Five ways Purdy made 49ers and NFL history in his first 25 starts originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Brock Purdy seems to make history in almost every one of his NFL starts.
And that was the case once again in the 49ers game. 30-13 victory over the New England Patriots Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.
Purdy completed 15 of 27 pass attempts for 288 yards and a touchdown with an interception in the win and broke five different team and league records in doing so, according to the 49ers’ game notes:
NO. 1 — | HIGHEST COMPLETION % ACROSS A QB’S FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
| Classification | Player | comp. %
| 1. | QB Brock Purdy | 69.1%
| 2. | Quarterback Joe Montana | 63.0%
| 3. | QB Jeff Garcia | 62.8%
| 4. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 60.2%
| 5. | Quarterback Alex Smith | 56.1%
NO. 2 — | MOST TD’S THAT PASS OVER THE FIRST 25 STARTS OF A QB’S CAREER, FRANCHISE HISTORY
| Classification | Player | TD Pass
| 1. | QB Brock Purdy | 47
| 2. | QB Jeff Garcia | 41
| 3. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 34
| 4. | Quarterback Joe Montana | 31
| 5. | QB Steve Spurrier | 28
NO. 3 — | HIGHEST PASSER RATING ACROSS A QB’S FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
| Classification | Player | Rtg pin.
| 1. | QB Brock Purdy | 112.6
| 2. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 93.4
| 3. | QB Jeff Garcia | 93.2
| 4. | Quarterback Joe Montana | 86.1
| 5. | QB Steve Spurrier | 66.3
NO. 4 — | HIGHEST PASSER RATING ACROSS A QB’S FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, SINCE 1970
| Classification | Player | Rtg pin.
| 1. | QB Brock Purdy, SF | 112.6
| 2. | Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City | 112.5
| 3. | QB Kurt Warner, StL | 106.2
| 4. | Quarterback Dan Marino, Mia. | 105.1
| 5. | QB Deshaun Watson, Hou. | 105.0
NO. 5 — | MORE PASSING YDS. THROUGH A QB’S FIRST 25 CAREER STARTS, FRANCHISE HISTORY
| Classification | Player | Pass Yds.
| 1. | QB Brock Purdy | 6,508
| 2. | QB Jeff Garcia | 6,470
| 3. | QB Colin Kaepernick | 5,254
| 4. | Quarterback Joe Montana | 5,141
| 5. | QB Steve Deberg | 4,653
While Purdy recorded just 11 rushing yards in five total contests, he kept numerous plays alive with his legs before making hits down the field, displaying an elusiveness that coach Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers have become accustomed to.
“I think he started doing it more last year,” Shanahan said of Purdy’s wrestling ability. “He’s done it a lot this year. It’s something he did a lot in college. I think Brock is just confident about when to hold on and try to make the play work and when to break and buy time and try to make a play, making people open later than planned or trying to get out with your legs.
“And he’s done a great job of that these last two weeks. If he hadn’t done that in the playoffs last year, I don’t think we would have gotten to the Super Bowl. I think he did that then, too. And I love having that advantage of our offense. He’s done a great job with that.”
In addition to making and extending plays with his legs, Purdy showed off his impressive talent with his arm, connecting on multiple deep hits of over 38 air yards to wide receivers Deebo Samuel and Jauan Jennings.
“For this game there were a couple of plays where their safeties were short and when we had guys going deep with (WR) Deebo and JJ (Jennings),” Purdy said. “For me, we talked about it on the sideline and it was a little aggressive to see that and let things rip and trust those guys to step up and make plays and that’s what they did. It was nice to be able to connect on those routes. deeper and things like that and record it and give us all some confidence to move forward with the deep ball.”
Purdy did it all in Sunday’s win and continues to prove that he is more than just a product of the 49ers system.
It also has the statistics and records to back it up.