most passing yards by a rookie in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Matt Ryan had the most passing yards by a rookie, with 3,440 yards in 2008.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	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
2	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
3	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	2,931	2001	CAR	15	293	540	54.3	5.4	195.4	11	19	62.0	2.0	3.5	26	177
4	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	2,897	2004	CIN	13	263	432	60.9	6.7	222.8	18	18	77.3	4.2	4.2	25	178
5	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	2,819	2003	JAX	15	239	418	57.2	6.7	187.9	14	16	73.0	3.3	3.8	19	90
6	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	2,621	2004	PIT	14	196	295	66.4	8.9	187.2	17	11	98.1	5.8	3.7	30	213
7	David Carr D. Carr	2,592	2002	HOU	16	233	444	52.5	5.8	162.0	9	15	62.8	2.0	3.4	76	411
8	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
9	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
10	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	2,294	2002	DET	14	215	429	50.1	5.3	163.9	12	16	59.9	2.8	3.7	8	75
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	1,826	2002	STL	7	138	214	64.5	8.5	260.9	14	6	101.5	6.5	2.8	12	102
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Chad Hutchinson C. Hutchinson	1,555	2002	DAL	9	127	250	50.8	6.2	172.8	7	8	66.3	2.8	3.2	34	265
20	Patrick Ramsey P. Ramsey	1,539	2002	WAS	9	117	227	51.5	6.8	171.0	9	8	71.8	4.0	3.5	18	132
21	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	1,514	2000	NO	8	113	194	58.2	7.8	189.3	9	6	85.7	4.6	3.1	15	94
22	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
23	Kyle Boller K. Boller	1,260	2003	BAL	11	116	224	51.8	5.6	114.5	7	9	62.4	3.1	4.0	17	92
24	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	1,231	2004	SF	8	123	226	54.4	5.4	153.9	6	9	62.4	2.7	4.0	13	94
25	Quincy Carter Q. Carter	1,072	2001	DAL	8	90	176	51.1	6.1	134.0	5	7	63.0	2.8	4.0	12	56

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