before 1978 what qb had the most passing yds through first 4 seasons

Joe Namath had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 4 seasons, with 12,753 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Namath J. Namath	12,753	55	841	1,682	50.0	7.6	231.9	78	87	69.2	4.6	5.2
2	Norm Snead N. Snead	10,212	54	669	1,375	48.7	7.4	189.1	60	83	63.0	4.4	6.0
3	Otto Graham O. Graham	9,686	48	632	1,140	55.4	8.5	201.8	62	69	76.6	5.4	6.1
4	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	9,409	56	661	1,212	54.5	7.8	168.0	77	68	77.7	6.4	5.6
5	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	9,361	56	693	1,411	49.1	6.6	167.2	59	80	61.0	4.2	5.7	133	1,228
6	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	8,954	46	611	1,129	54.1	7.9	194.7	84	48	87.3	7.4	4.3
7	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	8,816	43	600	1,164	51.5	7.6	205.0	65	67	71.2	5.6	5.8
8	Bob Griese B. Griese	8,192	48	615	1,183	52.0	6.9	170.7	58	67	67.0	4.9	5.7	64	571
9	Jim Finks J. Finks	8,064	47	618	1,278	48.4	6.3	171.6	52	78	56.8	4.1	6.1
10	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	7,790	51	635	1,089	58.3	7.2	152.7	48	33	82.5	4.4	3.0	101	769
11	Bert Jones B. Jones	7,736	47	596	1,065	56.0	7.3	164.6	54	41	79.8	5.1	3.8	117	1,063
12	Tom Flores T. Flores	7,404	56	537	1,065	50.4	7.0	132.2	54	58	67.3	5.1	5.4
13	John Hadl J. Hadl	7,089	56	456	946	48.2	7.5	126.6	59	66	65.2	6.2	7.0
14	Archie Manning A. Manning	7,016	50	590	1,153	51.2	6.1	140.3	40	58	60.7	3.5	5.0	137	1,028
15	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	6,789	45	516	985	52.4	6.9	150.9	30	51	63.0	3.0	5.2	90	645
16	Bobby Layne B. Layne	6,754	47	475	1,019	46.6	6.6	143.7	54	61	61.3	5.3	6.0
17	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	6,739	51	522	1,079	48.4	6.2	132.1	41	73	52.9	3.8	6.8	111	952
18	Jack Kemp J. Kemp	6,720	38	448	927	48.3	7.2	176.8	40	55	62.2	4.3	5.9
19	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	6,619	39	507	843	60.1	7.9	169.7	48	44	82.1	5.7	5.2
20	Milt Plum M. Plum	6,498	45	450	781	57.6	8.3	144.4	48	29	89.8	6.1	3.7
21	Dan Pastorini D. Pastorini	6,466	53	565	1,106	51.1	5.8	122.0	29	60	55.1	2.6	5.4	110	1,000
22	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	6,295	45	404	808	50.0	7.8	139.9	41	54	65.3	5.1	6.7
23	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	6,286	45	485	916	52.9	6.9	139.7	35	67	57.1	3.8	7.3	123	1,058
24	Y.A. Tittle	6,220	47	479	896	53.5	6.9	132.3	47	56	67.0	5.2	6.3
25	Jim Hart J. Hart	6,182	37	420	893	47.0	6.9	167.1	40	60	57.1	4.5	6.7	10	100

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