For 20 years, the NFL's all-time single-season sack Brett Toth Jersey record has belonged to Michael Strahan. The retired legend famously led the league -- and all pa s rushers who came before and alongside him -- with 22.5 sacks in 2001. But according to new unofficial statistical records from , Strahan may never have broken the sack record in the first place. The website now estimates it has logged most sacks recorded from 1962 up until 1982, when the NFL began officially tabulating the statistic, and indicates former Pro Bowler Al "Bubba" Baker actually hit 23 sacks during his 1978 Defensive Rookie of the Year campaign. Pro Football Reference's numbers, of course, are technically unofficial. But the website has used official NFL gamebooks, which have logged unofficial tackle totals for decades, as well as info from stat researchers John Turney and Nick Webster, to compile sack marks all the way back to the 1960 season Gardner Minshew II Jersey : This isn't terribly different from presenting RBI totals for baseball players from before 1920 (the first season the statistic was "official"). These additions allow us to print year-by-year and career sacks totals for not just legends such as Deacon Jones (173.5), Jack Youngblood (151.5), Alan Page (148.5), Carl Eller (133.5) and Joe Greene (77.5), but also for le s recognized stars like Coy Michael Vick Jersey Bacon (130.5), Cedrick Hardman (122.5) and Jack Gregory (106.0) whose greatne s and impact can now be more readily quantified. Pick Six Newsletter Crafted By The Best NFL Experts Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre Eric Wilson Jersey sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the and acknowledge Paramount's . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. The le s recognized stars, it seems, would include Baker, who went to three Pro Bowls and earned first-team All-Pro recognition once during a 13-year career with four different teams, but had never previously been recognized -- and still, officially, is not recognized -- as the NFL's all-time single-season sack leader. Baker racked up 75.5 Jerome Brown Jersey unofficial career sacks, and his three best double-digit sack seasons in Detroit -- 16.0 in 1979, 18.0 in 1980 and 23.0 in 1978 -- would stand as the Lions' unofficial franchise-best marks. In total, Pro Football Reference estimates it has tracked 99% of sacks from 1970-1981, 95% from 1966-1969, 80% from 1961-1964, and about 67% from 1960.
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