most passing yards in a season since 1980 that was a 2nd round pick

Since 1980, Drew Brees has the most passing yards by a 2nd round pick in a season, with 5,476 yards in 2011.

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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	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,476	2011	NO	16	468	657	71.2	8.3	342.3	46	14	110.6	7.0	2.1	24	158
2	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,208	2016	NO	16	471	673	70.0	7.7	325.5	37	15	101.7	5.5	2.2	27	184
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,177	2012	NO	16	422	670	63.0	7.7	323.6	43	19	96.3	6.4	2.8	26	190
4	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,162	2013	NO	16	446	650	68.6	7.9	322.6	39	12	104.7	6.0	1.8	37	244
5	Drew Brees D. Brees	5,069	2008	NO	16	413	635	65.0	8.0	316.8	34	17	96.2	5.4	2.7	13	92
6	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,952	2014	NO	16	456	659	69.2	7.5	309.5	33	17	97.0	5.0	2.6	29	186
7	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,870	2015	NO	15	428	627	68.3	7.8	324.7	32	11	101.0	5.1	1.8	31	235
8	Derek Carr D. Carr	4,804	2021	LV	17	428	626	68.4	7.7	282.6	23	14	94.0	3.7	2.2	40	241
9	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,620	2010	NO	16	448	658	68.1	7.0	288.8	33	22	90.9	5.0	3.3	25	185
10	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	4,614	1984	STL	16	345	560	61.6	8.2	288.4	28	16	92.5	5.0	2.9	49	377
11	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,423	2007	NO	16	440	652	67.5	6.8	276.4	28	18	89.4	4.3	2.8	16	109
12	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,418	2006	NO	16	356	554	64.3	8.0	276.1	26	11	96.2	4.7	2.0	18	105
13	Brett Favre B. Favre	4,413	1995	GB	16	359	570	63.0	7.7	275.8	38	13	99.5	6.7	2.3	33	217
14	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,388	2009	NO	15	363	514	70.6	8.5	292.5	34	11	109.6	6.6	2.1	20	135
15	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,334	2017	NO	16	386	536	72.0	8.1	270.9	23	8	103.9	4.3	1.5	20	145
16	Geno Smith G. Smith	4,320	2024	SEA	17	407	578	70.4	7.5	254.1	21	15	93.2	3.6	2.6	50	338
17	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	4,293	2013	CIN	16	363	586	61.9	7.3	268.3	33	20	88.8	5.6	3.4	29	182
18	Geno Smith G. Smith	4,282	2022	SEA	17	399	572	69.8	7.5	251.9	30	11	100.9	5.2	1.9	46	348
19	Brett Favre B. Favre	4,212	1998	GB	16	347	551	63.0	7.6	263.3	31	23	87.8	5.6	4.2	38	223
20	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	4,206	2016	CIN	16	364	563	64.7	7.5	262.9	18	8	91.8	3.2	1.4	41	264
21	Brett Favre B. Favre	4,202	2009	MIN	16	363	531	68.4	7.9	262.6	33	7	107.2	6.2	1.3	34	247
22	Brett Favre B. Favre	4,155	2007	GB	16	356	535	66.5	7.8	259.7	28	15	95.7	5.2	2.8	15	93
23	Derek Carr D. Carr	4,103	2020	LV	16	348	517	67.3	7.9	256.4	27	9	101.4	5.2	1.7	26	150
24	Brett Favre B. Favre	4,091	1999	GB	16	341	595	57.3	6.9	255.7	22	23	74.7	3.7	3.9	35	223
25	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	4,089	2004	DEN	16	303	521	58.2	7.8	255.6	27	20	84.5	5.2	3.8	15	90

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Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
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Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
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Colts	2	5	0	.286
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Titans	1	6	0	.143
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Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
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