lowest career passing yards per attempt in nfl history minimum 250 attempts since 1980

Since 1980, Akili Smith has the fewest passing yards per attempt when throwing 250+ pass attempts, with 4.8 yards.

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Data note: Yards Per Attempt, Passing Attempts: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	AVG	ATT	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Akili Smith A. Smith	4.8	461	22	215	46.6	2,212	100.5	5	13	52.8	1.1	2.8	59	327
2	Ryan Lindley R. Lindley	5.0	274	10	140	51.1	1,372	137.2	3	11	52.4	1.1	4.0	18	137
3	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	5.1	408	16	214	52.5	2,082	130.1	8	18	55.2	2.0	4.4	25	172
4	Brodie Croyle B. Croyle	5.2	319	18	181	56.7	1,669	92.7	8	9	67.8	2.5	2.8	26	168
5	Doug Pederson D. Pederson	5.3	522	100	286	54.8	2,762	27.6	12	19	62.3	2.3	3.6	40	244
6	Ryan Mallett R. Mallett	5.3	345	21	190	55.1	1,835	87.4	9	10	66.8	2.6	2.9	7	37
7	Kelly Stouffer K. Stouffer	5.3	437	22	225	51.5	2,333	106.0	7	19	54.5	1.6	4.3	50	431
8	Jimmy Clausen J. Clausen	5.3	472	21	255	54.0	2,520	120.0	7	14	61.9	1.5	3.0	43	281
9	Danny Kanell D. Kanell	5.4	956	43	491	51.4	5,129	119.3	31	34	63.2	3.2	3.6	63	512
10	Stan Gelbaugh S. Gelbaugh	5.4	391	20	192	49.1	2,100	105.0	10	22	50.5	2.6	5.6	46	377
11	Koy Detmer K. Detmer	5.5	354	103	184	52.0	1,944	18.9	10	14	61.2	2.8	4.0	12	77
12	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	5.5	709	29	386	54.4	3,904	134.6	15	26	62.2	2.1	3.7	47	298
13	Brady Quinn B. Quinn	5.5	550	24	296	53.8	3,043	126.8	12	17	64.4	2.2	3.1	41	236
14	David Klingler D. Klingler	5.6	718	33	389	54.2	3,994	121.0	16	22	65.1	2.2	3.1	87	539
15	Mike McMahon M. McMahon	5.6	515	29	229	44.5	2,867	98.9	15	21	55.1	2.9	4.1	55	338
16	Rusty Hilger R. Hilger	5.6	464	23	204	44.0	2,584	112.3	11	19	52.8	2.4	4.1	49	385
17	Bobby Hoying B. Hoying	5.6	456	22	244	53.5	2,544	115.6	11	15	64.3	2.4	3.3	64	378
18	Josh Rosen J. Rosen	5.6	513	24	277	54.0	2,864	119.3	12	21	61.1	2.3	4.1	61	413
19	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	5.6	655	25	317	48.4	3,666	146.6	14	36	50.0	2.1	5.5	65	377
20	Brett Hundley B. Hundley	5.6	337	18	199	59.1	1,902	105.7	9	13	67.6	2.7	3.9	31	208
21	Shane Matthews S. Matthews	5.7	839	31	492	58.6	4,756	153.4	31	24	75.0	3.7	2.9	34	208
22	Craig Whelihan C. Whelihan	5.7	557	19	267	47.9	3,160	166.3	14	29	52.4	2.5	5.2	36	279
23	Browning Nagle B. Nagle	5.7	437	24	213	48.7	2,489	103.7	8	20	53.5	1.8	4.6	36	274
24	Tom Hodson T. Hodson	5.7	320	36	174	54.4	1,823	50.6	7	11	64.1	2.2	3.4	41	300
25	Bruce Gradkowski B. Gradkowski	5.7	709	37	375	52.9	4,057	109.6	21	24	65.8	3.0	3.4	53	333

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