most yards by qb drafted in 9th round

Johnny Unitas has the most career passing yards by a 9th round pick quarterback, with 40,239 yards.

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most passing yards by qb drafted in 9th round
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
40,239
211
2,830
5,186
54.6
7.8
190.7
290
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
2Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
29,054
177
2,668
4,326
61.7
6.7
164.1
166
122
82.5
3.8
2.8
251
1,616
3Ty Detmer
T. Detmer
6,351
54
546
946
57.7
6.7
117.6
34
35
74.7
3.6
3.7
67
386
4Don Trull
D. Trull
3,980
77
276
637
43.3
6.2
51.7
30
28
61.6
4.7
4.4
11
85
5Turk Schonert
T. Schonert
3,788
72
311
504
61.7
7.5
52.6
11
20
75.6
2.2
4.0
64
536
6Jeff Rutledge
J. Rutledge
3,628
117
274
526
52.1
6.9
31.0
16
29
61.4
3.0
5.5
52
404
7Matt Robinson
M. Robinson
3,519
69
244
523
46.7
6.7
51.0
18
38
50.2
3.4
7.3
59
470
8Jeff Komlo
J. Komlo
2,603
25
218
437
49.9
6.0
104.1
12
28
50.9
2.7
6.4
48
431
9T.J. Rubley
T.J. Rubley
1,377
10
112
195
57.4
7.1
137.7
8
7
78.1
4.1
3.6
13
106
10Gary Lane
G. Lane
254
3
21
43
48.8
5.9
84.7
2
1
73.2
4.7
2.3
11Gene Malinowski
G. Malinowski
218
12
15
54
27.8
4.0
18.2
3
7
22.8
5.6
13.0
12Al Dekdebrun
A. Dekdebrun
2
2
1
3
33.3
0.7
1.0
0
1
2.8
0.0
33.3
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
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.471
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14
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.176
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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
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.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
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.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

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10-20
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10/12
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9/13
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9/13
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1:00 PM
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9/13
@
1:00 PM