most passing yards a rookie in a season from 2005 to 2011

Between the 2005 and 2011 seasons, Cam Newton had the most passing yards by a rookie, with 4,051 yards in 2011.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Cam Newton C. Newton	4,051	2011	CAR	16	310	517	60.0	7.8	253.2	21	17	84.5	4.1	3.3	35	260
2	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	3,512	2010	STL	16	354	590	60.0	6.0	219.5	18	15	76.5	3.1	2.5	34	244
3	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,440	2008	ATL	16	265	434	61.1	7.9	215.0	16	11	87.7	3.7	2.5	17	104
4	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	3,398	2011	CIN	16	300	516	58.1	6.6	212.4	20	13	80.4	3.9	2.5	24	160
5	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	2,971	2008	BAL	16	257	428	60.0	6.9	185.7	14	12	80.3	3.3	2.8	32	276
6	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	2,547	2006	ARI	12	214	377	56.8	6.8	212.3	11	12	74.0	2.9	3.2	21	158
7	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	2,444	2009	NYJ	15	196	364	53.8	6.7	162.9	12	20	63.0	3.3	5.5	26	195
8	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	2,267	2009	DET	10	201	377	53.3	6.0	226.7	13	20	61.0	3.4	5.3	24	169
9	Blaine Gabbert B. Gabbert	2,214	2011	JAX	15	210	413	50.8	5.4	147.6	12	11	65.4	2.9	2.7	40	293
10	Vince Young V. Young	2,199	2006	TEN	15	184	357	51.5	6.2	146.6	12	13	66.7	3.4	3.6	25	129
11	Kyle Orton K. Orton	1,869	2005	CHI	15	190	368	51.6	5.1	124.6	9	13	59.7	2.4	3.5	30	190
12	Josh Freeman J. Freeman	1,855	2009	TB	10	158	290	54.5	6.4	185.5	10	18	59.8	3.4	6.2	20	102
13	Christian Ponder C. Ponder	1,853	2011	MIN	11	158	291	54.3	6.4	168.5	13	13	70.1	4.5	4.5	30	164
14	Andrew Walter A. Walter	1,677	2006	OAK	12	147	276	53.3	6.1	139.8	3	13	55.8	1.1	4.7	46	256
15	Bruce Gradkowski B. Gradkowski	1,661	2006	TB	13	177	328	54.0	5.1	127.8	9	9	65.9	2.7	2.7	25	146
16	Trent Edwards T. Edwards	1,630	2007	BUF	10	151	269	56.1	6.1	163.0	7	8	70.4	2.6	3.0	12	105
17	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	1,576	2010	CLE	8	135	222	60.8	7.1	197.0	6	9	74.5	2.7	4.1	23	132
18	Jimmy Clausen J. Clausen	1,558	2010	CAR	13	157	299	52.5	5.2	119.8	3	9	58.4	1.0	3.0	33	223
19	Jason Campbell J. Campbell	1,297	2006	WAS	7	110	207	53.1	6.3	185.3	10	6	76.5	4.8	2.9	7	55
20	Charlie Frye C. Frye	1,002	2005	CLE	7	98	164	59.8	6.1	143.1	4	5	72.8	2.4	3.0	22	135
21	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	1,001	2006	DEN	5	81	137	59.1	7.3	200.2	9	5	88.5	6.6	3.6	13	85
22	T.J. Yates	949	2011	HOU	6	82	134	61.2	7.1	158.2	3	3	80.7	2.2	2.2	15	74
23	Alex Smith A. Smith	875	2005	SF	9	84	165	50.9	5.3	97.2	1	11	40.8	0.6	6.7	29	185
24	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	793	2006	CLE	5	66	117	56.4	6.8	158.6	5	8	63.1	4.3	6.8	8	66
25	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	777	2005	STL	4	76	135	56.3	5.8	194.3	4	8	58.2	3.0	5.9	9	49

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