most passing ypg by a rookie 4th round pick

Dak Prescott has averaged the most passing yards per game by a rookie 4th round pick, with 229.2 per game in 2016.

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	229.2	2016	DAL	16	311	459	67.8	3,667	8.0	23	4	104.9	5.0	0.9	25	143
2	Mark Herrmann M. Herrmann	210.5	1982	DEN	2	32	60	53.3	421	7.0	1	4	53.5	1.7	6.7	4	48
3	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	201.6	2023	LV	11	213	343	62.1	2,218	6.5	12	7	83.9	3.5	2.0	24	173
4	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	195.4	2001	CAR	15	293	540	54.3	2,931	5.4	11	19	62.0	2.0	3.5	26	177
5	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	195.3	2022	NE	4	65	92	70.7	781	8.5	5	3	100.9	5.4	3.3	6	40
6	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	189.3	2000	NO	8	113	194	58.2	1,514	7.8	9	6	85.7	4.6	3.1	15	94
7	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	164.3	1988	RAI	10	105	238	44.1	1,643	6.9	8	7	66.6	3.4	2.9	26	215
8	Ryan Finley R. Finley	158.0	2019	CIN	3	41	87	47.1	474	5.4	2	2	62.1	2.3	2.3	11	93
9	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	155.3	2012	WAS	3	33	48	68.8	466	9.7	4	3	101.6	8.3	6.3	3	27
10	Connor Cook C. Cook	150.0	2016	OAK	1	14	21	66.7	150	7.1	1	1	83.4	4.8	4.8	2	7
11	Mike Boryla M. Boryla	145.0	1974	PHI	4	60	102	58.8	580	5.7	5	3	78.9	4.9	2.9	4	39
12	Mike Pagel M. Pagel	142.3	1982	BAL	9	111	221	50.2	1,281	5.8	5	7	62.4	2.3	3.2	16	129
13	Doug Nussmeier D. Nussmeier	136.0	1996	NO	2	28	50	56.0	272	5.4	1	1	69.8	2.0	2.0	3	17
14	Ian Book I. Book	135.0	2021	NO	1	12	20	60.0	135	6.8	0	2	40.6	0.0	10.0	8	54
15	Bryce Petty B. Petty	134.8	2016	NYJ	6	75	133	56.4	809	6.1	3	7	60.0	2.3	5.3	13	79
16	Kyle Orton K. Orton	124.6	2005	CHI	15	190	368	51.6	1,869	5.1	9	13	59.7	2.4	3.5	30	190
17	Luke McCown L. McCown	121.6	2004	CLE	5	48	98	49.0	608	6.2	4	7	52.6	4.1	7.1	12	122
18	Stephen McGee S. McGee	119.0	2010	DAL	2	22	44	50.0	238	5.4	2	0	81.4	4.5	0.0	3	25
19	Steve Myer S. Myer	104.1	1977	SEA	7	70	130	53.8	729	5.6	6	12	47.2	4.6	9.2	9	80
20	Matt Barkley M. Barkley	100.0	2013	PHI	3	30	49	61.2	300	6.1	0	4	44.6	0.0	8.2	3	24
21	Cardale Jones C. Jones	96.0	2016	BUF	1	6	11	54.5	96	8.7	0	1	46.0	0.0	9.1	1	2
22	Scott Zolak S. Zolak	93.5	1992	NE	6	52	100	52.0	561	5.6	2	4	58.8	2.0	4.0	17	137
23	Johnny Clement J. Clement	76.7	1941	CHC	9	48	100	48.0	690	6.9	3	7	51.7	3.0	7.0
24	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	75.1	1949	LA	8	32	58	55.2	601	10.4	6	2	111.4	10.3	3.4
25	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	74.0	1997	NO	7	42	91	46.2	518	5.7	4	8	42.3	4.4	8.8	18	116

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Eagles	10	5	0	.667
Cowboys	6	7	1	.464
Commanders	4	11	0	.267
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Sun 12/21	LAC	@	DAL	1:00 PM
Thu 12/25	DAL	@	WAS	1:00 PM
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Patriots	11	3	0	.786
Bills	10	4	0	.714
Dolphins - e	6	8	0	.429
Jets - e	3	11	0	.214
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	8	6	0	.571
Ravens	7	7	0	.500
Bengals - e	4	10	0	.286
Browns - e	3	11	0	.214
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	10	4	0	.714
Texans	9	5	0	.643
Colts	8	6	0	.571
Titans - e	2	12	0	.143
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Chargers	10	4	0	.714
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Eagles - y	10	5	0	.667
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Lions	8	6	0	.571
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Panthers	7	7	0	.500
Falcons - e	5	9	0	.357
Saints - e	4	10	0	.286
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Seahawks - x	12	3	0	.800
Rams - x	11	4	0	.733
49ers	10	4	0	.714
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Sat 9/13	DEN	@	IND	28-29
Sat 9/13	PHI	@	KC	20-17
Sat 9/13	ATL	@	MIN	22-6
Sun 9/14	TB	@	HOU	20-19
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