pos.	Seasons	Yards
Mike Evans	WR	2014-22	9,546
James Wilder	RB	1981-89	9,449
Warrick Dunn	RB	1997-2001; 08	7,690
Mike Alstott	RB	1996-2006	7,372
Doug Martin	RB	2012-17	5,724

Evans padded his all-time franchise lead in receiving touchdowns with 13 and one-yard scores in the second quarter as the Bucs attempted to rally from an early 21-3 deficit. That marked the 17th time in his career that Evans has recorded multiple touchdown catches in a game. That ties for the most among all players since he entered the league as the seventh overall pick in 2014.

Most Games with Multiple Touchdown Receptions, NFL, 2014-22

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Player	Team(s)	Games
Mike Evans	Buccaneers	17
Antonio Brown	Steelers/Patriots/Buccaneers	17
Davante Adams	Packers/Raiders	16
Tyreek Hill	Chiefs/Dolphins	13
Odell Beckham	Giants/Browns/Rams	12
DeAndre Hopkins	Texans/Cardinals	12

Evans, who scored two touchdowns in a single quarter for the eighth time in his career, pulled away from the Raiders' Davante Adams for the NFL's lead in touchdown catches since 2014.

Table inside Article
Player	Team(s)	TDs
Mike Evans	Buccaneers	78
Davante Adams	Packers/Raiders	76
Antonio Brown	Steelers/Patriots/Buccaneers	68
DeAndre Hopkins	Texans/Cardinals	66
Travis Kelce	Chiefs	60

Evans finished the evening with eight catches for 103 yards, giving him the 31st 100-yard regular-season receiving game of his illustrious career. That's already more than double the next player on the Buccaneers' all-time list (Chris Godwin and Mark Carrier are second with 15 each), and it is also top five in the league since his 2014 arrival.

Most 100-Yard Receiving Games, NFL, 2014-22

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Player	Team(s)	Games
Julio Jones	Falcons/Titans/Buccaneers	47
Antonio Brown	Steelers/Patriots/Buccaneers	38
DeAndre Hopkins	Texans/Cardinals	36
Davante Adams	Packers/Raiders	32
Mike Evans	Buccaneers	31

Sunday night's game also marked the 10th time in his career that Evans has surpassed 100 receiving yards and scored multiple times. That's tied for the second most in the NFL since 2014.

Most Games with 100+ Receiving Yards and Multiple Touchdown Receptions, NFL, 2014-22

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Player	Team(s)	Games
Antonio Brown	Steelers/Patriots/Buccaneers	12
Mike Evans	Buccaneers	10
Davante Adams	Packers/Raiders	10
Tyreek Hill	Chiefs/Dolphins	9
Julio Jones	Falcons/Titans/Buccaneers	8

Evans' two touchdown grabs gave him 12 points on the evening, increasing his career total to 482 points. He is now the third-leading scorer in franchise history and is three touchdowns away from joining kickers Martin Gramatica and Michael Husted to hit the 500-point mark.

Most Points Scored, Buccaneers History

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Player	Pos.	Seasons	Points
Martin Gramatica	K	1999-2004	592
Michael Husted	K	1993-98	502
Mike Evans	WR	2014-22	482
Connor Barth	K	2009-13; 15	477
Mike Alstott	FB	1996-2006	432

In addition to his connection with Evans, Brady also found Godwin and running back Leonard Fournette for seven completions each and hooked up with rookie running back Rachaad White on five passes for 50 yards. In all, Brady finished the evening with a season-high 385 passing yards, marking the 109th 300-yard game of his career. Only Drew Brees has more. Brady also padded his all-time lead in games with three or more touchdown passes.

Most 300-Yard Passing Games, NFL History

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Player	Team(s)	Games
Drew Brees	Chargers/Saints	123
Tom Brady	Patriots/Buccaneers	109
Peyton Manning	Colts/Broncos	93
Matt Ryan	Falcons/Colts	74
Phillip Rivers	Chargers/Colts	73

Most Games with 3+ Touchdown Passes, NFL History

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Player	Team(s)	Games
Tom Brady	Patriots/Buccaneers	102
Drew Brees	Chargers/Saints	97
Peyton Manning	Colts/Broncos	93
Aaron Rodgers	Packers	81
Brett Favre	Packers/Jets/Vikings	72

Most impressively, Brady improved on his totals in both categories without throwing an interception. This marks the 67th time in his career that Brady has thrown at least three touchdown passes without an interception, another all-time NFL record.

Most Games 3+ Touchdown Passes and No Interceptions, NFL History

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Player	Team(s)	Games
Tom Brady	Patriots/Buccaneers	67
Aaron Rodgers	Packers	62
Drew Brees	Chargers/Saints	56
Peyton Manning	Colts/Broncos	51
Brett Favre	Packers/Jets/Vikings	36

Brady's third touchdown pass of the evening went to Fournette, who scored on a five-yard catch in the fourth quarter, his fifth career receiving touchdown. Fournette also had a 25-yard catch-and-run in the first quarter, his longest reception since joining the Buccaneers in 2020. Tampa Bay's fourth touchdown went to White, who scored for the first time in his NFL career. Kicker Ryan Succop accounted for the other seven points with four extra points and a 45-yard field goal.

Weirdly, Succop's last six field goal tries, all successful, have come from either 47 or 45 yards. His seven overall field goals of 40 or more yards ties for the league lead through the first four weeks of the 2022 season.

Most Successful Field Goals of 40+ Yards, NFL, 2022

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Kicker	Team	40+ FGs
Ryan Succop	Buccaneers	7
Graham Gano	Giants	7
Younghoe Koo	Falcons	6
Evan McPherson	Bengals	6
Greg Zuerlein	Jets	6

Succop is nine of 10 overall on field goals this season, which has improved his franchise-record field goal percentage to 87.3%. He is tied for fifth in the NFL in scoring this season with 34 overall points and ranks third in that category since he joined the Buccaneers just before the start of the 2020 campaign.

Most Points Scored, NFL, 2020-22

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Player	Team	Pts.
Daniel Carlson	Raiders	336
Tyler Bass	Bills	310
Ryan Succop	Buccaneers	301
Justin Tucker	Ravens	296
Younghoe Koo	Falcons	294

Additional Notes:

- Safety Mike Edwards recorded the second sack of his career and his first since his 2019 rookie season, while also leading the team with 13 tackles. Edwards, who also logged 13 stops in Week Three against Green Bay, is the fourth player in franchise history to produce consecutive games with 13+ tackles, joining Lavonte David (three times), Barrett Ruud and Derrick Brooks, all linebackers.

- Outside linebackers Anthony Nelson and Carl Nassib also sacked the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes on Sunday night. Dating back to last season, Nelson has 5.0 sacks in his last seven games played. Nassib's sack is his first since rejoining the Buccaneers this season and the 23rd of his career. Of his 23 sacks, 13.5 have come in a Buccaneers uniform.

- The Buccaneers got into Kansas City's red zone four times in Sunday's game and came away with touchdowns on all four trips. That marked the firs time since an October 18, 2020 game against Green Bay that the Buccaneers had a 100% touchdown ratio on four or more incursions into the red zone. Three of those four red zone trips turned into goal-to-go situations, and the Buccaneers are now five for five scoring touchdowns on such possessions this season.

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