most receiving yards per game by quarterback single season afc

Mark Malone has the most receiving yards per game by an AFC quarterback in a season, with 11.3 per game in 1981.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mark Malone M. Malone	11.3	1981	PIT	8	1		90	90.0	1	68	16	4.3	8.5	2
2	Terrelle Pryor T. Pryor	7.3	2012	OAK	3	1	1	22	22.0	0	51	10	5.1	17.0	1
3	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	7.1	1999	PIT	16	9	16	113	12.6	1	258	56	4.6	16.1	2
4	Tory Woodbury T. Woodbury	6.5	2002	NYJ	2	1	1	13	13.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Troy Smith T. Smith	6.0	2008	BAL	6	1	2	36	36.0	0	24	9	2.7	4.0	0
6	Anthony Richardson Sr. A. Richardson Sr.	4.5	2025	IND	2	1	1	9	9.0	0	-1	4	-0.3	-0.5	0
7	Seneca Wallace S. Wallace	3.5	2011	CLE	6	1	1	21	21.0	0	70	7	10.0	11.7	0
8	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	3.4	2015	TEN	12	1	1	41	41.0	1	252	34	7.4	21.0	2
9	Steve Grogan S. Grogan	3.4	1981	NE	8	2		27	13.5	0	49	12	4.1	6.1	2
10	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	3.0	1982	SEA	9	1		27	27.0	0	113	15	7.5	12.6	1
11	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	2.9	1987	BUF	12	1		35	35.0	0	133	29	4.6	11.1	0
12	Gary Kubiak G. Kubiak	2.9	1984	DEN	7	1		20	20.0	0	27	9	3.0	3.9	1
13	Guido Merkens G. Merkens	2.8	1979	HOU	16	3		44	14.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	2.7	2008	BAL	16	1	1	43	43.0	0	180	52	3.5	11.3	2
15	Tyler Thigpen T. Thigpen	2.6	2008	KC	14	1	1	37	37.0	1	386	62	6.2	27.6	3
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	2.5	2004	SD	15	1	1	38	38.0	0	85	53	1.6	5.7	2
17	Cam Newton C. Newton	2.3	2020	NE	15	2	2	35	17.5	1	592	137	4.3	39.5	12
18	Tom Brady T. Brady	2.3	2015	NE	16	1	1	36	36.0	0	53	34	1.6	3.3	3
19	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	2.1	1988	RAI	10	1		21	21.0	0	35	30	1.2	3.5	0
20	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	2.0	2013	BAL	3	1	1	6	6.0	0	64	8	8.0	21.3	0
21	Drew Brees D. Brees	1.9	2003	SD	11	1	1	21	21.0	1	84	21	4.0	7.6	0
22	Brady Quinn B. Quinn	1.8	2009	CLE	10	1	1	18	18.0	0	98	20	4.9	9.8	1
23	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	1.7	1991	NYJ	16	1		27	27.0	0	60	23	2.6	3.8	0
24	David Woodley D. Woodley	1.7	1982	MIA	9	1		15	15.0	1	207	36	5.8	23.0	2
25	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	1.6	2010	CLE	8	1	1	13	13.0	0	136	28	4.9	17.0	1

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