Anybody can throw 5 TD passes in a game.

OK, not quite anybody, but hundreds of college players have accomplished that feat. Heck, it happened 40 times in the SEC just during the past 5 seasons.

However, let’s drill down a bit.

Henceforth, every record mentioned is the most against Nick Saban’s SEC teams.

Most TD passes in a game vs. Saban (5)

Three QBs have thrown 5 TD passes in a game against Saban’s LSU or Alabama teams. Florida star Rex Grossman was the first to do so, leading the Gators to a 44-15 throttling of Saban’s second LSU team in 2001. Three years later, Georgia’s David Greene matched the feat against Saban’s final LSU team.

Johnny Manziel is the only player to throw 5 TDs against Saban’s Alabama teams, doing so in the Tide’s wild 2013 shootout victory.

Most passing yards in a game vs. Saban (464)

Familiar faces lead the way here, too.

Grossman and Manziel both threw for 464 yards in the same game in which they threw 5 TDs.

In both cases, the passing yards represented a career-high, too. Pretty good time to have a career-day.

Longest TD pass vs. Saban (95 yards)

I promise Johnny Football didn’t ask me to write this piece, but his performances against Saban’s Alabama teams certainly helped launch his legend.

Part of Manziel’s Saban-slayer day against Alabama in 2013 included a 95-yard TD pass to Mike Evans.

Saban got the last laugh, though. The Tide survived Manziel’s magic and won 49-42.

Most career passing yards vs. Saban (1,015)

Kellen Mond never found the win column in 4 tries against Saban, but he holds the distinction of being the only player to throw for more than 1,000 yards against him.

Mond finished with 1,015.

There’s a good chance, though, that Mond won’t hold this record much longer.

Georgia’s Stetson Bennett has thrown for 833 career yards vs. Saban — and based off what we saw in Week 1, there’s every reason to think Bennett will get at least 1 more shot at the Tide this season.

Most TD runs in a game vs. Saban (3)

Saban has coached 273 games at LSU and Alabama.

Only once has a player rushed for 3 TDs against him.

LSU’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire turned in the hat trick to help lead LSU to a wild 46-41 win over Alabama in 2019 and keep the Tigers’ perfect season intact.

Most rushing yards in a game vs. Saban (230)

Saban not only brings out the best in his players but often the best from other teams’ stars, too.

In the 2014 College Football Playoff semifinal, Ohio State freshman Ezekiel Elliott tormented the Tide, gashing the defense for 230 yards rushing. He remains the lone person on earth to top 200 yards rushing vs. Saban’s SEC teams.

Most career rushing yards vs. Saban (256)

Saban only had to deal with Elliott once — and that was plenty enough.

Auburn’s Tre Mason is the career rushing leader vs. Saban, but he needed 3 games to total 256 rushing yards. Interestingly, Mond is 3rd on the career list with 221 rushing yards.

Keep an eye on current Tiger Tank Bigsby. He’ll enter this year’s Iron Bowl — likely has last before heading to the NFL — with 102 career rushing yards vs. Saban. Bama has bottled him up, but he has the ability to go off against just about anybody.

Most TD catches in a game vs. Saban (3)

How good was Florida’a Jabar Gaffney? In 2 seasons, he caught 27 TD passes. He averaged more than 1 TD catch per game. Despite his short stay in Gainesville, Gaffney still ranks 4th in program history in career TD catches.

It didn’t take long for Grossman and Steve Spurrier to figure out what they had in their redshirt freshman, either.

In his 6th career game, Gaffney caught 3 TD passes from Grossman to help the Gators trounce Saban’s Tigers 41-9.

Gaffney was the first to do that against Saban, but not the last.

Kentucky’s Aaron Boone had 3 TD catches vs. Saban in 2002, and Texas A&M’s Malcome Kennedy equalled that against the Tide in 2013.

Most receiving yards in a game vs. Saban (279)

It’s probably a good thing Saban — a former defensive back — wasn’t micced up during the 2013 game against Texas A&M.

Nobody could cover Mike Evans, who caught 7 passes for an astounding 279 yards. Nearly one-third of that total came on the 95-yard catch-and-run TD pass from Manziel.

Most points scored in a game vs. Saban (24)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire already showed up once on this list, and here he is again to close it out.

He scored 4 TDs (3 rushing, 1 receiving) and LSU needed every one of them to keep its unbeaten season alive in 2019.