highest td percentage by a rookie quarterback in nfl history

Cary Conklin, Kevin Ingram and Bob Waters are tied for the best passing touchdown percentage by a rookie quarterback in a season, at 50.0 percent.

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	NAME	TD%	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Cary Conklin C. Conklin	50.0	1992	WAS	1	2	2	100.0	16	8.0	16.0	1	0	139.6	0.0	0	0
2	Kevin Ingram K. Ingram	50.0	1987	NO	2	1	2	50.0	5	2.5	2.5	1	0	95.8	0.0	1	6
3	Bob Waters B. Waters	50.0	1960	SF	8	2	2	100.0	61	30.5	7.6	1	0	158.3	0.0
4	Bernard Quarles B. Quarles	33.3	1987	RAM	1	1	3	33.3	40	13.3	40.0	1	1	81.9	33.3	0	0
5	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	33.3	1934	CHB	9	3	3	100.0	39	13.0	4.3	1	0	158.3	0.0
6	Mark Stevens M. Stevens	25.0	1987	SF	2	2	4	50.0	52	13.0	26.0	1	0	135.4	0.0	0	0
7	Carlos Brown C. Brown	25.0	1975	GB	13	3	4	75.0	63	15.8	4.8	1	0	156.3	0.0	0	0
8	Jim Del Gaizo J. Del Gaizo	22.2	1972	MIA	4	5	9	55.6	165	18.3	41.3	2	1	100.5	11.1	0	0
9	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	20.0	2000	NYJ	1	2	5	40.0	67	13.4	67.0	1	0	127.1	0.0	1	4
10	Clint Stoerner C. Stoerner	20.0	2000	DAL	1	3	5	60.0	53	10.6	53.0	1	0	135.8	0.0	2	21
11	Kerwin Bell K. Bell	20.0	1996	IND	1	5	5	100.0	75	15.0	75.0	1	0	158.3	0.0	0	0
12	Bill Musgrave B. Musgrave	20.0	1991	SF	1	4	5	80.0	33	6.6	33.0	1	0	133.8	0.0	0	0
13	Art Faircloth A. Faircloth	20.0	1947	NYG	3	3	5	60.0	30	6.0	10.0	1	0	116.7	0.0
14	Virgil Eikenberg V. Eikenberg	15.8	1948	CHC	9	6	19	31.6	116	6.1	12.9	3	2	53.8	10.5
15	Quinn Gray Q. Gray	14.3	2005	JAX	1	8	14	57.1	100	7.1	100.0	2	0	119.0	0.0	1	7
16	A.J. Feeley	14.3	2001	PHI	1	10	14	71.4	143	10.2	143.0	2	1	114.0	7.1	0	0
17	Kevin Sweeney K. Sweeney	14.3	1987	DAL	3	14	28	50.0	291	10.4	97.0	4	1	111.8	3.6	3	15
18	Vince Ferragamo V. Ferragamo	13.3	1977	LA	3	9	15	60.0	83	5.5	27.7	2	0	114.7	0.0	1	10
19	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	12.5	2004	SD	2	5	8	62.5	33	4.1	16.5	1	0	110.9	0.0	1	10
20	Adrian Breen A. Breen	12.5	1987	CIN	2	3	8	37.5	9	1.1	4.5	1	0	85.4	0.0	3	18
21	Guy Benjamin G. Benjamin	12.5	1978	MIA	3	6	8	75.0	91	11.4	30.3	1	1	112.0	12.5	0	0
22	Jim Ward J. Ward	12.5	1967	BAL	6	9	16	56.3	115	7.2	19.2	2	1	92.4	6.3
23	Charlie O'Rourke C. O'Rourke	12.5	1942	CHB	11	37	88	42.0	951	10.8	86.5	11	16	82.1	18.2
24	Young Bussey Y. Bussey	12.5	1941	CHB	10	13	40	32.5	353	8.8	35.3	5	3	74.3	7.5
25	Bill Mackrides B. Mackrides	11.8	1947	PHI	8	8	17	47.1	58	3.4	7.3	2	3	55.1	17.6

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000