before 2002 what qb has the most total yds through first 3 seasons

Before 2002, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a quarterback in his first 3 seasons, with 12,287 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	12,287	48	1,014	1,679	60.4	7.3	256.0	85	58	85.4	5.1	3.5	56	356
2	Dan Marino D. Marino	11,431	43	871	1,427	61.0	8.0	265.8	98	44	96.4	6.9	3.1	41	357
3	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	10,556	44	937	1,756	53.4	6.0	239.9	53	58	67.9	3.0	3.3	61	408
4	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	10,360	45	896	1,440	62.2	7.2	230.2	74	33	91.5	5.1	2.3	65	373
5	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	9,771	44	804	1,351	59.5	7.2	222.1	56	45	81.7	4.1	3.3	100	798
6	Joe Namath J. Namath	9,606	41	654	1,302	50.2	7.4	234.3	63	70	68.4	4.8	5.4
7	Warren Moon W. Moon	9,536	45	715	1,315	54.4	7.3	211.9	40	59	69.1	3.0	4.5	134	1,069
8	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	8,980	41	713	1,173	60.8	7.7	219.0	56	35	88.1	4.8	3.0	124	920
9	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	8,465	40	675	1,168	57.8	7.2	211.6	47	26	84.6	4.0	2.2	80	524
10	Tony Banks T. Banks	8,333	44	685	1,263	54.2	6.6	189.4	36	42	70.4	2.9	3.3	132	860
11	Norm Snead N. Snead	8,306	42	531	1,092	48.6	7.6	197.8	46	71	61.2	4.2	6.5
12	John Elway J. Elway	8,152	42	664	1,244	53.4	6.6	194.1	47	52	69.0	3.8	4.2	90	683
13	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	8,051	38	682	1,224	55.7	6.6	211.9	41	59	67.0	3.3	4.8	128	723
14	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	7,932	41	575	1,002	57.4	7.9	193.5	54	32	87.5	5.4	3.2	63	535
15	Kurt Warner K. Warner	7,821	28	564	857	65.8	9.1	279.3	62	31	104.0	7.2	3.6	49	316
16	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	7,568	33	560	988	56.7	7.7	229.3	56	37	84.5	5.7	3.7	36	256
17	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	7,548	44	678	1,258	53.9	6.0	171.5	36	44	67.0	2.9	3.5	116	635
18	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	7,546	44	721	1,278	56.4	5.9	171.5	54	32	77.4	4.2	2.5	112	739
19	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	7,541	40	560	1,133	49.4	6.7	188.5	43	66	59.4	3.8	5.8	80	523
20	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	7,454	40	611	1,085	56.3	6.9	186.4	38	23	80.5	3.5	2.1	98	753
21	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	7,454	35	551	1,111	49.6	6.7	213.0	38	63	59.1	3.4	5.7	89	726
22	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	7,445	36	517	1,017	50.8	7.3	206.8	39	37	72.6	3.8	3.6	60	503
23	Don Majkowski D. Majkowski	7,312	36	586	1,062	55.2	6.9	203.1	41	34	76.3	3.9	3.2	88	521
24	Kerry Collins K. Collins	7,295	41	618	1,178	52.5	6.2	177.9	39	49	65.3	3.3	4.2	69	464
25	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	7,220	39	670	1,201	55.8	6.0	185.1	37	60	63.1	3.1	5.0	48	389

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	.667
Colts	2	4	.333
Texans	2	4	.333
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Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	IND	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM
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1,794

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Purdy

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29.5

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28.0

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Opp PPG Rankings

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401.3

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Rush Yards Rankings

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159.8

151.5

149.5

148.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

20.0

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18.0

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Walker

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Eagles	2	4	0	.333
Cowboys	2	4	0	.333
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	4	2	0	.667
Bears	4	2	0	.667
Lions	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	2	0	.600
Falcons	2	4	0	.333
Saints	2	4	0	.333
Buccaneers	1	5	0	.167
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	3	3	0	.500
Cardinals	2	4	0	.333
Rams	2	4	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	2	0	.667
Jets	2	4	0	.333
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	4	2	0	.667
Steelers	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	2	0	.667
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	4	0	.333
Texans	2	4	0	.333
Titans	1	5	0	.167
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	0	0	1.000
Broncos	4	2	0	.667
Raiders	3	3	0	.500
Chargers	0	6	0	.000