most passing yards by a rookie quarterback 1965 to 2007

Between the 1965 and 2007 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback, with 3,739 yards in 1998.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	3,739	1998	IND	16	326	575	56.7	6.5	233.7	26	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
2	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	3,593	1986	BUF	16	285	480	59.4	7.5	224.6	22	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
3	Warren Moon W. Moon	3,338	1984	HOU	16	259	450	57.6	7.4	208.6	12	14	76.9	2.7	3.1	47	371
4	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
5	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
6	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	2,833	1993	SEA	16	274	486	56.4	5.8	177.1	12	17	67.0	2.5	3.5	47	235
7	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
8	Kerry Collins K. Collins	2,717	1995	CAR	15	214	433	49.4	6.3	181.1	14	19	61.9	3.2	4.4	24	150
9	Dieter Brock D. Brock	2,658	1985	RAM	15	218	365	59.7	7.3	177.2	16	13	82.0	4.4	3.6	51	351
10	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
11	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
12	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	2,571	1976	SEA	14	208	439	47.4	5.9	183.6	12	27	49.5	2.7	6.2	25	196
13	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
14	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	2,544	1999	SF	13	225	375	60.0	6.8	195.7	11	11	77.9	2.9	2.9	15	104
15	Tony Banks T. Banks	2,544	1996	STL	14	192	368	52.2	6.9	181.7	15	15	71.0	4.1	4.1	48	306
16	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	2,507	1970	BUF	14	178	321	55.5	7.8	179.1	10	20	65.3	3.1	6.2	41	387
17	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	2,494	1993	NE	13	214	429	49.9	5.8	191.8	15	15	65.0	3.5	3.5	16	99
18	Tim Couch T. Couch	2,447	1999	CLE	15	223	399	55.9	6.1	163.1	15	13	73.2	3.8	3.3	56	359
19	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
20	Jeff Komlo J. Komlo	2,238	1979	DET	16	183	368	49.7	6.1	139.9	11	23	52.8	3.0	6.3	40	361
21	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	2,225	1986	IND	12	204	417	48.9	5.3	185.4	8	18	53.5	1.9	4.3	29	213
22	Joe Namath J. Namath	2,220	1965	NYJ	13	164	340	48.2	6.5	170.8	18	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
23	Dan Marino D. Marino	2,210	1983	MIA	11	173	296	58.4	7.5	200.9	20	6	96.0	6.8	2.0	10	80
24	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	2,203	1997	ARI	10	157	296	53.0	7.4	220.3	15	15	73.1	5.1	5.1	52	291
25	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

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