Marques Colston and Drew Brees TD Streak In Jeopardy

by Chase Stuart on September 21, 2015

Brees may not be throwing for awhile

Ian Rapoport is reporting that Drew Brees may miss several games with a shoulder injury. That’s tough news for all involved, including those who will now have to watch a bad Saints team led by Luke McCown (or Garrett Grayson). But it also could mark the end of a weird bit of trivia.

Believe it or not, Marques Colston and Brees have connected for 72 touchdowns, tied with Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates for the 5th most in NFL history by any receiver/quarterback combination. I’ve written about that streak before, but here’s something else unique to consider: Colston has never caught a touchdown pass from anyone other than Brees.

Entering the 2015 season, only five receivers had at least 30 touchdown receptions and caught all of them from just one player. The second-highest total belonged to Brees and Jimmy Graham, but that ended in week 1 of this season. The fourth-highest total was owned by Torrey Smith and Joe Flacco, but that ended yesterday. That leaves just Colston/Brees (72, including playoffs), Robert Brooks–Brett Favre (36), and Malcom Floyd/Rivers (31) (although Julio Jones and Matt Ryan also connected for the 30th time yesterday).

Tthe table below shows every player who had at least 60 receiving touchdowns (including playoffs) prior to the start of the 2015 season. Here’s how to read the table below, and all information is as of before the start of the 2015 season. Colston ranks 44th in career receiving touchdowns., and the man from whom he caught the most touchdowns is Brees. Colston has 72 career receiving touchdowns, and caught 72 of them from Brees. The table is sorted by the percentage column.

Rk	Receiver	QB1	Car Rec TDs	W/ QB1	Perc
44	Marques Colston	Drew Brees	72	72	100%
83	Rob Gronkowski	Tom Brady	60	59	98.3%
83	Lynn Swann	Terry Bradshaw	60	58	96.7%
46	Antonio Freeman	Brett Favre	71	67	94.4%
19	Mark Clayton	Dan Marino	87	82	94.3%
70	Mark Duper	Dan Marino	64	60	93.8%
51	Raymond Berry	Johnny Unitas	69	64	92.8%
56	Dante Lavelli	Otto Graham	67	62	92.5%
5	Marvin Harrison	Peyton Manning	130	114	87.7%
15	Reggie Wayne	Peyton Manning	91	76	83.5%
64	Roddy White	Matt Ryan	65	54	83.1%
42	Michael Irvin	Troy Aikman	73	57	78.1%
73	Carl Pickens	Jeff Blake	63	47	74.6%
12	Andre Reed	Jim Kelly	96	71	74%
58	Roy Green	Neil Lomax	66	48	72.7%
77	Drew Hill	Warren Moon	61	44	72.1%
9	Antonio Gates	Philip Rivers	100	72	72%
35	John Stallworth	Terry Bradshaw	75	53	70.7%
35	Gary Collins	Frank Ryan	75	53	70.7%
77	Jerry Smith	Sonny Jurgensen	61	43	70.5%
39	Jimmy Smith	Mark Brunell	74	50	67.6%
56	Chad Johnson	Carson Palmer	67	44	65.7%
27	Charley Taylor	Sonny Jurgensen	81	53	65.4%
51	Sterling Sharpe	Brett Favre	69	45	65.2%
58	Shannon Sharpe	John Elway	66	43	65.2%
34	Calvin Johnson	Matthew Stafford	76	49	64.5%
44	Cliff Branch	Ken Stabler	72	46	63.9%
18	Lance Alworth	John Hadl	88	56	63.6%
23	Harold Carmichael	Ron Jaworski	85	53	62.4%
58	Jimmy Orr	Johnny Unitas	66	41	62.1%
30	Torry Holt	Marc Bulger	78	48	61.5%
64	Brandon Marshall	Jay Cutler	65	40	61.5%
51	Greg Jennings	Aaron Rodgers	69	42	60.9%
70	Donald Driver	Brett Favre	64	38	59.4%
26	Steve Smith	Jake Delhomme	82	48	58.5%
58	Henry Ellard	Jim Everett	66	37	56.1%
21	Fred Biletnikoff	Daryle Lamonica	86	48	55.8%
75	Vernon Davis	Alex Smith	62	34	54.8%
70	Herman Moore	Scott Mitchell	64	35	54.7%
48	Charlie Joiner	Dan Fouts	70	38	54.3%
77	Mike Quick	Ron Jaworski	61	33	54.1%
46	Gary Clark	Mark Rypien	71	38	53.5%
77	Amani Toomer	Kerry Collins	61	32	52.5%
35	Stanley Morgan	Steve Grogan	75	39	52%
48	Plaxico Burress	Eli Manning	70	36	51.4%
64	Sonny Randle	Charley Johnson	65	33	50.8%
42	Bob Hayes	Don Meredith	73	37	50.7%
13	Hines Ward	Ben Roethlisberger	95	47	49.5%
64	Andre Johnson	Matt Schaub	65	32	49.2%
11	Larry Fitzgerald	Kurt Warner	98	48	49%
16	Don Maynard	Joe Namath	90	44	48.9%
55	Derrick Mason	Steve McNair	68	33	48.5%
7	Steve Largent	Dave Krieg	104	50	48.1%
39	Wesley Walker	Richard Todd	74	35	47.3%
77	Gene Washington	John Brodie	61	28	45.9%
64	Bobby Mitchell	Sonny Jurgensen	65	29	44.6%
75	Pete Pihos	Tommy Thompson	62	27	43.5%
27	Art Powell	Tom Flores	81	35	43.2%
32	Nat Moore	Bob Griese	77	33	42.9%
77	Billy Howton	Tobin Rote	61	26	42.6%
1	Jerry Rice	Steve Young	219	92	42%
25	James Lofton	Lynn Dickey	83	34	41%
58	Terance Mathis	Chris Chandler	66	27	40.9%
51	Keenan McCardell	Mark Brunell	69	28	40.6%
64	Muhsin Muhammad	Jake Delhomme	65	26	40%
35	Art Monk	Mark Rypien	75	29	38.7%
16	Paul Warfield	Bob Griese	90	33	36.7%
30	Anquan Boldin	Kurt Warner	78	28	35.9%
23	Tommy McDonald	Sonny Jurgensen	85	30	35.3%
2	Randy Moss	Daunte Culpepper	166	57	34.3%
10	Don Hutson	Cecil Isbell	99	33	33.3%
73	Anthony Miller	John Elway	63	21	33.3%
3	Terrell Owens	Jeff Garcia	158	52	32.9%
6	Tony Gonzalez	Matt Ryan	115	37	32.2%
8	Tim Brown	Rich Gannon	103	31	30.1%
19	Andre Rison	Chris Miller	87	26	29.9%
39	Rod Smith	Brian Griese	74	22	29.7%
13	Isaac Bruce	Kurt Warner	95	26	27.4%
4	Cris Carter	Randall Cunningham	138	33	23.9%
48	Santana Moss	Chad Pennington	70	15	21.4%
58	Keyshawn Johnson	Vinny Testaverde	66	14	21.2%
27	Harold Jackson	Steve Grogan	81	17	21%
32	Joey Galloway	Warren Moon	77	15	19.5%
21	Irving Fryar	Dan Marino	86	16	18.6%

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