Jamal Adams made NFL history on Sunday, setting the single-season record for sacks by a defensive back with 8.5 in the Seattle Seahawks' 40-3 win over the New York Jets.

Pete Carroll gave Adams the game ball after the victory.

Adams called the gesture "pretty cool" and a sign of how much the organization supports him.

"It's a pretty cool feeling when you put your mind to something, because I told myself and I told everybody last year when I did fail with 6.5 sacks and I got hurt, I told everybody that I was going to break the record," he said. "Some people thought I was crazy, some people believed in me. But the only thing that mattered is that I believed in myself. I knew that I was going to break the record."