most passing yards by a rookie qb between 2004 to 2011

Between the 2004 and 2011 seasons, Cam Newton had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback, with 4,051 yards in 2011.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Cam Newton
C. Newton
4,051
2011
16
310
517
60.0
7.8
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
2Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
3,512
2010
16
354
590
60.0
6.0
219.5
18
15
76.5
3.1
2.5
34
244
3Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
3,440
2008
16
265
434
61.1
7.9
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
4Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
3,398
2011
16
300
516
58.1
6.6
212.4
20
13
80.4
3.9
2.5
24
160
5Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
2,971
2008
16
257
428
60.0
6.9
185.7
14
12
80.3
3.3
2.8
32
276
6Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
2,897
2004
13
263
432
60.9
6.7
222.8
18
18
77.3
4.2
4.2
25
178
7Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2,621
2004
14
196
295
66.4
8.9
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
8Matt Leinart
M. Leinart
2,547
2006
12
214
377
56.8
6.8
212.3
11
12
74.0
2.9
3.2
21
158
9Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
2,444
2009
15
196
364
53.8
6.7
162.9
12
20
63.0
3.3
5.5
26
195
10Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
2,267
2009
10
201
377
53.3
6.0
226.7
13
20
61.0
3.4
5.3
24
169
11Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
2,214
2011
15
210
413
50.8
5.4
147.6
12
11
65.4
2.9
2.7
40
293
12Vince Young
V. Young
2,199
2006
15
184
357
51.5
6.2
146.6
12
13
66.7
3.4
3.6
25
129
13Kyle Orton
K. Orton
1,869
2005
15
190
368
51.6
5.1
124.6
9
13
59.7
2.4
3.5
30
190
14Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
1,855
2009
10
158
290
54.5
6.4
185.5
10
18
59.8
3.4
6.2
20
102
15Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
1,853
2011
11
158
291
54.3
6.4
168.5
13
13
70.1
4.5
4.5
30
164
16Andrew Walter
A. Walter
1,677
2006
12
147
276
53.3
6.1
139.8
3
13
55.8
1.1
4.7
46
256
17Bruce Gradkowski
B. Gradkowski
1,661
2006
13
177
328
54.0
5.1
127.8
9
9
65.9
2.7
2.7
25
146
18Trent Edwards
T. Edwards
1,630
2007
10
151
269
56.1
6.1
163.0
7
8
70.4
2.6
3.0
12
105
19Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
1,576
2010
8
135
222
60.8
7.1
197.0
6
9
74.5
2.7
4.1
23
132
20Jimmy Clausen
J. Clausen
1,558
2010
13
157
299
52.5
5.2
119.8
3
9
58.4
1.0
3.0
33
223
21Jason Campbell
J. Campbell
1,297
2006
7
110
207
53.1
6.3
185.3
10
6
76.5
4.8
2.9
7
55
22Ken Dorsey
K. Dorsey
1,231
2004
8
123
226
54.4
5.4
153.9
6
9
62.4
2.7
4.0
13
94
23Eli Manning
E. Manning
1,043
2004
9
95
197
48.2
5.3
115.9
6
9
55.4
3.0
4.6
13
83
24Charlie Frye
C. Frye
1,002
2005
7
98
164
59.8
6.1
143.1
4
5
72.8
2.4
3.0
22
135
25Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
1,001
2006
5
81
137
59.1
7.3
200.2
9
5
88.5
6.6
3.6
13
85
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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