most yards by qb drafted in 4th round last 45 years

Between May 20, 1981 and May 20, 2026, Kirk Cousins has the most passing yards by a 4th round pick quarterback, with 44,700 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards by qb drafted in 4th round last 45 years
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
44,700
174
3,934
5,899
66.7
7.6
256.9
298
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
2Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
35,989
139
3,184
4,759
66.9
7.6
258.9
243
92
98.3
5.1
1.9
287
1,737
3Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
28,743
157
2,533
4,206
60.2
6.8
183.1
180
104
84.7
4.3
2.5
302
1,689
4Steve Beuerlein
S. Beuerlein
24,046
147
1,894
3,328
56.9
7.2
163.6
147
112
80.3
4.4
3.4
332
2,124
5Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
20,261
93
1,673
2,963
56.5
6.8
217.9
123
92
78.5
4.2
3.1
235
1,454
6Kyle Orton
K. Orton
18,037
87
1,613
2,712
59.5
6.7
207.3
101
69
81.2
3.7
2.5
165
1,016
7David Garrard
D. Garrard
16,003
86
1,406
2,281
61.6
7.0
186.1
89
54
85.8
3.9
2.4
179
1,115
8Scott Mitchell
S. Mitchell
15,692
99
1,301
2,346
55.5
6.7
158.5
95
81
75.3
4.0
3.5
155
882
9Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
14,480
68
1,180
1,985
59.4
7.3
212.9
93
69
83.1
4.7
3.5
177
1,379
10Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
10,711
87
830
1,546
53.7
6.9
123.1
55
70
68.7
3.6
4.5
160
1,188
11Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
9,414
132
756
1,509
50.1
6.2
71.3
49
63
63.3
3.2
4.2
115
837
12Craig Erickson
C. Erickson
7,625
52
591
1,092
54.1
7.0
146.6
41
38
74.3
3.8
3.5
82
535
13Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
7,162
39
593
1,066
55.6
6.7
183.6
39
60
65.2
3.7
5.6
57
435
14Rob Johnson
R. Johnson
5,795
48
494
806
61.3
7.2
120.7
30
23
83.6
3.7
2.9
140
817
15Steve Dils
S. Dils
5,464
89
472
921
51.2
5.9
61.4
24
32
63.7
2.6
3.5
76
543
16Paul McDonald
P. McDonald
5,269
70
411
767
53.6
6.9
75.3
24
37
65.7
3.1
4.8
78
521
17Danny Kanell
D. Kanell
5,129
43
491
956
51.4
5.4
119.3
31
34
63.2
3.2
3.6
63
512
18Seneca Wallace
S. Wallace
4,947
64
468
788
59.4
6.3
77.3
31
19
80.8
3.9
2.4
59
339
19Sage Rosenfels
S. Rosenfels
4,156
44
351
562
62.5
7.4
94.5
30
29
81.2
5.3
5.2
19
127
20Mark Herrmann
M. Herrmann
4,015
40
334
561
59.5
7.2
100.4
16
36
64.3
2.9
6.4
49
439
21Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
3,932
21
377
608
62.0
6.5
187.2
20
11
84.1
3.3
1.8
35
260
22Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
3,904
29
386
709
54.4
5.5
134.6
15
26
62.2
2.1
3.7
47
298
23Joshua Dobbs
J. Dobbs
3,346
27
351
559
62.8
6.0
123.9
17
15
78.3
3.0
2.7
38
271
24Ed Luther
E. Luther
3,161
56
243
457
53.2
6.9
56.4
12
22
63.9
2.6
4.8
20
177
25Matt Barkley
M. Barkley
2,699
20
212
363
58.4
7.4
135.0
11
22
66.6
3.0
6.1
13
92
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