most passing yards by a lions rookie quarterback in nfl history

Joey Harrington has the most passing yards by a rookie Lions quarterback, with 2,294 yards in 2002.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
2,294
2002
DET DET
14
215
429
50.1
5.3
163.9
12
16
59.9
2.8
3.7
8
75
2 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
2,267
2009
DET DET
10
201
377
53.3
6.0
226.7
13
20
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
3 Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
2,238
1979
DET DET
16
183
368
49.7
6.1
139.9
11
23
52.8
3.0
6.3
40
361
4 Charlie Batch
C. Batch
2,178
1998
DET DET
12
173
303
57.1
7.2
181.5
11
6
83.5
3.6
2.0
37
222
5 Karl Sweetan
K. Sweetan
1,809
1966
DET DET
10
157
309
50.8
5.9
180.9
4
14
54.3
1.3
4.5
6 Rodney Peete
R. Peete
1,479
1989
DET DET
8
103
195
52.8
7.6
184.9
5
9
67.0
2.6
4.6
27
164
7 Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
1,384
1947
DET DET
9
94
175
53.7
7.9
153.8
13
20
65.0
7.4
11.4
8 Fred Enke
F. Enke
1,328
1948
DET DET
12
100
221
45.2
6.0
110.7
11
17
49.4
5.0
7.7
9 David Blough
D. Blough
984
2019
DET DET
5
94
174
54.0
5.7
196.8
4
6
64.0
2.3
3.4
14
104
10 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
833
1949
DET DET
6
62
145
42.8
5.7
138.8
9
14
42.8
6.2
9.7
11 Mike McMahon
M. McMahon
671
2001
DET DET
8
53
115
46.1
5.8
83.9
3
1
69.9
2.6
0.9
21
122
12 Todd Hons
T. Hons
552
1987
DET DET
3
43
92
46.7
6.0
184.0
5
5
61.5
5.4
5.4
9
67
13 Greg Landry
G. Landry
338
1968
DET DET
4
23
48
47.9
7.0
84.5
2
7
45.7
4.2
14.6
14 Chuck Long
C. Long
247
1986
DET DET
3
21
40
52.5
6.2
82.3
2
2
67.4
5.0
5.0
8
69
15 John Witkowski
J. Witkowski
210
1984
DET DET
3
13
34
38.2
6.2
70.0
0
0
59.7
0.0
0.0
11
74
16 Mike Machurek
M. Machurek
193
1984
DET DET
4
14
43
32.6
4.5
48.3
0
6
8.3
0.0
14.0
1
12
17 Joe Margucci
J. Margucci
171
1947
DET DET
11
13
31
41.9
5.5
15.5
1
5
31.2
3.2
16.1
18 Andre Ware
A. Ware
164
1990
DET DET
4
13
30
43.3
5.5
41.0
1
2
44.3
3.3
6.7
4
22
19 Drew Stanton
D. Stanton
119
2008
DET DET
3
9
17
52.9
7.0
39.7
1
0
95.0
5.9
0.0
6
35
20 Dan Orlovsky
D. Orlovsky
63
2005
DET DET
2
7
17
41.2
3.7
31.5
0
0
51.8
0.0
0.0
1
3
21 Hendon Hooker
H. Hooker
62
2024
DET DET
3
6
9
66.7
6.9
20.7
0
0
86.3
0.0
0.0
1
9
22 Tom Dublinski
T. Dublinski
39
1952
DET DET
6
1
6
16.7
6.5
6.5
0
1
14.6
0.0
16.7
23 Jake Rudock
J. Rudock
24
2017
DET DET
3
3
5
60.0
4.8
8.0
0
1
32.5
0.0
20.0
0
0
24 Jerry Reichow
J. Reichow
19
1956
DET DET
8
3
6
50.0
3.2
2.4
0
1
17.4
0.0
16.7
25 Tom Myers
T. Myers
16
1965
DET DET
1
3
5
60.0
3.2
16.0
0
1
25.8
0.0
20.0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

34.3

2nd

OPP PPG

26.0

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

149.0

4th

PASS YDS/G

253.7

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Lions Lions
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
Bears Bears
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
BAL Ravens

1 - 2 - 0

30

Final

38

DET Lions

2 - 1 - 0

Mon 22 Sep 2025

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NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM