highest completion percentage in first game by a rookie qb after 2000

Since 2001, 15 quarterbacks are tied for the highest completion percentage by a rookie quarterback in their first game, at 100.0 percent. The first three are Dillon Gabriel in 2025, Michael Penix Jr. in 2024 and Clayton Tune in 2023.

	NAME	PCT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	100.0	2025	CLE	1	3	3	19	6.3	19.0	1	0	132.6	33.3	0.0	0	0
2	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	100.0	2024	ATL	1	1	1	14	14.0	14.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
3	Clayton Tune C. Tune	100.0	2023	ARI	1	1	1	4	4.0	4.0	0	0	83.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
4	Bryce Perkins B. Perkins	100.0	2022	LAR	1	1	1	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0	0	79.2	0.0	0.0	0	0
5	Justin Fields J. Fields	100.0	2021	CHI	1	2	2	10	5.0	10.0	0	0	87.5	0.0	0.0	0	0
6	Trey Lance T. Lance	100.0	2021	SF	1	1	1	5	5.0	5.0	1	0	127.1	100.0	0.0	0	0
7	Easton Stick E. Stick	100.0	2020	LAC	1	1	1	4	4.0	4.0	0	0	83.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
8	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	100.0	2020	MIA	1	2	2	9	4.5	9.0	0	0	85.4	0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Kyle Allen K. Allen	100.0	2018	CAR	1	4	4	38	9.5	38.0	0	0	106.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
10	Jeff Driskel J. Driskel	100.0	2018	CIN	1	4	4	39	9.8	39.0	0	0	107.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
11	Taylor Heinicke T. Heinicke	100.0	2017	HOU	1	1	1	10	10.0	10.0	0	0	108.3	0.0	0.0	1	16
12	Bryce Petty B. Petty	100.0	2016	NYJ	1	2	2	19	9.5	19.0	0	0	106.3	0.0	0.0	0	0
13	Dennis Dixon D. Dixon	100.0	2008	PIT	1	1	1	3	3.0	3.0	0	0	79.2	0.0	0.0	0	0
14	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	100.0	2005	GB	1	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	79.2	0.0	0.0	0	0
15	Seneca Wallace S. Wallace	100.0	2005	SEA	1	1	1	42	42.0	42.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	88.9	2020	DEN	1	8	9	53	5.9	53.0	0	1	51.6	0.0	11.1	1	0
17	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	88.0	2019	JAX	1	22	25	275	11.0	275.0	2	1	122.5	8.0	4.0	1	3
18	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	87.5	2003	JAX	1	7	8	92	11.5	92.0	1	0	154.2	12.5	0.0	0	0
19	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	86.7	2015	TEN	1	13	15	209	13.9	209.0	4	0	158.3	26.7	0.0	2	24
20	Sean Mannion S. Mannion	85.7	2015	STL	1	6	7	31	4.4	31.0	0	0	85.1	0.0	0.0	0	0
21	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	85.7	2014	NE	1	6	7	70	10.0	70.0	1	0	147.9	14.3	0.0	1	6
22	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	83.3	2011	JAX	1	5	6	52	8.7	52.0	0	0	102.8	0.0	0.0	1	10
23	Nate Sudfeld N. Sudfeld	82.6	2017	PHI	1	19	23	134	5.8	134.0	0	0	90.9	0.0	0.0	3	24
24	Brian Hoyer B. Hoyer	81.8	2009	NE	1	9	11	52	4.7	52.0	0	0	86.4	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Luke Falk L. Falk	80.0	2019	NYJ	1	20	25	198	7.9	198.0	0	0	99.7	0.0	0.0	2	15

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