lowest passer rating in rookie quarterback debut minimum 15 pass attempts any season

5 quarterbacks are tied for the worst passer rating by a rookie quarterback with 15+ passing attempts, with a 0.0 rating. The first three are Randy Hedberg in 1977, Pat Sullivan in 1972 and Bob Brodhead in 1960.

NAMERTGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Randy Hedberg
R. Hedberg
0.0
90
1977
TB TB
7
25
27.8
244
2.7
34.9
0
10
0.0
11.1
15
131
2Pat Sullivan
P. Sullivan
0.0
19
1972
ATL ATL
14
3
15.8
44
2.3
3.1
0
3
0.0
15.8
2
28
3Bob Brodhead
B. Brodhead
0.0
25
1960
BUF BUF
4
7
28.0
75
3.0
18.8
0
3
0.0
12.0
4Tom O'Malley
T. O'Malley
0.0
15
1950
GB GB
1
4
26.7
31
2.1
31.0
0
6
0.0
40.0
5Paul Collins
P. Collins
0.0
17
1945
CHC CHC
3
3
17.6
43
2.5
14.3
0
2
0.0
11.8
6Don Gault
D. Gault
2.2
19
1970
CLE CLE
2
2
10.5
67
3.5
33.5
0
3
0.0
15.8
1
5
7John McCarthy
J. McCarthy
3.0
67
1944
C-P C-P
7
20
29.9
250
3.7
35.7
0
13
0.0
19.4
8Tony Graziani
T. Graziani
3.7
23
1997
ATL ATL
3
7
30.4
41
1.8
13.7
0
2
0.0
8.7
1
7
9Bob DeMoss
B. DeMoss
4.2
18
1949
NYB NYB
3
6
33.3
60
3.3
20.0
0
2
0.0
11.1
10Stan Heath
S. Heath
4.6
106
1949
GB GB
12
26
24.5
355
3.3
29.6
1
14
0.9
13.2
11Bob Naponic
B. Naponic
5.2
20
1970
HOU HOU
2
6
30.0
85
4.3
42.5
0
2
0.0
10.0
8
53
12Will Furrer
W. Furrer
7.3
25
1992
CHI CHI
2
9
36.0
89
3.6
44.5
0
3
0.0
12.0
4
39
13Mike Machurek
M. Machurek
8.3
43
1984
DET DET
4
14
32.6
193
4.5
48.3
0
6
0.0
14.0
1
12
14Rusty Lisch
R. Lisch
8.6
17
1980
STL STL
2
6
35.3
68
4.0
34.0
0
3
0.0
17.6
3
36
15Randy Fasani
R. Fasani
8.8
44
2002
CAR CAR
4
15
34.1
171
3.9
42.8
0
4
0.0
9.1
7
60
16John Jones
J. Jones
9.6
57
1975
NYJ NYJ
7
16
28.1
181
3.2
25.9
1
5
1.8
8.8
7
64
17Curtis Painter
C. Painter
9.8
28
2009
IND IND
2
8
28.6
83
3.0
41.5
0
2
0.0
7.1
3
16
18Josh McCown
J. McCown
10.2
18
2002
ARI ARI
2
7
38.9
66
3.7
33.0
0
2
0.0
11.1
5
50
19Bruce Lemmerman
B. Lemmerman
11.8
15
1968
ATL ATL
4
3
20.0
40
2.7
10.0
0
1
0.0
6.7
20Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
13.3
57
1971
HOU HOU
7
19
33.3
315
5.5
45.0
0
9
0.0
15.8
3
21
21Steve Pisarkiewicz
S. Pisarkiewicz
14.8
29
1978
STL STL
3
10
34.5
164
5.7
54.7
0
3
0.0
10.3
2
20
22Pete Liske
P. Liske
16.9
18
1964
NYJ NYJ
2
9
50.0
55
3.1
27.5
0
2
0.0
11.1
23Paul Held
P. Held
17.2
73
1954
PIT PIT
8
24
32.9
305
4.2
38.1
1
6
1.4
8.2
24Scott Stankavage
S. Stankavage
17.4
18
1984
DEN DEN
1
4
22.2
58
3.2
58.0
0
1
0.0
5.6
1
13
25Bob Davis
B. Davis
17.5
19
1967
HOU HOU
2
9
47.4
71
3.7
35.5
0
2
0.0
10.5
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