most career passing yards by a qb drafted in the 3rd round

Fran Tarkenton has the most career passing yards by a 3rd round pick quarterback, with 47,003 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
47,003
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
7.3
191.1
342
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
2Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
46,966
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
7.7
229.1
353
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
43,040
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
7.7
237.8
254
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
4Joe Montana
J. Montana
40,551
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
7.5
211.2
273
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
5Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
32,838
192
2,654
4,475
59.3
7.3
171.0
197
160
81.9
4.4
3.6
398
2,875
6Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
29,817
186
2,369
4,519
52.4
6.6
160.3
196
209
68.4
4.3
4.6
312
2,710
7Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
28,484
180
2,328
4,005
58.1
7.1
158.2
170
146
79.1
4.2
3.6
380
2,590
8Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
25,467
155
2,148
3,348
64.2
7.6
164.3
136
91
89.5
4.1
2.7
180
1,245
9Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
23,322
152
1,747
3,125
55.9
7.5
153.4
141
179
70.9
4.5
5.7
297
2,423
10Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
21,690
125
1,865
3,229
57.8
6.7
173.5
120
68
81.8
3.7
2.1
259
1,906
11Danny White
D. White
21,657
136
1,738
2,901
59.9
7.5
159.2
154
129
82.3
5.3
4.4
235
2,022
12Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
20,063
118
1,426
2,808
50.8
7.1
170.0
114
108
71.7
4.1
3.8
208
1,600
13Brian Griese
B. Griese
19,440
93
1,752
2,796
62.7
7.0
209.0
119
99
82.7
4.3
3.5
193
1,326
14Josh McCown
J. McCown
17,731
102
1,584
2,633
60.2
6.7
173.8
98
82
79.7
3.7
3.1
235
1,563
15Don Meredith
D. Meredith
17,199
104
1,170
2,308
50.7
7.5
165.4
135
111
74.8
5.8
4.8
16Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
16,430
152
1,357
2,338
58.0
7.0
108.1
94
71
80.5
4.0
3.0
207
1,159
17Jacoby Brissett
J. Brissett
14,766
101
1,391
2,246
61.9
6.6
146.2
76
32
86.4
3.4
1.4
191
1,224
18Bubby Brister
B. Brister
14,445
99
1,207
2,212
54.6
6.5
145.9
81
78
72.3
3.7
3.5
193
1,625
19Nick Foles
N. Foles
14,227
71
1,302
2,087
62.4
6.8
200.4
82
47
86.2
3.9
2.3
127
875
20Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
7,975
56
764
1,220
62.6
6.5
142.4
34
32
79.9
2.8
2.6
113
701
21Al Dorow
A. Dorow
7,708
69
572
1,207
47.4
6.4
111.7
64
93
53.8
5.3
7.7
22Davis Mills
D. Mills
7,081
44
684
1,107
61.8
6.4
160.9
40
26
82.5
3.6
2.3
74
541
23Mike Glennon
M. Glennon
7,025
40
689
1,147
60.1
6.1
175.6
47
35
78.6
4.1
3.1
83
612
24Hugh Millen
H. Millen
6,440
40
560
928
60.3
6.9
161.0
22
35
73.5
2.4
3.8
126
830
25Frank Reich
F. Reich
6,075
118
508
932
54.5
6.5
51.5
40
36
72.9
4.3
3.9
68
503
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3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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.765
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5
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.706
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176