most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in 1997

Jake Plummer had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in 1997, with 2,203 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
2,203
1997
10
157
296
53.0
7.4
220.3
15
15
73.1
5.1
5.1
52
291
2Craig Whelihan
C. Whelihan
1,357
1997
9
118
237
49.8
5.7
150.8
6
10
58.3
2.5
4.2
21
168
3Danny Wuerffel
D. Wuerffel
518
1997
7
42
91
46.2
5.7
74.0
4
8
42.3
4.4
8.8
18
116
4Kelly Holcomb
K. Holcomb
454
1997
5
45
73
61.6
6.2
90.8
1
8
44.3
1.4
11.0
11
76
5Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
371
1997
3
31
45
68.9
8.2
123.7
1
2
82.7
2.2
4.4
3
10
6Steve Matthews
S. Matthews
275
1997
2
26
40
65.0
6.9
137.5
0
0
84.9
0.0
0.0
1
0
7Jim Druckenmiller
J. Druckenmiller
239
1997
4
21
52
40.4
4.6
59.8
1
4
29.2
1.9
7.7
4
32
8Tony Graziani
T. Graziani
41
1997
3
7
23
30.4
1.8
13.7
0
2
3.7
0.0
8.7
1
7
9James Ritchey
J. Ritchey
15
1997
1
2
2
100.0
7.5
15.0
0
0
97.9
0.0
0.0
1
9
10Mike Quinn
M. Quinn
10
1997
1
1
2
50.0
5.0
10.0
0
0
64.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

3,366

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RUSH

333

Carter

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20.9

23rd

OPP PPG

28.7

29th

RUSH YDS/G

93.1

31st

PASS YDS/G

256.1

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14
3
0
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5
0
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10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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10
7
0
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8
9
0
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12
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13
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9
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11
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14
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11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
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11
6
0
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9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
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6
11
0
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14
3
0
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
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14
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