broncos player most passing yards in a game by rookie

John Elway has the most passing yards by a Broncos rookie in a game, with 345 yards against the Baltimore Colts on December 11, 1983.

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broncos player most passing yards in a regular-season game by rookie

	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	John Elway J. Elway	345	12/11/1983	DEN	vs	BAL	23	44	52.3	7.8	3	0	101.0	6.8	0.0	5	38
2	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	335	11/24/1968	DEN	vs	BUF	12	29	41.4	11.6	4	2	95.5	13.8	6.9
3	Bo Nix B. Nix	321	1/5/2025	DEN	vs	KC	26	29	89.7	11.1	4	0	152.4	13.8	0.0	0	0
4	Drew Lock D. Lock	309	12/8/2019	DEN	@	HOU	22	27	81.5	11.4	3	1	136.0	11.1	3.7	1	8
5	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	308	12/26/2010	DEN	vs	HOU	16	29	55.2	10.6	1	1	89.4	3.4	3.4	1	3
6	Bo Nix B. Nix	307	11/17/2024	DEN	vs	ATL	28	33	84.8	9.3	4	0	145.0	12.1	0.0	1	12
7	Mickey Slaughter M. Slaughter	298	12/15/1963	DEN	@	OAK	20	35	57.1	8.5	2	0	104.2	5.7	0.0
8	Bo Nix B. Nix	294	12/2/2024	DEN	vs	CLE	18	35	51.4	8.4	1	2	65.7	2.9	5.7	0	0
9	Bo Nix B. Nix	284	10/27/2024	DEN	vs	CAR	28	37	75.7	7.7	3	0	124.2	8.1	0.0	2	17
10	John Elway J. Elway	284	12/4/1983	DEN	vs	CLE	16	24	66.7	11.8	2	1	117.4	8.3	4.2	0	0
11	Ken Karcher K. Karcher	275	10/18/1987	DEN	@	KC	25	39	64.1	7.1	3	2	89.2	7.7	5.1	0	0
12	Bo Nix B. Nix	273	11/24/2024	DEN	@	LV	25	42	59.5	6.5	2	0	94.6	4.8	0.0	1	11
13	Max Choboian M. Choboian	273	12/4/1966	DEN	vs	MIA	14	25	56.0	10.9	1	2	74.3	4.0	8.0
14	Bo Nix B. Nix	263	12/19/2024	DEN	@	LAC	29	40	72.5	6.6	2	0	106.6	5.0	0.0	2	18
15	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	261	12/17/2006	DEN	@	ARI	21	31	67.7	8.4	2	1	101.7	6.5	3.2	1	5
16	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	251	12/8/1968	DEN	@	OAK	15	41	36.6	6.1	2	4	34.8	4.9	9.8
17	Bo Nix B. Nix	246	9/15/2024	DEN	vs	PIT	20	35	57.1	7.0	0	2	55.2	0.0	5.7	2	15
18	Mickey Slaughter M. Slaughter	245	10/13/1963	DEN	vs	HOU	13	24	54.2	10.2	2	5	78.0	8.3	20.8
19	Mickey Slaughter M. Slaughter	244	12/8/1963	DEN	@	KC	18	34	52.9	7.2	1	2	61.4	2.9	5.9
20	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	242	10/1/2020	DEN	@	NYJ	19	31	61.3	7.8	2	3	67.6	6.5	9.7	0	0
21	Brandon Allen B. Allen	240	11/17/2019	DEN	@	MIN	17	39	43.6	6.2	1	1	61.9	2.6	2.6	2	8
22	Don Breaux D. Breaux	239	11/3/1963	DEN	vs	BUF	10	23	43.5	10.4	4	0	121.2	17.4	0.0
23	Marlin Briscoe M. Briscoe	237	10/20/1968	DEN	@	SD	17	30	56.7	7.9	3	2	87.8	10.0	6.7
24	Mark Herrmann M. Herrmann	233	12/26/1982	DEN	@	RAI	14	28	50.0	8.3	1	3	50.7	3.6	10.7	4	48
25	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	230	12/31/2006	DEN	vs	SF	21	32	65.6	7.2	1	1	84.1	3.1	3.1	2	17

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