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FIFTH NFL QB TO REACH 50,000 YARDS Drew Brees entered a December 8, 2013, game against the Carolina Panthers needing 287 yards to reach the 50,000-yard career passing mark. A 15-yard 2nd-quarter pass to TE Josh Hill put Brees over the top. Brees finished the game with 313 yards passing and four touchdowns on 30–42 passing (71.4 percent completion rate) as the Saints beat the Panthers by the score of 31–13. The effort made Brees the fifth quarterback in NFL history topass for 50,000 yards; nine quarterbacks after the 2017 seasonhave reached50,000 yards

passing (including Brees): Marino, Brett Favre, Peyton and Eli Manning, Ben Roeth- lisberger, PhilipRivers, John Elway, and Tom Brady.

TE Josh Hill rumbles 15 yards on a pass reception from Drew Brees in the 2nd quarter of a December 28, 2013, game against the Carolina Panthers. The catch made Brees the fifth QB in NFL history to go over 50,000 yards for a career.

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