Sam Darnold has bounced back from a 3-game losing streak to lead the Jets back to .500 with a pair of impressive home wins. On the way, he’s set a few records, playing at levels of efficiency previously unforeseen from rookie quarterbacks.

Darnold has seven touchdown passes of 20+ yards, tied with Philip Rivers and Ben Roethlisberger for the current NFL lead.

As far back as this data is available (to the 1994 season), the record for most 20+ yard touchdown passes by a rookie is 9,...

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