first overall pick at least 3000 passing yards in each of their first four seasons

John Elway had 3,891 passing yards in 1985.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	John Elway J. Elway	3,891	1985	DEN	16	327	605	54.0	6.4	243.2	22	23	70.2	3.6	3.8	38	307
2	John Elway J. Elway	3,485	1986	DEN	16	280	504	55.6	6.9	217.8	19	13	79.0	3.8	2.6	32	233
3	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	3,854	1986	CLE	16	310	531	58.4	7.3	240.9	17	10	83.8	3.2	1.9	39	274
4	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	3,033	1987	CLE	12	241	389	62.0	7.8	252.8	22	9	95.4	5.7	2.3	22	129
5	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	3,240	1988	TB	15	222	466	47.6	7.0	216.0	13	35	48.8	2.8	7.5	33	292
6	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	3,133	1989	TB	14	258	480	53.8	6.5	223.8	20	22	68.9	4.2	4.6	38	294
7	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	3,445	1992	DAL	16	302	473	63.8	7.3	215.3	23	14	89.5	4.9	3.0	23	112
8	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	4,555	1994	NE	16	400	691	57.9	6.6	284.7	25	27	73.6	3.6	3.9	22	139
9	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	3,507	1995	NE	15	323	636	50.8	5.5	233.8	13	16	63.7	2.0	2.5	23	170
10	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	4,086	1996	NE	16	373	623	59.9	6.6	255.4	27	15	83.7	4.3	2.4	30	190
11	Peyton Manning P. Manning	3,739	1998	IND	16	326	575	56.7	6.5	233.7	26	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
12	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,135	1999	IND	16	331	533	62.1	7.8	258.4	26	15	90.7	4.9	2.8	14	116
13	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,413	2000	IND	16	357	571	62.5	7.7	275.8	33	15	94.7	5.8	2.6	20	131
14	Tim Couch T. Couch	3,040	2001	CLE	16	272	454	59.9	6.7	190.0	17	21	73.1	3.7	4.6	51	353
15	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4,131	2001	IND	16	343	547	62.7	7.6	258.2	26	23	84.1	4.8	4.2	29	232
16	David Carr D. Carr	3,531	2004	HOU	16	285	466	61.2	7.6	220.7	16	14	83.5	3.4	3.0	49	301
17	Eli Manning E. Manning	3,762	2005	NYG	16	294	557	52.8	6.8	235.1	24	17	75.9	4.3	3.1	28	184
18	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	3,836	2005	CIN	16	345	509	67.8	7.5	239.8	32	12	101.1	6.3	2.4	19	105
19	Eli Manning E. Manning	3,244	2006	NYG	16	301	522	57.7	6.2	202.8	24	18	77.0	4.6	3.4	25	186
20	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,035	2006	CIN	16	324	520	62.3	7.8	252.2	28	13	93.9	5.4	2.5	36	233
21	Eli Manning E. Manning	3,336	2007	NYG	16	297	529	56.1	6.3	208.5	23	20	73.9	4.3	3.8	27	217
22	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	4,131	2007	CIN	16	373	575	64.9	7.2	258.2	26	20	86.7	4.5	3.5	17	119
23	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	3,512	2010	STL	16	354	590	60.0	6.0	219.5	18	15	76.5	3.1	2.5	34	244
24	Cam Newton C. Newton	4,051	2011	CAR	16	310	517	60.0	7.8	253.2	21	17	84.5	4.1	3.3	35	260
25	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5,038	2011	DET	16	421	663	63.5	7.6	314.9	41	16	97.2	6.2	2.4	36	257

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