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Steve Smith Sr., 36, hasn't let age stop him from torching opposing secondaries and etching his name in the NFL record books.

In the first half of Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers, the Baltimore Ravens wide receiver passed Minnesota Vikings great and NFL Hall of Famer Cris Carter for 10th on the league's all-time receiving list, per Bleacher Report:

Sadly, Smith's season is now over after he suffered a torn Achilles in the second half of the 29-26 win, per the Baltimore Sun's Jeff Zrebiec. As a result, Smith's ability to climb any higher up the list this season has been capped.

According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, James Lofton owns the No. 9 spot with 14,004 yards and Reggie Wayne occupies the eighth slot with 14,345. Smith cracked 13,900 career yards Sunday against the Chargers, and he would have been in prime position to pass both of those legends had he stayed healthy.

"What hurts the most is that I can't be out there with my guys," Smith said in a statement, according to the Baltimore Sun's Jon Meoli. "We had a great team win today, and that's really all that counts."

However, just because Smith's season is over doesn't mean his career has to be.

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"I have a feeling that Steve Smith will be back," Ravens head coach John Harbaugh told reporters following the win, according to Zrebiec.

Smith has long been renowned as one of the toughest and most ferocious competitors in the league, so it would be quite off script for his career to end as the result of an injury.

"He's still out there punking people, just manhandling those other corners," Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said prior to the start of the season, per Ben Swanson of the Broncos' official website. "It's pretty amazing to do that for so long."

Given the way Smith has produced late into his 30s, the tenacious wideout should be a shoo-in for induction into the Hall of Fame whenever he decides to call it quits.

