CINCINNATI -- Carlos Dunlap's first order of business when he entered the NFL in 2010 was to look up the league's rookie single-season sack record.
As he began his career, the Cincinnati Bengals defensive end wanted to chase down quarterbacks better than Jevon Kearse did in 1999, the year Kearse posted a rookie-record 14.5 sacks for Tennessee.
Dunlap didn't quite get there. His 9.5 sacks as a rookie were certainly commendable, but they weren't record-worthy. No worries. All he had to do was settle his sights on a few other individual milestones.
Like any pass-rusher who entered the league after Michael Strahan's record-breaking 22.