most passing yards by an atlanta falcon rookie career

Matt Ryan has the most passing yards by a rookie for the Falcons, with 3,440 yards in 2008.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,440	2008	ATL	16	265	434	61.1	7.9	215.0	16	11	87.7	3.7	2.5	17	104
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,795	1966	ATL	14	129	295	43.7	6.1	128.2	12	21	47.8	4.1	7.1
3	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	1,662	1975	ATL	11	115	255	45.1	6.5	151.1	13	15	59.3	5.1	5.9	19	197
4	Michael Vick M. Vick	785	2001	ATL	8	50	113	44.2	6.9	98.1	2	3	62.7	1.8	2.7	21	113
5	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	775	2024	ATL	5	61	105	58.1	7.4	155.0	3	3	78.9	2.9	2.9	4	14
6	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	708	2022	ATL	4	73	115	63.5	6.2	177.0	2	0	86.4	1.7	0.0	10	33
7	Erik Kramer E. Kramer	559	1987	ATL	3	45	92	48.9	6.1	186.3	4	5	60.0	4.3	5.4	10	82
8	Chris Miller C. Miller	552	1987	ATL	3	39	92	42.4	6.0	184.0	1	9	26.4	1.1	9.8	5	37
9	Doug Johnson D. Johnson	406	2000	ATL	4	36	67	53.7	6.1	101.5	2	3	63.4	3.0	4.5	13	75
10	Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	391	2003	ATL	7	44	114	38.6	3.4	55.9	2	6	32.5	1.8	5.3	5	30
11	Kim McQuilken K. McQuilken	373	1974	ATL	5	34	79	43.0	4.7	74.6	0	9	18.0	0.0	11.4	9	113
12	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	330	2004	ATL	6	33	70	47.1	4.7	55.0	1	4	42.0	1.4	5.7	4	14
13	David Archer D. Archer	181	1984	ATL	2	11	18	61.1	10.1	90.5	1	1	90.3	5.6	5.6	7	45
14	Jeff Van Raaphorst J. Van Raaphorst	174	1987	ATL	2	18	34	52.9	5.1	87.0	1	2	52.8	2.9	5.9	3	19
15	Mike Moroski M. Moroski	97	1979	ATL	2	8	15	53.3	6.5	48.5	0	0	73.5	0.0	0.0	2	12
16	Steve Sloan S. Sloan	96	1966	ATL	3	6	13	46.2	7.4	32.0	0	2	31.7	0.0	15.4
17	Jack Strand J. Strand	59	2026	ATL	1	8	15	53.3	3.9	59.0	0	1	35.1	0.0	6.7	2	13
18	Bubba Bean B. Bean	49	1976	ATL	14	1	1	100.0	49.0	3.5	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
19	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	44	1972	ATL	14	3	19	15.8	2.3	3.1	0	3	0.0	0.0	15.8	2	28
20	Tony Graziani T. Graziani	41	1997	ATL	3	7	23	30.4	1.8	13.7	0	2	3.7	0.0	8.7	1	7
21	Bruce Lemmerman B. Lemmerman	40	1968	ATL	4	3	15	20.0	2.7	10.0	0	1	11.8	0.0	6.7
22	Dominique Davis D. Davis	34	2013	ATL	1	5	7	71.4	4.9	34.0	0	0	81.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
23	Ralph Giacomarro R. Giacomarro	23	1983	ATL	16	1	1	100.0	23.0	1.4	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	Tim Dwight T. Dwight	22	1998	ATL	12	1	2	50.0	11.0	1.8	0	0	89.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Harmon Wages H. Wages	21	1968	ATL	13	1	2	50.0	10.5	1.6	0	0	87.5	0.0	0.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

256

Penix

RUSH

349

Robinson

REC

274

London

Team Rankings

PPG

17.0

27th

OPP PPG

22.7

15th

RUSH YDS/G

173.0

2nd

PASS YDS/G

181.3

29th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Panthers	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	BAL	@	ATL	8:20 PM
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	SF	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	ATL	@	TB	1:00 PM

Last Game

Falcons

1 - 2

Final

Packers

1 - 2

Thu 24 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

939

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

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

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

Shrader

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
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	2	1	0	.667
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