Anthony Richardson joins rare list of NFL players with Week 1 achievement

Anthony Richardson joined a very rare list of NFL players during the Indianapolis Colts’ 31-21 Week 1 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Richardson had an OK debut in his first regular season game, going 24-of-37 for 223 yards while throwing an interception and a touchdown. He also had 10 carries for 40 yards and a touchdown.

The former Florida quarterback, the No. 4 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, may not have won the game, but he made history: he is the youngest player since the beginning of the Super Bowl era (1966) to have a passing and rushing score.

As NFL Media’s Tony Holzman-Escareno noted in a post to X, there are 2 players younger than Richardson on the list, but they played before the Super Bowl era: Bill Dudley and George Ratterman.

Richardson will look for his first win as an NFL player during Week 2 as the Colts travel to Houston to meet the Texans for a 1 p.m. ET start.

Anthony Richardson is the youngest player (21 years, 111 days) in the Super Bowl era to score a pass TD and a rush TD in the same game.

The only players younger were Bill Dudley and George Ratterman, who both played in the 1940s. @Colts #ForTheShoe #Colts @pfref…

— Tony Holzman-Escareno (@FrontOfficeNFL) September 10, 2023

Sydney Hunte

Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.