CeeDee Lamb has had an incredible start to his NFL career.
The Dallas Cowboys have done one thing well this season, and that’s win on the road. They improved to 5-2 away from AT&T Stadium and 6-8 overall with a 30-14 win against the Carolina Panthers. One of the stars of the game was wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who had his second game of the season over the century mark with 116 yards on nine receptions and a touchdown.
He also put his name in the Cowboys record books.
Lamb went over 1,000 yards for the season on Sunday. With that, he became the first Cowboys receiver to go over 1,000 yards four times in their first five years in Dallas. He gets to share a little history after his performance as well. Lamb joined Michael Irvin as the only receivers in Cowboys history with four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. Irvin did it five straight times from 1991 to 1995.
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Lamb also moved past a former five-time Pro Bowler on a specific list. He replaced former second-round pick Jarvis Landry as the receiver with the second-most receptions in NFL in history in their first five seasons (489). The record is 510 by Michael Thomas.
Ja’Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals has stolen the headlines at receiver this season in the NFL. However, Lamb is once again producing at an elite level. He’s up to 94 receptions for 1,089 yards and six touchdowns on the year. Once he gets six more receptions, it will be his third straight campaign with 100 or more in that category. It’s fair to point out that quarterback Dak Prescott hasn’t played since early November and won’t again this season due to a torn hamstring. It’s a testament to Lamb that he can still perform at a high level with a guy as limited as Cooper Rush throwing him the football.
The former first-round pick was given his long-term financial security before the season, and he’s proving that the Cowboys were smart for doing so.
