highest yards per attempt by a rookie with at least 100 passes

Greg Cook has the most passing yards per attempt by a rookie with 100+ passing attempts, with 9.4 yards in 1969.

Interpreted as:
highest passing yards per attempt by a rookie with at least 100 passes
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Greg Cook
G. Cook
9.4
197
1969
11
106
53.8
1,854
168.5
15
11
88.3
7.6
5.6
29
195
2Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
9.4
171
1945
10
89
52.0
1,609
160.9
14
17
72.4
8.2
9.9
3Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8.9
295
2004
14
196
66.4
2,621
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
4Pat Haden
P. Haden
8.5
105
1976
10
60
57.1
896
89.6
8
4
94.8
7.6
3.8
13
86
5Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
8.5
214
2002
7
138
64.5
1,826
260.9
14
6
101.5
6.5
2.8
12
102
6Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
8.4
130
1954
12
67
51.5
1,087
90.6
8
17
60.8
6.2
13.1
7Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
8.3
204
2017
7
126
61.8
1,699
242.7
19
8
103.0
9.3
3.9
19
116
8Mark Rypien
M. Rypien
8.3
208
1988
9
114
54.8
1,730
192.2
18
13
85.2
8.7
6.3
14
115
9Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
8.3
274
2018
8
176
64.2
2,277
284.6
13
10
90.8
4.7
3.6
17
127
10C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
8.2
499
2023
15
319
63.9
4,108
273.9
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
11Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
8.1
393
2012
15
258
65.6
3,200
213.3
20
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
12Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
8.1
170
2022
9
114
67.1
1,374
152.7
13
4
107.3
7.6
2.4
11
84
13Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
8.0
177
1952
12
77
43.5
1,416
118.0
13
17
56.6
7.3
9.6
14Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
8.0
459
2016
16
311
67.8
3,667
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
15Jake Browning
J. Browning
8.0
243
2023
9
171
70.4
1,936
215.1
12
7
98.4
4.9
2.9
24
169
16Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.9
393
2012
16
252
64.1
3,118
194.9
26
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
17Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.9
434
2008
16
265
61.1
3,440
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
18Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
7.9
175
1947
9
94
53.7
1,384
153.8
13
20
65.0
7.4
11.4
19Zach Mettenberger
Z. Mettenberger
7.9
179
2014
7
107
59.8
1,412
201.7
8
7
83.4
4.5
3.9
18
138
20Cam Newton
C. Newton
7.8
517
2011
16
310
60.0
4,051
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
21Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
7.8
321
1970
14
178
55.5
2,507
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
22Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
7.8
194
2000
8
113
58.2
1,514
189.3
9
6
85.7
4.6
3.1
15
94
23Bobby Clatterbuck
B. Clatterbuck
7.7
101
1954
10
50
49.5
781
78.1
6
7
66.5
5.9
6.9
24Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7.7
486
2018
14
310
63.8
3,725
266.1
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
25Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.6
370
2015
12
230
62.2
2,818
234.8
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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