most passing touchdowns in a rookie season since 2012

Since 2012, Justin Herbert has the most passing touchdowns by a rookie, with 31 touchdowns in 2020.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	31	2020	LAC	15	396	595	66.6	4,336	7.3	289.1	10	98.3	5.2	1.7	32	218
2	Bo Nix B. Nix	29	2024	DEN	17	376	567	66.3	3,775	6.7	222.1	12	93.3	5.1	2.1	24	198
3	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	27	2018	CLE	14	310	486	63.8	3,725	7.7	266.1	14	93.7	5.6	2.9	25	173
4	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	26	2012	SEA	16	252	393	64.1	3,118	7.9	194.9	10	100.0	6.6	2.5	33	203
5	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	25	2024	WAS	17	331	480	69.0	3,568	7.4	209.9	9	100.1	5.2	1.9	47	238
6	Daniel Jones D. Jones	24	2019	NYG	13	284	459	61.9	3,027	6.6	232.8	12	87.7	5.2	2.6	38	295
7	C.J. Stroud	23	2023	HOU	15	319	499	63.9	4,108	8.2	273.9	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
8	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	23	2016	DAL	16	311	459	67.8	3,667	8.0	229.2	4	104.9	5.0	0.9	25	143
9	Andrew Luck A. Luck	23	2012	IND	16	339	627	54.1	4,374	7.0	273.4	18	76.5	3.7	2.9	41	246
10	Mac Jones M. Jones	22	2021	NE	17	352	521	67.6	3,801	7.3	223.6	13	92.5	4.2	2.5	28	241
11	Jameis Winston J. Winston	22	2015	TB	16	312	535	58.3	4,042	7.6	252.6	15	84.2	4.1	2.8	27	190
12	Gardner Minshew G. Minshew	21	2019	JAX	14	285	470	60.6	3,271	7.0	233.6	6	91.2	4.5	1.3	33	184
13	Derek Carr D. Carr	21	2014	OAK	16	348	599	58.1	3,270	5.5	204.4	12	76.6	3.5	2.0	24	149
14	Caleb Williams C. Williams	20	2024	CHI	17	351	562	62.5	3,541	6.3	208.3	6	87.8	3.6	1.1	68	466
15	Kyler Murray K. Murray	20	2019	ARI	16	349	542	64.4	3,722	6.9	232.6	12	87.4	3.7	2.2	48	309
16	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	20	2012	WAS	15	258	393	65.6	3,200	8.1	213.3	5	102.4	5.1	1.3	30	217
17	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	19	2017	HOU	7	126	204	61.8	1,699	8.3	242.7	8	103.0	9.3	3.9	19	116
18	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	19	2015	TEN	12	230	370	62.2	2,818	7.6	234.8	10	91.5	5.1	2.7	38	258
19	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	19	2013	TB	13	247	416	59.4	2,608	6.3	200.6	9	83.9	4.6	2.2	40	314
20	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	17	2018	NYJ	13	239	414	57.7	2,865	6.9	220.4	15	77.6	4.1	3.6	30	204
21	Davis Mills D. Mills	16	2021	HOU	13	263	394	66.8	2,664	6.8	204.9	10	88.8	4.1	2.5	31	206
22	Carson Wentz C. Wentz	16	2016	PHI	16	379	607	62.4	3,782	6.2	236.4	14	79.3	2.6	2.3	33	213
23	Cam Ward C. Ward	15	2025	TEN	16	320	537	59.6	3,117	5.8	194.8	7	79.8	2.8	1.3	55	410
24	Drake Maye D. Maye	15	2024	NE	13	225	338	66.6	2,276	6.7	175.1	10	88.1	4.4	3.0	34	229
25	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	14	2014	MIN	13	259	402	64.4	2,919	7.3	224.5	12	85.2	3.5	3.0	39	249

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Patriots - y	13	3	0	.813
Bills - w	11	5	0	.688
Dolphins - e	7	9	0	.438
Jets - e	3	13	0	.188
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Steelers	9	7	0	.563
Ravens	8	8	0	.500
Bengals - e	6	10	0	.375
Browns - e	4	12	0	.250
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - x	12	4	0	.750
Texans - x	11	5	0	.688
Colts - e	8	8	0	.500
Titans - e	3	13	0	.188
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Chiefs - e	6	10	0	.375
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Vikings - e	8	8	0	.500
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Sat 9/27	CAR	@	NE	13-42
Sat 9/27	LAC	@	NYG	18-21
Sat 9/27	JAX	@	SF	26-21
Sat 9/27	IND	@	LAR	20-27
Sat 9/27	CHI	@	LV	25-24

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Sat 1/3	SEA	@	SF	8:00 PM
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