most passing yards by quarterbacks in the second round

Drew Brees has the most career passing yards by a 2nd round pick quarterback, with 80,358 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	80,358	287	7,142	10,551	67.7	7.6	280.0	571	243	98.7	5.4	2.3	420	2,991
2	Brett Favre B. Favre	71,838	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	7.1	237.9	508	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
3	Derek Carr D. Carr	41,245	169	3,765	5,785	65.1	7.1	244.1	257	112	92.8	4.4	1.9	303	1,890
4	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	39,793	179	3,539	5,651	62.6	7.0	222.3	254	151	87.5	4.5	2.7	363	2,372
5	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	37,920	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	7.3	202.8	247	184	81.1	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
6	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	29,979	161	2,429	4,289	56.6	7.0	186.2	207	134	81.5	4.8	3.1	484	3,537
7	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	29,253	143	2,484	4,350	57.1	6.7	204.6	161	161	74.6	3.7	3.7	284	1,735
8	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	28,190	188	2,187	4,117	53.1	6.8	149.9	179	164	72.8	4.3	4.0	363	2,826
9	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	27,938	184	2,270	3,793	59.8	7.4	151.8	194	222	75.3	5.1	5.9	281	2,514
10	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	22,771	108	1,817	3,153	57.6	7.2	210.8	136	90	82.7	4.3	2.9	362	2,700
11	Geno Smith G. Smith	22,168	109	2,023	3,103	65.2	7.1	203.4	124	89	87.5	4.0	2.9	277	1,998
12	Tobin Rote T. Rote	18,850	149	1,329	2,907	45.7	6.5	126.5	148	191	56.8	5.1	6.6
13	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	17,891	93	1,542	2,393	64.4	7.5	192.4	110	45	94.4	4.6	1.9	183	1,114
14	Milt Plum M. Plum	17,536	129	1,306	2,419	54.0	7.2	135.9	122	127	72.2	5.0	5.3	1	12
15	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	15,828	85	1,304	1,936	67.4	8.2	186.2	96	52	97.6	5.0	2.7	140	936
16	Tony Banks T. Banks	15,315	96	1,278	2,356	54.2	6.5	159.5	77	73	72.4	3.3	3.1	227	1,432
17	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	14,586	99	1,300	2,321	56.0	6.3	147.3	76	82	71.1	3.3	3.5	166	1,011
18	Chad Henne C. Henne	13,290	78	1,200	2,015	59.6	6.6	170.4	60	63	76.1	3.0	3.1	151	942
19	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	12,271	69	1,011	1,692	59.8	7.3	177.8	72	30	88.9	4.3	1.8	171	1,060
20	Mike Livingston M. Livingston	11,295	91	912	1,751	52.1	6.5	124.1	56	83	63.3	3.2	4.7	152	1,392
21	Charlie Batch C. Batch	11,085	81	908	1,604	56.6	6.9	136.9	61	52	77.2	3.8	3.2	161	890
22	Billy Joe Tolliver B. Joe Tolliver	10,760	79	891	1,707	52.2	6.3	136.2	59	64	67.7	3.5	3.7	125	877
23	Zeke Bratkowski Z. Bratkowski	10,345	132	762	1,484	51.3	7.0	78.4	65	122	54.3	4.4	8.2	1	12
24	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	10,243	67	873	1,644	53.1	6.2	152.9	42	69	63.3	2.6	4.2	103	717
25	Rudy Bukich R. Bukich	8,433	103	626	1,190	52.6	7.1	81.9	61	74	66.6	5.1	6.2

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