Drew Brees threw for an average of 8.2 yards per attempt in his rookie season in 2001.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.2	2001	SD	1	15	27	55.6	221	221.0	1	0	94.8	3.7	0.0	2	12
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	6.2	2002	SD	16	320	526	60.8	3,284	205.3	17	16	76.9	3.2	3.0	24	180
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	5.9	2003	SD	11	205	356	57.6	2,108	191.6	11	15	67.5	3.1	4.2	21	178
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.9	2004	SD	15	262	400	65.5	3,159	210.6	27	7	104.8	6.8	1.8	18	131
5	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.2	2005	SD	16	323	500	64.6	3,576	223.5	24	15	89.2	4.8	3.0	27	223
6	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.0	2006	NO	16	356	554	64.3	4,418	276.1	26	11	96.2	4.7	2.0	18	105
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	6.8	2007	NO	16	440	652	67.5	4,423	276.4	28	18	89.4	4.3	2.8	16	109
8	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.0	2008	NO	16	413	635	65.0	5,069	316.8	34	17	96.2	5.4	2.7	13	92
9	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.5	2009	NO	15	363	514	70.6	4,388	292.5	34	11	109.6	6.6	2.1	20	135
10	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.0	2010	NO	16	448	658	68.1	4,620	288.8	33	22	90.9	5.0	3.3	25	185
11	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.3	2011	NO	16	468	657	71.2	5,476	342.3	46	14	110.6	7.0	2.1	24	158
12	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.7	2012	NO	16	422	670	63.0	5,177	323.6	43	19	96.3	6.4	2.8	26	190
13	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.9	2013	NO	16	446	650	68.6	5,162	322.6	39	12	104.7	6.0	1.8	37	244
14	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.5	2014	NO	16	456	659	69.2	4,952	309.5	33	17	97.0	5.0	2.6	29	186
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.8	2015	NO	15	428	627	68.3	4,870	324.7	32	11	101.0	5.1	1.8	31	235
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.7	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	5,208	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
17	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.1	2017	NO	16	386	536	72.0	4,334	270.9	23	8	103.9	4.3	1.5	20	145
18	Drew Brees D. Brees	8.2	2018	NO	15	364	489	74.4	3,992	266.1	32	5	115.7	6.5	1.0	17	121
19	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.9	2019	NO	11	281	378	74.3	2,979	270.8	27	4	116.3	7.1	1.1	12	89
20	Drew Brees D. Brees	7.5	2020	NO	12	275	390	70.5	2,942	245.2	24	6	106.4	6.2	1.5	13	89

StatMuse has season-level data for yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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