Dan Marino averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a quarterback with 200+ passing attempts in his 2nd season, with 9.0 yards in 1984.
Interpreted as:
best passing yards per attempt by a player in the 2nd season of their career with 200 or more pass attempts between 1980 to 1989| NAME | AVG | ATT | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | PCT | YDS | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Marino | 9.0 | 564 | 1984 |  MIA | 16 | 362 | 64.2 | 5,084 | 317.8 | 48 | 17 | 108.9 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 13 | 120 |
| 2 |  | S. Grogan | 8.6 | 216 | 1981 |  NE | 8 | 117 | 54.2 | 1,859 | 232.4 | 7 | 16 | 63.0 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 19 | 137 |
| 3 | | C. Morton | 8.5 | 376 | 1981 |  DEN | 15 | 225 | 59.8 | 3,195 | 213.0 | 21 | 14 | 90.5 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 54 | 394 |
| 4 | | E. Hipple | 8.5 | 279 | 1981 |  DET | 16 | 140 | 50.2 | 2,358 | 147.4 | 14 | 15 | 73.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 27 | 208 |
| 5 | | B. Esiason | 8.0 | 431 | 1985 |  CIN | 15 | 251 | 58.2 | 3,443 | 229.5 | 27 | 12 | 93.2 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 32 | 289 |
| 6 | | K. O'Brien | 8.0 | 488 | 1985 |  NYJ | 16 | 297 | 60.9 | 3,888 | 243.0 | 25 | 8 | 96.2 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 62 | 399 |
| 7 | | D. White | 7.9 | 391 | 1981 |  DAL | 16 | 223 | 57.0 | 3,098 | 193.6 | 22 | 13 | 87.5 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 30 | 234 |
| 8 | | M. Rypien | 7.9 | 476 | 1989 |  WAS | 14 | 280 | 58.8 | 3,768 | 269.1 | 22 | 13 | 88.1 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 16 | 108 |
| 9 |  | D. Fouts | 7.9 | 609 | 1981 |  SD | 16 | 360 | 59.1 | 4,802 | 300.1 | 33 | 17 | 90.6 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 19 | 134 |
| 10 | | K. Anderson | 7.8 | 479 | 1981 | CIN | 16 | 300 | 62.6 | 3,754 | 234.6 | 29 | 10 | 98.4 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 25 | 140 |
| 11 |  | T. Bradshaw | 7.8 | 370 | 1981 |  PIT | 14 | 201 | 54.3 | 2,887 | 206.2 | 22 | 14 | 83.9 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 17 | 155 |
| 12 | | S. Beuerlein | 7.7 | 217 | 1989 |  RAI | 10 | 108 | 49.8 | 1,677 | 167.7 | 13 | 9 | 78.4 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 22 | 175 |
| 13 | | V. Ferragamo | 7.7 | 209 | 1982 |  RAM | 7 | 118 | 56.5 | 1,609 | 229.9 | 9 | 9 | 77.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7 | 65 |
| 14 | | J. Schroeder | 7.6 | 541 | 1986 | WAS | 16 | 276 | 51.0 | 4,109 | 256.8 | 22 | 22 | 72.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 28 | 240 |
| 15 | | D. Williams | 7.6 | 471 | 1981 |  TB | 16 | 238 | 50.5 | 3,563 | 222.7 | 19 | 14 | 76.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 18 | 135 |
| 16 | | T. Eason | 7.5 | 431 | 1984 | NE | 16 | 259 | 60.1 | 3,228 | 201.8 | 23 | 8 | 93.4 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 59 | 409 |
| 17 | | M. Cavanaugh | 7.5 | 219 | 1981 | NE | 16 | 115 | 52.5 | 1,633 | 102.1 | 5 | 13 | 59.8 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 24 | 165 |
| 18 | | J. McMahon | 7.4 | 295 | 1983 |  CHI | 14 | 175 | 59.3 | 2,184 | 156.0 | 12 | 13 | 77.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 42 | 266 |
| 19 | | J. Ferguson | 7.3 | 498 | 1981 |  BUF | 16 | 252 | 50.6 | 3,652 | 228.3 | 24 | 20 | 74.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 15 | 137 |
| 20 | | L. Dickey | 7.3 | 354 | 1981 |  GB | 13 | 204 | 57.6 | 2,593 | 199.5 | 17 | 15 | 79.0 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 40 | 298 |
| 21 |  | J. Montana | 7.3 | 488 | 1981 |  SF | 16 | 311 | 63.7 | 3,565 | 222.8 | 19 | 12 | 88.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 26 | 193 |
| 22 | | B. Jones | 7.3 | 426 | 1981 |  BAL | 15 | 244 | 57.3 | 3,094 | 206.3 | 21 | 20 | 76.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 31 | 263 |
| 23 | | B. Kosar | 7.3 | 531 | 1986 |  CLE | 16 | 310 | 58.4 | 3,854 | 240.9 | 17 | 10 | 83.8 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 39 | 274 |
| 24 | | B. Kenney | 7.2 | 274 | 1981 |  KC | 13 | 147 | 53.6 | 1,983 | 152.5 | 9 | 16 | 63.6 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 20 | 160 |
| 25 | | J. Theismann | 7.2 | 496 | 1981 | WAS | 16 | 293 | 59.1 | 3,568 | 223.0 | 19 | 20 | 77.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 28 | 259 |
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