Five months before he turns 28, CeeDee Lamb owns an NFL record that had stood with DeAndre Hopkins. The Dallas Cowboys wide receiver reached 641 career catches on Sunday, passing Hopkins’ previous mark of 632 during a 27-23 win over the Indianapolis Colts.

Lamb got there in style. He hauled in 10 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown, the second-highest yardage total of his career and his third 150-yard game of the 2026 season.

The second record almost nobody noticed

The age record was not the only line Lamb crossed in the same afternoon. With the Colts performance, he became the first player in NFL history to post at least 70 catches and 900 receiving yards in each of his first seven seasons, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Week 9 roundup. He sits on 70 receptions for 904 yards with 8 games still to play.

Hopkins had 632 receptions to his name before turning 28, the mark Lamb has now overtaken. Lamb, drafted by Dallas in 2020, is in his seventh NFL season and has the rest of the regular season to pad his lead before his 28th birthday.

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Schottenheimer on the hot seat as Lamb delivers

The individual milestones have landed in an otherwise messy stretch for the franchise. The win over Indianapolis moved the Cowboys to 4-5, and head coach Brian Schottenheimer has spent the past fortnight fielding questions about his job, with owner Jerry Jones publicly backing him after an earlier loss to Arizona.

None of that has slowed the receiver. The 195 yards against the Colts marked Lamb’s eighth career game past the 150-yard mark and his third of this season. His career high, 227 yards, came against the Detroit Lions in 2023.

Lamb needs 96 more yards over the Cowboys’ remaining games to reach 1,000 for the season, having already secured the 70-catch threshold that locked in the Week 9 record.

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