most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history colts

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

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PASS

611

Jones

RUSH

258

Taylor

REC

186

Downs

Team Rankings

PPG

24.0

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OPP PPG

30.3

29th

RUSH YDS/G

103.3

15th

PASS YDS/G

203.7

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	.667
Colts	1	2	.333
Titans	0	3	.000
Texans	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	IND	@	WAS	9:30 AM
Sun 10/11	IND	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	IND	@	JAX	1:00 PM

Last Game

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0 - 3

Final

Colts

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

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Young

917

Shough

872

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.0

Anderson

4.0

Graham

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

424.5

417.7

416.3

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Johnson

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

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NFL 2026 Betting

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3-0

2-0-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

0-2

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000