most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in nfl history patriots

Mac Jones has the most passing yards for the Patriots in his rookie season by a quarterback, with 3,801 yards in 2021.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Mac Jones M. Jones	3,801	2021	NE	17	352	521	67.6	7.3	223.6	22	13	92.5	4.2	2.5	28	241
2	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
3	Butch Songin B. Songin	2,476	1960	BOS	14	187	392	47.7	6.3	176.9	22	15	70.9	5.6	3.8
4	Drake Maye D. Maye	2,276	2024	NE	13	225	338	66.6	6.7	175.1	15	10	88.1	4.4	3.0	34	229
5	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	2,158	1971	NE	14	158	328	48.2	6.6	154.1	19	16	68.6	5.8	4.9	36	319
6	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	1,976	1975	NE	13	139	274	50.7	7.2	152.0	11	18	60.4	4.0	6.6	22	207
7	Tom Sherman T. Sherman	1,199	1968	BOS	14	90	226	39.8	5.3	85.6	12	16	45.6	5.3	7.1
8	Tom Hodson T. Hodson	968	1990	NE	7	85	156	54.5	6.2	138.3	4	5	68.5	2.6	3.2	20	147
9	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	781	2022	NE	4	65	92	70.7	8.5	195.3	5	3	100.9	5.4	3.3	6	40
10	Scott Zolak S. Zolak	561	1992	NE	6	52	100	52.0	5.6	93.5	2	4	58.8	2.0	4.0	17	137
11	Tony Eason T. Eason	557	1983	NE	16	46	95	48.4	5.9	34.8	1	5	48.4	1.1	5.3	16	139
12	Jacoby Brissett J. Brissett	400	2016	NE	3	34	55	61.8	7.3	133.3	0	0	83.9	0.0	0.0	6	46
13	Brian Dowling B. Dowling	383	1972	NE	14	29	54	53.7	7.1	27.4	2	1	81.0	3.7	1.9	4	63
14	Tom Greene T. Greene	251	1960	BOS	10	27	63	42.9	4.0	25.1	1	6	20.1	1.6	9.5
15	Joe Milton J. Milton	241	2024	NE	1	22	29	75.9	8.3	241.0	1	0	111.4	3.4	0.0	0	0
16	Matt Cassel M. Cassel	183	2005	NE	2	13	24	54.2	7.6	91.5	2	1	89.4	8.3	4.2	1	1
17	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	182	2014	NE	6	19	27	70.4	6.7	30.3	1	0	101.2	3.7	0.0	5	36
18	Bob Bleier B. Bleier	181	1987	NE	3	14	39	35.9	4.6	60.3	1	1	49.2	2.6	2.6	3	28
19	Brian Hoyer B. Hoyer	142	2009	NE	5	19	27	70.4	5.3	28.4	0	0	82.6	0.0	0.0	2	18
20	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	80	2000	NE	8	3	9	33.3	8.9	10.0	1	1	64.4	11.1	11.1	0	0
21	Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	72	1983	NE	1	6	14	42.9	5.1	72.0	0	1	29.5	0.0	7.1	0	0
22	John Huarte J. Huarte	63	1966	BOS	14	5	11	45.5	5.7	4.5	0	1	25.9	0.0	9.1
23	Harvey White H. White	44	1960	BOS	9	3	7	42.9	6.3	4.9	0	0	64.0	0.0	0.0
24	King Corcoran K. Corcoran	33	1968	BOS	2	3	7	42.9	4.7	16.5	0	2	17.9	0.0	28.6
25	Kevin O'Connell K. O'Connell	23	2008	NE	2	4	6	66.7	3.8	11.5	0	0	73.6	0.0	0.0	1	2

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PASS

1,784

Maye

RUSH

285

Stevenson

REC

296

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

22.9

19th

OPP PPG

20.4

9th

RUSH YDS/G

122.0

11th

PASS YDS/G

261.4

9th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bills	5	1	.833
Patriots	4	3	.571
Jets	2	5	.286
Dolphins	1	5	.167

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	NE	@	MIA	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	GB	@	NE	4:25 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/29	NE	@	LAC	8:20 PM
Sun 12/6	BUF	@	NE	4:25 PM

Last Game

Patriots

4 - 3

Final

Bears

5 - 2

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,989

Stafford

1,958

Love

1,877

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

704

Robinson

701

Walker

627

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

867

Smith-Njigba

651

Lamb

636

Olave

Pass TD Leaders

16

Cousins

15

Purdy

15

Burrow

Rush TD Leaders

8

Williams

8

Taylor

8

Allen

Rec TD Leaders

8

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Lamb

QB Rating Leaders

112.5

Goff

110.4

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.0

Young

6.0

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.7

28.1

27.2

27.0

26.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.3

17.2

17.3

17.9

19.7

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

399.1

397.3

390.7

387.7

381.3

380.5

Rush Yards Rankings

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

141.5

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

298.0

293.2

286.0

279.7

276.9

275.5

Sack Leaders

21.0

20.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

139

Gibbs

129.7

Walker

120.7

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

138.2

Smith-Njigba

102.5

Lamb

95.5

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

71.5

Likely

71.2

McBride

70.5

Kittle

Fantasy K Rankings

89

Shrader

81

Reichard

77

McLaughlin

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-5-1

1-6

1-4-1

2-5

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	4	0	.429
Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000