most passing yards by players drafted in the 3rd round of the nfl draft

Fran Tarkenton has the most career passing yards by a 3rd round pick, with 47,003 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	47,003	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	7.3	191.1	342	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
2	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	46,966	205	3,951	6,120	64.6	7.7	229.1	353	114	99.3	5.8	1.9	570	3,749
3	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	43,040	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	7.7	237.8	254	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
4	Joe Montana J. Montana	40,551	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	7.5	211.2	273	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
5	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	32,838	192	2,654	4,475	59.3	7.3	171.0	197	160	81.9	4.4	3.6	398	2,875
6	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	29,817	186	2,369	4,519	52.4	6.6	160.3	196	209	68.4	4.3	4.6	312	2,710
7	Chris Chandler C. Chandler	28,484	180	2,328	4,005	58.1	7.1	158.2	170	146	79.1	4.2	3.6	380	2,590
8	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	25,467	155	2,148	3,348	64.2	7.6	164.3	136	91	89.5	4.1	2.7	180	1,245
9	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	23,322	152	1,747	3,125	55.9	7.5	153.4	141	179	70.9	4.5	5.7	297	2,423
10	Danny White D. White	21,959	166	1,761	2,950	59.7	7.4	132.3	155	132	81.7	5.3	4.5	241	2,083
11	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	21,690	125	1,865	3,229	57.8	6.7	173.5	120	68	81.8	3.7	2.1	259	1,906
12	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	20,063	118	1,426	2,808	50.8	7.1	170.0	114	108	71.7	4.1	3.8	208	1,600
13	Brian Griese B. Griese	19,440	93	1,752	2,796	62.7	7.0	209.0	119	99	82.7	4.3	3.5	193	1,326
14	Josh McCown J. McCown	17,731	102	1,584	2,633	60.2	6.7	173.8	98	82	79.7	3.7	3.1	235	1,563
15	Don Meredith D. Meredith	17,199	104	1,170	2,308	50.7	7.5	165.4	135	111	74.8	5.8	4.8
16	Jeff Hostetler J. Hostetler	16,430	152	1,357	2,338	58.0	7.0	108.1	94	71	80.5	4.0	3.0	207	1,159
17	Jacoby Brissett J. Brissett	15,418	104	1,473	2,363	62.3	6.5	148.3	80	33	86.7	3.4	1.4	196	1,246
18	Bubby Brister B. Brister	14,445	99	1,207	2,212	54.6	6.5	145.9	81	78	72.3	3.7	3.5	193	1,625
19	Nick Foles N. Foles	14,227	71	1,302	2,087	62.4	6.8	200.4	82	47	86.2	3.9	2.3	127	875
20	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	7,975	56	764	1,220	62.6	6.5	142.4	34	32	79.9	2.8	2.6	113	701
21	Al Dorow A. Dorow	7,708	69	572	1,207	47.4	6.4	111.7	64	93	53.8	5.3	7.7
22	Davis Mills D. Mills	7,081	45	684	1,107	61.8	6.4	157.4	40	26	82.5	3.6	2.3	74	541
23	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	7,025	40	689	1,147	60.1	6.1	175.6	47	35	78.6	4.1	3.1	83	612
24	Hugh Millen H. Millen	6,440	40	560	928	60.3	6.9	161.0	22	35	73.5	2.4	3.8	126	830
25	Frank Reich F. Reich	6,075	118	508	932	54.5	6.5	51.5	40	36	72.9	4.3	3.9	68	503

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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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