When Michael Vick was a young boy growing up in the Ridley Circle housing project in the impoverished East End neighborhood of Newport News, Va., he spent endless hours playing what he called “hot ball.

HOUSTON (AP) — Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson passed Michael Vick for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history in a 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans on Wednesday. “Michael Vick, one of my favorite players,” Jackson said. “That’s just dope.”

Jackson set a new NFL record for career rushing yards by a quarterback, surpassing former NFL great Michael Vick’s long-held mark of 6,109 yards. Jackson’s six-yard scramble in the third quarter of the game brought his career total to 6,110 yards, cementing his place in history.