most passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback minimum 300 attempts

C.J. Stroud has the most passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback with 300+ passing attempts, with 8.2 yards in 2023.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback minimum 300 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
8.2
499
2023
15
319
63.9
4,108
273.9
23
5
100.8
4.6
1.0
38
331
2Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
8.1
393
2012
15
258
65.6
3,200
213.3
20
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
3Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
8.0
459
2016
16
311
67.8
3,667
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
4Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.9
393
2012
16
252
64.1
3,118
194.9
26
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.9
434
2008
16
265
61.1
3,440
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
7.8
517
2011
16
310
60.0
4,051
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
7Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
7.8
321
1970
14
178
55.5
2,507
179.1
10
20
65.3
3.1
6.2
41
387
8Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
7.7
486
2018
14
310
63.8
3,725
266.1
27
14
93.7
5.6
2.9
25
173
9Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
7.6
370
2015
12
230
62.2
2,818
234.8
19
10
91.5
5.1
2.7
38
258
10Jameis Winston
J. Winston
7.6
535
2015
16
312
58.3
4,042
252.6
22
15
84.2
4.1
2.8
27
190
11Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
7.5
480
1986
16
285
59.4
3,593
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
12Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
7.4
480
2024
17
331
69.0
3,568
209.9
25
9
100.1
5.2
1.9
47
238
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
7.4
450
1984
16
259
57.6
3,338
208.6
12
14
76.9
2.7
3.1
47
371
14Mac Jones
M. Jones
7.3
521
2021
17
352
67.6
3,801
223.6
22
13
92.5
4.2
2.5
28
241
15Tyler Shough
T. Shough
7.3
327
2025
11
221
67.6
2,384
216.7
10
6
91.3
3.1
1.8
31
195
16Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
7.3
595
2020
15
396
66.6
4,336
289.1
31
10
98.3
5.2
1.7
32
218
17Dieter Brock
D. Brock
7.3
365
1985
15
218
59.7
2,658
177.2
16
13
82.0
4.4
3.6
51
351
18Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
7.3
402
2014
13
259
64.4
2,919
224.5
14
12
85.2
3.5
3.0
39
249
19Charlie Batch
C. Batch
7.2
303
1998
12
173
57.1
2,178
181.5
11
6
83.5
3.6
2.0
37
222
20Andrew Luck
A. Luck
7.0
627
2012
16
339
54.1
4,374
273.4
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
21Gardner Minshew
G. Minshew
7.0
470
2019
14
285
60.6
3,271
233.6
21
6
91.2
4.5
1.3
33
184
22Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
6.9
428
2008
16
257
60.0
2,971
185.7
14
12
80.3
3.3
2.8
32
276
23Sam Darnold
S. Darnold
6.9
414
2018
13
239
57.7
2,865
220.4
17
15
77.6
4.1
3.6
30
204
24Tony Banks
T. Banks
6.9
368
1996
14
192
52.2
2,544
181.7
15
15
71.0
4.1
4.1
48
306
25Geno Smith
G. Smith
6.9
443
2013
16
247
55.8
3,046
190.4
12
21
66.5
2.7
4.7
43
315
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Texans Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,041

Stroud

C.J. Stroud

RUSH

703

Marks

Woody Marks

REC

1,117

Collins

Nico Collins
Team Rankings

PPG

23.8

13th

OPP PPG

17.4

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

108.9

22nd

PASS YDS/G

232.7

14th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
Texans Texans
12
5
0
.706
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
HOU Texans

1 - 1

16

Final

28

NE Patriots

2 - 0

Sun 18 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176