most combined yards in a game by a rookie

Cam Newton has accounted for the most yards by a rookie in a game, with 485 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards against the Packers on September 18, 2011.

Interpreted as:
most combined yards in a regular-season game by a rookie
NAMETOTALYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Cam Newton
C. Newton
485
9/18/2011
vs
28
46
60.9
432
9.4
1
3
72.0
2.2
6.5
4
28
2C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
480
11/5/2023
vs
30
42
71.4
470
11.2
5
0
147.8
11.9
0.0
3
27
3Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
469
10/29/2017
@
19
30
63.3
402
13.4
4
3
106.9
13.3
10.0
5
35
4Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
454
12/3/2000
vs
30
48
62.5
441
9.2
2
2
89.0
4.2
4.2
3
16
5Marc Bulger
M. Bulger
452
11/10/2002
vs
36
48
75.0
453
9.4
4
0
131.7
8.3
0.0
0
0
6Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
449
12/5/1999
@
33
49
67.3
437
8.9
3
1
107.3
6.1
2.0
0
0
7Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
440
10/25/2020
vs
35
47
74.5
406
8.6
3
1
112.5
6.4
2.1
4
35
8Cam Newton
C. Newton
440
9/11/2011
@
24
37
64.9
422
11.4
2
1
110.4
5.4
2.7
4
19
9Andrew Luck
A. Luck
438
11/4/2012
vs
30
48
62.5
433
9.0
2
0
105.6
4.2
0.0
1
14
10Kellen Moore
K. Moore
435
1/3/2016
vs
33
48
68.8
435
9.1
3
2
100.6
6.3
4.2
4
23
11Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
431
9/30/2012
@
26
41
63.4
431
10.5
1
2
86.5
2.4
4.9
4
37
12Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
429
11/22/2009
vs
26
43
60.5
422
9.8
5
2
112.7
11.6
4.7
2
6
13Andrew Luck
A. Luck
424
12/2/2012
@
24
54
44.4
391
7.2
4
3
70.8
7.4
5.6
2
19
14Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
416
10/6/2019
@
26
44
59.1
374
8.5
2
0
101.9
4.5
0.0
2
16
15Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
415
12/2/2018
@
30
48
62.5
414
8.6
2
1
95.3
4.2
2.1
3
28
16Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
413
10/25/2020
vs
27
43
62.8
347
8.1
3
0
111.3
7.0
0.0
1
2
17Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
411
12/27/2020
@
21
39
53.8
342
8.8
1
2
70.7
2.6
5.1
3
16
18Cam Newton
C. Newton
409
10/2/2011
@
27
46
58.7
374
8.1
1
1
83.1
2.2
2.2
0
0
19Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
409
1/3/2000
@
26
34
76.5
373
11.0
2
0
131.1
5.9
0.0
1
10
20Nick Foles
N. Foles
408
12/9/2012
@
32
51
62.7
381
7.5
2
0
98.6
3.9
0.0
6
43
21Austin Davis
A. Davis
405
10/5/2014
@
29
49
59.2
375
7.7
3
0
103.7
6.1
0.0
4
34
22Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
405
11/20/2011
@
24
45
53.3
373
8.3
1
3
60.7
2.2
6.7
2
9
23Matt Leinart
M. Leinart
405
11/26/2006
@
31
51
60.8
405
7.9
1
2
76.0
2.0
3.9
1
10
24Mike White
M. White
404
10/31/2021
vs
37
45
82.2
405
9.0
3
2
107.9
6.7
4.4
2
8
25Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
404
11/16/1997
@
22
33
66.7
388
11.8
1
2
91.5
3.0
6.1
8
38
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for total yards going back to the 1950 season.

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.471
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14
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10
7
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8
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8
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14
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6
11
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3
14
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11
6
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
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11
6
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9
7
1
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9
8
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9
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
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Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
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3
14
0
.176