most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history browns

Baker Mayfield has the most passing yards by a rookie Browns quarterback, with 3,725 yards in 2018.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
3,725
2018
CLE CLE
14
310
486
63.8
7.7
266.1
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
2 Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
3,385
2012
CLE CLE
15
297
517
57.4
6.5
225.7
14
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
3 DeShone Kizer
D. Kizer
2,894
2017
CLE CLE
15
255
476
53.6
6.1
192.9
11
22
60.5
2.3
4.6
38
226
4 Tim Couch
T. Couch
2,447
1999
CLE CLE
15
223
399
55.9
6.1
163.1
15
13
73.2
3.8
3.3
56
359
5 Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
1,578
1985
CLE CLE
12
124
248
50.0
6.4
131.5
8
7
69.3
3.2
2.8
19
121
6 Colt McCoy
C. McCoy
1,576
2010
CLE CLE
8
135
222
60.8
7.1
197.0
6
9
74.5
2.7
4.1
23
132
7 Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
1,380
2016
CLE CLE
9
128
195
65.6
7.1
153.3
6
2
92.3
3.1
1.0
21
140
8 Charlie Frye
C. Frye
1,002
2005
CLE CLE
7
98
164
59.8
6.1
143.1
4
5
72.8
2.4
3.0
22
135
9 Eric Zeier
E. Zeier
864
1995
CLE CLE
7
82
161
50.9
5.4
123.4
4
9
51.9
2.5
5.6
15
91
10 Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
793
2006
CLE CLE
5
66
117
56.4
6.8
158.6
5
8
63.1
4.3
6.8
8
66
11 Luke McCown
L. McCown
608
2004
CLE CLE
5
48
98
49.0
6.2
121.6
4
7
52.6
4.1
7.1
12
122
12 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
603
1974
CLE CLE
10
59
108
54.6
5.6
60.3
1
7
47.0
0.9
6.5
15
122
13 Milt Plum
M. Plum
590
1957
CLE CLE
9
41
76
53.9
7.8
65.6
2
5
60.7
2.6
6.6
14 Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
529
1970
CLE CLE
14
29
60
48.3
8.8
37.8
1
5
49.9
1.7
8.3
7
86
15 Dorian Thompson-Robinson
D. Thompson-Robinson
440
2023
CLE CLE
8
60
112
53.6
3.9
55.0
1
4
51.2
0.9
3.6
6
60
16 Terry Luck
T. Luck
316
1977
CLE CLE
4
25
50
50.0
6.3
79.0
1
7
37.2
2.0
14.0
1
8
17 Mark Miller
M. Miller
212
1978
CLE CLE
8
13
39
33.3
5.4
26.5
1
4
21.5
2.6
10.3
5
47
18 Thad Lewis
T. Lewis
204
2012
CLE CLE
1
22
32
68.8
6.4
204.0
1
1
83.3
3.1
3.1
3
14
19 Connor Shaw
C. Shaw
177
2014
CLE CLE
1
14
28
50.0
6.3
177.0
0
1
55.2
0.0
3.6
4
27
20 Johnny Manziel
J. Manziel
175
2014
CLE CLE
5
18
35
51.4
5.0
35.0
0
2
42.0
0.0
5.7
3
26
21 Spergon Wynn
S. Wynn
167
2000
CLE CLE
7
22
54
40.7
3.1
23.9
0
1
41.2
0.0
1.9
13
89
22 Jim Ninowski
J. Ninowski
139
1958
CLE CLE
4
8
17
47.1
8.2
34.8
1
3
55.4
5.9
17.6
23 Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
104
2016
CLE CLE
4
14
26
53.8
4.0
26.0
0
2
31.6
0.0
7.7
2
10
24 Will Cureton
W. Cureton
95
1975
CLE CLE
1
10
32
31.3
3.0
95.0
1
1
38.0
3.1
3.1
2
21
25 Don Gault
D. Gault
67
1970
CLE CLE
2
2
19
10.5
3.5
33.5
0
3
2.2
0.0
15.8
1
5
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Team Rankings

PPG

14.0

31st

OPP PPG

25.5

24th

RUSH YDS/G

84.8

30th

PASS YDS/G

208.5

21st

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
Browns Browns
1
3
0
.250
Ravens Ravens
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

3 - 1 - 0

34

Final

10

CLE Browns

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM