before 1978 what qb had the most passing yds through first 3 seasons

Joe Namath had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 3 seasons, with 9,606 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Namath J. Namath	9,606	41	654	1,302	50.2	7.4	234.3	63	70	68.4	4.8	5.4
2	Norm Snead N. Snead	8,306	42	531	1,092	48.6	7.6	197.8	46	71	61.2	4.2	6.5
3	Otto Graham O. Graham	6,964	36	465	882	52.7	7.9	193.4	51	60	69.8	5.8	6.8
4	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	6,904	42	520	1,059	49.1	6.5	164.4	40	58	59.9	3.8	5.5	112	1,054
5	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	6,903	42	490	906	54.1	7.6	164.4	55	57	72.9	6.1	6.3
6	Bob Griese B. Griese	6,173	34	473	938	50.4	6.6	181.6	46	50	65.7	4.9	5.3	33	289
7	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	6,055	34	418	762	54.9	7.9	178.1	52	34	85.1	6.8	4.5
8	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	6,041	41	444	881	50.4	6.9	147.3	46	59	62.2	5.2	6.7	54	517
9	Tom Flores T. Flores	6,015	42	439	865	50.8	7.0	143.2	47	44	70.3	5.4	5.1
10	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	5,986	41	463	870	53.2	6.9	146.0	35	63	58.3	4.0	7.2	112	983
11	Jim Finks J. Finks	5,794	35	453	934	48.5	6.2	165.5	42	52	60.1	4.5	5.6
12	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	5,792	32	384	788	48.7	7.4	181.0	35	49	62.2	4.4	6.2
13	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	5,771	29	377	744	50.7	7.8	199.0	44	43	72.3	5.9	5.8
14	Archie Manning A. Manning	5,587	39	456	892	51.1	6.3	143.3	34	42	63.9	3.8	4.7	111	856
15	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	5,556	41	433	899	48.2	6.2	135.5	31	58	52.6	3.4	6.5	87	766
16	Dick Wood D. Wood	5,157	32	370	807	45.8	6.4	161.2	39	51	56.7	4.8	6.3
17	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	5,123	38	422	761	55.5	6.7	134.8	30	23	76.9	3.9	3.0	65	477
18	Jim Hart J. Hart	5,096	28	336	724	46.4	7.0	182.0	34	48	58.1	4.7	6.6
19	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	5,000	33	319	632	50.5	7.9	151.5	33	46	64.2	5.2	7.3
20	Paul Christman P. Christman	4,994	31	327	749	43.7	6.7	161.1	35	52	52.9	4.7	6.9
21	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	4,953	42	361	717	50.3	6.9	117.9	41	39	69.2	5.7	5.4	72	552
22	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	4,895	42	425	859	49.5	5.7	116.5	19	50	50.2	2.2	5.8	87	775
23	Joe Kapp J. Kapp	4,807	40	351	699	50.2	6.9	120.2	37	47	62.2	5.3	6.7	28	198
24	Bert Jones B. Jones	4,632	33	389	722	53.9	6.4	140.4	30	32	69.1	4.2	4.4	88	779
25	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	4,566	33	312	643	48.5	7.1	138.4	39	52	58.6	6.1	8.1

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