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^ I'm not sure I follow you Ro-Shambo. In pro sports, no playoff stats go towards a players in-season or total stats. All playoff stats are kept separate.

Not sure what you mean for first round byes. This thread is not just for football, but all sports. But, to keep it at football, for Division 1A, not every team qualifies for a Bowl game, yet, a team like Alabama's players get to add four more games to their stat totals for a career. In all other divisions of NCAA football, the stats get added, but not every team makes the playoffs and their are byes in these divisions. But for Basketball, Baseball, etc, college and High School athletes add to their total career and annual stats by getting to play these extra games.

In High School, we had two players compete for the all-time rushing title. It would up being close because one teams player got the opportunity to play in the state finals virtually every year he was there. Had the stats only ended with the 10 regular season games that all teams across the state are allowed to schedule, the record would not have been close.