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Vols In NFL Wrap Up (12/31)

By Betsy Devine on December 31, 2012 6:57 PM

The NFL regular season has concluded so let's take a look at how the NFL Vols did in their final go around in Week 17.

Player	Pos.	Team	Opponent	Score	Stats
Jason Allen	CB	Cincinnati	vs. Baltimore	W, 23-17	Not Active
Robert Ayers	DE	Denver	vs. Kansas City	W, 38-3	2 tckl, 1 QH
Eric Berry	DB	Kansas City	at Denver	L, 3-38	Started at SS, 6 tckl, 1 tfl
Kevin Burnett	LB	Miami	at New England	L, 0-28	Started at LB, 10 tckl, 1 QBH
Britton Colquitt	P	Denver	vs. Kansas City	W, 38-3	3 punts, 44.7 avg, 1 I-20
Dustin Colquitt	P	Kansas City	at Denver	L, 3-38	8 punts, 46.6 avg, 3 I-20
Morgan Cox	LS	Baltimore	at Cincinnati	L, 17-23	Snapped on all punts and kicks
Arian Foster	RB	Houston	at Indianapolis	L, 16-28	Started at RB, 16 rush, 96 yds, 1 TD, 2 rec 23 yds
Ramon Foster	OT	Pittsburgh	vs. Cleveland	W, 24-10	Started at LG
Aubrayo Franklin	DT	San Diego	vs. Oakland	W, 24-21	Not Active
Omar Gaither	LB	Oakland	at San Diego	L, 21-24	Started at MLB, 5 tckl, 1 TFL, 1 special tm tckl
Jabari Greer	CB	New Orleans	vs. Carolina	L, 38-44	Not Active
Nick Guess	LS	Oakland
Parys Haralson	LB	San Francisco	vs. Arizona	W, 27-13	Injured Reserve
Montario Hardesty	RB	Cleveland	at Pittsburgh	L, 10-24	First start of 2012 at RB, 14 rush 37 yds
Malik Jackson	DE	Denver	vs. Kansas City	W, 38-3	1 tackle
Peyton Manning	QB	Denver	vs. Kansas City	W, 38-3	Started at QB, 23-29-304, 3 TD
Jerod Mayo	LB	New England	vs. Miami	W, 28-0	Started at LB, 5 tckls, 1 pass def
Turk McBride	DE	New Orleans	vs. Carolina	L, 38-44	1 tackle
Jacques McClendon	OL	Atlanta	vs. Tampa Bay	L, 17-22	Practice Squad
Tony McDaniel	DE	Miami	at New England	L, 0-28	1 tackle
Robert Meachem	WR	San Diego	vs. Oakland	W, 24-21	Played, no stats
Marvin Mitchell	LB	Minnesota	vs. Green Bay	W, 37-34	Played, no stats
Denarius Moore	WR	Oakland	at San Diego	L, 21-24	Started at WR, 1 rec, 5 yds TD
Tauren Poole	RB	Carolina	at New Orleans	W, 24-21	Injured Reserve
Chris Scott	OL	Buffalo	vs. New York	W, 28-9	Not Active
Jarrod Shaw	OL	Cleveland	at Pittsburgh	L, 10-24	Not Active
Donte Stallworth	WR	New England	vs. Miami	W, 28-0	Injured Reserve
Luke Stocker	TE	Tampa Bay	at Atlanta	W, 22-17	Started at TE, career-best 3 rec, 50 yds
Scott Wells	C	St. Louis	at Seattle	L, 13-20	Started at C
Dan Williams	DT	Arizona	at San Francisco	L, 13-27	Started at NT, 8 tackles
Jason Witten	TE	Dallas	at Washington	L, 18-28	Started at TE, team-best 7 recs 56 yds, 1 TD

WITTEN HITS 800-RECEPTION MARK

After setting the NFL record for catches in a season by a tight end with 103 last weekend, this week was another record for former Vols star Jason Witten. Witten reached the 800 reception plateau in 159 games, the fastest NFL tight end to make 800 catches.

He became the third NFL tight end to make 800 catches and just the 26^th ever NFL player to achieve the feat.

Last week, Witten also became the second Tennessee product with 100 catches in a season joining Carl Pickens, who had 100 catches in 1996 with the Cincinnati Bengals. Witten now holds the record for most catches by a former Vol in a season with 103.

RECORD SETTING MANNING

After recording his 64th 300-yard passing game against Houston at the beginning of the NFL season, Peyton Manning notched his 72nd 300-yard game of his career growing his NFL record in a win over Kansas City to solidify home field advantage in the 2012 playoffs. The ninth 300-yard game tied a career-best and set a team record.

Manning also threw for three touchdowns, the 73^rd time in his career that he achieved that feat, passing Brett Favre for the NFL record. His 37 touchdowns this season are the most by a quarterback 36 or older.

Manning finished the regular season with a 84.1 Total quarterback rating. The only player better in last five seasons was Aaron Rodgers who had an 86.2 rating last season.

It was his ninth 300-yard game of the season as his passing yards total improved to 4,659 yards, the second-highest passing total in his career and a Broncos record. Manning now holds single-season records for passing yards, completions, touchdowns and passer rating.