lowest average yards per attempt by a rookie qb

Dan Darragh has the fewest passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback, with 4.3 yards in 1968.

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lowest average passing yards with a minimum of 14 passing attempts per team game per attempt by a rookie qb

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Darragh D. Darragh	4.3	1968	BUF	11	92	215	42.8	917	83.4	3	14	33.0	1.4	6.5
2	Bruce Gradkowski B. Gradkowski	5.1	2006	TB	13	177	328	54.0	1,661	127.8	9	9	65.9	2.7	2.7	25	146
3	Kyle Orton K. Orton	5.1	2005	CHI	15	190	368	51.6	1,869	124.6	9	13	59.7	2.4	3.5	30	190
4	Steve DeBerg S. DeBerg	5.2	1978	SF	12	137	302	45.4	1,570	130.8	8	22	40.0	2.6	7.3	17	156
5	Jimmy Clausen J. Clausen	5.2	2010	CAR	13	157	299	52.5	1,558	119.8	3	9	58.4	1.0	3.0	33	223
6	Paul Christman P. Christman	5.2	1945	CHC	8	89	219	40.6	1,147	143.4	5	12	42.6	2.3	5.5
7	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	5.3	1998	SD	10	111	245	45.3	1,289	128.9	2	15	39.0	0.8	6.1	22	140
8	Tom Sherman T. Sherman	5.3	1968	BOS	14	90	226	39.8	1,199	85.6	12	16	45.6	5.3	7.1
9	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	5.3	1986	IND	12	204	417	48.9	2,225	185.4	8	18	53.5	1.9	4.3	29	213
10	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	5.3	2002	DET	14	215	429	50.1	2,294	163.9	12	16	59.9	2.8	3.7	8	75
11	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	5.4	2011	JAX	15	210	413	50.8	2,214	147.6	12	11	65.4	2.9	2.7	40	293
12	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	5.4	2001	CAR	15	293	540	54.3	2,931	195.4	11	19	62.0	2.0	3.5	26	177
13	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	5.4	2004	SF	8	123	226	54.4	1,231	153.9	6	9	62.4	2.7	4.0	13	94
14	Derek Carr D. Carr	5.5	2014	OAK	16	348	599	58.1	3,270	204.4	21	12	76.6	3.5	2.0	24	149
15	Bryce Young B. Young	5.5	2023	CAR	16	315	527	59.8	2,877	179.8	11	10	73.7	2.1	1.9	62	477
16	Tobin Rote T. Rote	5.5	1950	GB	12	83	224	37.1	1,231	102.6	7	24	26.7	3.1	10.7
17	Steve Fuller S. Fuller	5.5	1979	KC	16	146	270	54.1	1,484	92.8	6	14	55.8	2.2	5.2	37	244
18	Johnny Green J. Green	5.6	1960	BUF	10	89	228	39.0	1,267	126.7	10	10	54.1	4.4	4.4
19	Joe Pisarcik J. Pisarcik	5.6	1977	NYG	13	103	241	42.7	1,346	103.5	4	14	42.3	1.7	5.8	32	262
20	Kyle Boller K. Boller	5.6	2003	BAL	11	116	224	51.8	1,260	114.5	7	9	62.4	3.1	4.0	17	92
21	David Woodley D. Woodley	5.7	1980	MIA	13	176	327	53.8	1,850	142.3	14	17	63.1	4.3	5.2	17	127
22	Craig Whelihan C. Whelihan	5.7	1997	SD	9	118	237	49.8	1,357	150.8	6	10	58.3	2.5	4.2	21	168
23	Lamar McHan L. McHan	5.8	1954	CHC	12	105	255	41.2	1,475	122.9	6	22	32.4	2.4	8.6
24	Mike Pagel M. Pagel	5.8	1982	BAL	9	111	221	50.2	1,281	142.3	5	7	62.4	2.3	3.2	16	129
25	Josh Rosen J. Rosen	5.8	2018	ARI	14	217	393	55.2	2,278	162.7	11	14	66.7	2.8	3.6	45	320

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