BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU quarterback Joe Burrow set the SEC's single-season passing record Saturday night against Texas A&M, eclipsing the mark by Kentucky's Tim Couch in 1998.
Burrow, playing in his final home game for the second-ranked Tigers, broke Couch's record of 4,275 yards on an 11-yard completion to running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire in the third quarter. He entered the game with 4,014 pass yards.
Burrrow, considered the front runner for the Heisman Trophy, broke LSU's single-season passing record of 3,347 on Nov. 16 against Ole Miss. Last week against Arkansas, he became the first player in SEC history to record 4,000 pass yards and 40 touchdowns in a season.