When Michael Vick was a young boy growing up in the Ridley Circle housing project in the impoverished East End neighborhood of Newport News, Va., he spent endless hours playing what he called “hot ball.

Former Atlanta Falcons great Michael Vick was the greatest running quarterback in the NFL for a long time. Now he's in second place.

In running away with a 31-2 Christmas Day victory over the Houston Texans, Jackson ran just enough to surpass Michael Vick for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history. With 87 yards Wednesday, Jackson now has 6,110 career rushing yards, which is one more than Vick's total.