highest completion percentage in first game by a rookie qb after 2020

Since 2021, 5 quarterbacks are tied for the highest completion percentage by a rookie quarterback in their first game, at 100.0 percent. The first three are Michael Penix Jr. in 2024, Clayton Tune in 2023 and Bryce Perkins in 2022.

	NAME	PCT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	76.9	2022	PIT	1	10	13	120	9.2	120.0	0	3	65.1	0.0	23.1	0	0
7	Joe Milton III J. Milton III	75.9	2024	NE	1	22	29	241	8.3	241.0	1	0	111.4	3.4	0.0	0	0
8	Tanner McKee T. McKee	75.0	2024	PHI	1	3	4	54	13.5	54.0	2	0	156.3	50.0	0.0	0	0
9	Jaren Hall J. Hall	75.0	2023	MIN	1	3	4	23	5.8	23.0	0	0	88.5	0.0	0.0	1	0
10	Mac Jones M. Jones	74.4	2021	NE	1	29	39	281	7.2	281.0	1	0	102.6	2.6	0.0	1	13
11	Tyson Bagent T. Bagent	71.4	2023	CHI	1	10	14	83	5.9	83.0	0	1	56.5	0.0	7.1	1	10
12	Jordan Love J. Love	71.4	2021	GB	1	5	7	68	9.7	68.0	0	0	102.1	0.0	0.0	1	4
13	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	70.8	2024	WAS	1	17	24	184	7.7	184.0	0	0	93.1	0.0	0.0	2	23
14	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	66.7	2022	NE	1	10	15	99	6.6	99.0	1	0	107.4	6.7	0.0	3	24
15	Kellen Mond K. Mond	66.7	2021	MIN	1	2	3	5	1.7	5.0	0	0	70.1	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	Will Levis W. Levis	65.5	2023	TEN	1	19	29	238	8.2	238.0	4	0	130.5	13.8	0.0	2	12
17	Anthony Richardson Sr. A. Richardson Sr.	64.9	2023	IND	1	24	37	223	6.0	223.0	1	1	79.0	2.7	2.7	4	8
18	C.J. Stroud	63.6	2023	HOU	1	28	44	242	5.5	242.0	0	0	78.0	0.0	0.0	5	46
19	Mike White M. White	62.5	2021	NYJ	1	20	32	202	6.3	202.0	1	2	64.8	3.1	6.3	1	8
20	Bo Nix B. Nix	61.9	2024	DEN	1	26	42	138	3.3	138.0	0	2	47.5	0.0	4.8	2	6
21	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	61.5	2023	LV	1	24	39	238	6.1	238.0	0	1	68.1	0.0	2.6	7	50
22	Anthony Brown A. Brown	60.0	2022	BAL	1	3	5	16	3.2	16.0	0	0	65.4	0.0	0.0	1	4
23	Ian Book I. Book	60.0	2021	NO	1	12	20	135	6.8	135.0	0	2	40.6	0.0	10.0	8	54
24	Sam Howell S. Howell	57.9	2022	WAS	1	11	19	169	8.9	169.0	1	1	83.0	5.3	5.3	3	11
25	Skylar Thompson S. Thompson	57.6	2022	MIA	1	19	33	166	5.0	166.0	0	1	58.4	0.0	3.0	2	8

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