most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in a season by a colt

Andrew Luck has the most passing yards for the Colts in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 4,374 yards in 2012.

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  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Andrew Luck
A. Luck
4,374
2012
16
339
627
54.1
7.0
273.4
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
2Peyton Manning
P. Manning
3,739
1998
16
326
575
56.7
6.5
233.7
26
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
3Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
2,225
1986
12
204
417
48.9
5.3
185.4
8
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
4Jeff George
J. George
2,152
1990
13
181
334
54.2
6.4
165.5
16
13
73.8
4.8
3.9
37
320
5Chris Chandler
C. Chandler
1,619
1988
15
129
233
55.4
6.9
107.9
8
12
67.2
3.4
5.2
18
128
6George Shaw
G. Shaw
1,586
1955
12
119
237
50.2
6.7
132.2
10
19
52.5
4.2
8.0
7Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1,498
1956
12
110
198
55.6
7.6
124.8
9
10
74.0
4.5
5.1
8Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
1,281
1982
9
111
221
50.2
5.8
142.3
5
7
62.4
2.3
3.2
16
129
9Anthony Richardson Sr.
A. Richardson Sr.
577
2023
4
50
84
59.5
6.9
144.3
3
1
87.3
3.6
1.2
7
29
10Bert Jones
B. Jones
539
1973
8
43
108
39.8
5.0
67.4
4
12
28.8
3.7
11.1
14
126
11Kelly Holcomb
K. Holcomb
454
1997
5
45
73
61.6
6.2
90.8
1
8
44.3
1.4
11.0
11
76
12Riley Leonard
R. Leonard
415
2025
5
39
67
58.2
6.2
83.0
2
3
67.7
3.0
4.5
2
17
13Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
309
1954
12
28
64
43.8
4.8
25.8
0
5
26.1
0.0
7.8
14Jack Del Bello
J. Del Bello
229
1953
5
27
61
44.3
3.8
45.8
1
5
25.9
1.6
8.2
15Paul Justin
P. Justin
212
1995
3
20
36
55.6
5.9
70.7
0
2
49.8
0.0
5.6
3
22
16Mike Kirkland
M. Kirkland
211
1978
16
19
41
46.3
5.1
13.2
1
8
30.7
2.4
19.5
11
78
17Art Schlichter
A. Schlichter
197
1982
3
17
37
45.9
5.3
65.7
0
2
40.0
0.0
5.4
3
35
18Jim Sorgi
J. Sorgi
175
2004
4
17
29
58.6
6.0
43.8
2
0
99.1
6.9
0.0
1
8
19Jim Ward
J. Ward
115
1967
6
9
16
56.3
7.2
19.2
2
1
92.4
12.5
6.3
20Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
104
1963
5
10
17
58.8
6.1
20.8
0
0
76.6
0.0
0.0
21Ricky Turner
R. Turner
92
1988
4
3
4
75.0
23.0
23.0
0
0
116.7
0.0
0.0
2
15
22Curtis Painter
C. Painter
83
2009
2
8
28
28.6
3.0
41.5
0
2
9.8
0.0
7.1
3
16
23Kerwin Bell
K. Bell
75
1996
1
5
5
100.0
15.0
75.0
1
0
158.3
20.0
0.0
0
0
24Sean Salisbury
S. Salisbury
68
1987
2
8
12
66.7
5.7
34.0
0
2
41.7
0.0
16.7
2
18
25Terry Nugent
T. Nugent
47
1987
1
3
5
60.0
9.4
47.0
0
0
91.3
0.0
0.0
1
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