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Lamar Jackson: The Once & Future King

Lamar Jackson has proven himself to be a precocious talent as the youngest Heisman Trophy winner in the history of college football, the youngest QB to ever start an NFL playoff game, and a guy who, through 8 games as a starter (including playoffs) last season, performed at a QB1 pace and as the greatest Konami Code threat in the history of fantasy football. He's currently criminally undervalued in drafts, being selected as the QB17 in seasonal leagues and as the QB16 in dynasty startups (according to FantasyPros and DLF, respectively). Lamar Jackson -- Patrick Smith / Getty Images Including the playoff game against the Chargers, Lamar Jackson started 8 games as a rookie, running for 610 yards and 4 TDs in those contests. Since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, there have been only 17 other seasons in which a QB ran for at least 600 yards and 4 TDs. Using just the numbers posted in started games, here are all of those seasons, sorted by fantasy points per game from rushing product