most yards passes by rookie quarterback 49ers

Jeff Garcia has the most passing yards by a rookie 49ers quarterback, with 2,544 yards in 1999.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
2,544
1999
13
225
375
60.0
6.8
195.7
11
11
77.9
2.9
2.9
15
104
2Nick Mullens
N. Mullens
2,277
2018
8
176
274
64.2
8.3
284.6
13
10
90.8
4.7
3.6
17
127
3Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
1,570
1978
12
137
302
45.4
5.2
130.8
8
22
40.0
2.6
7.3
17
156
4C.J. Beathard
C.J. Beathard
1,430
2017
7
123
224
54.9
6.4
204.3
4
6
69.2
1.8
2.7
19
141
5Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
1,374
2022
9
114
170
67.1
8.1
152.7
13
4
107.3
7.6
2.4
11
84
6Tom Owen
T. Owen
1,327
1974
10
88
184
47.8
7.2
132.7
10
15
56.1
5.4
8.2
25
202
7Ken Dorsey
K. Dorsey
1,231
2004
8
123
226
54.4
5.4
153.9
6
9
62.4
2.7
4.0
13
94
8Alex Smith
A. Smith
875
2005
9
84
165
50.9
5.3
97.2
1
11
40.8
0.6
6.7
29
185
9Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
621
1956
12
38
78
48.7
8.0
51.8
1
6
48.1
1.3
7.7
10Trey Lance
T. Lance
603
2021
6
41
71
57.7
8.5
100.5
5
2
97.3
7.0
2.8
4
15
11Elvis Grbac
E. Grbac
393
1994
11
35
50
70.0
7.9
35.7
2
1
98.2
4.0
2.0
4
36
12George Mira
G. Mira
331
1964
7
23
53
43.4
6.2
47.3
2
5
37.5
3.8
9.4
13Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
286
1961
11
19
34
55.9
8.4
26.0
0
4
44.1
0.0
11.8
14Scott Bull
S. Bull
252
1976
14
21
48
43.8
5.3
18.0
2
4
39.6
4.2
8.3
5
44
15Jim Druckenmiller
J. Druckenmiller
239
1997
4
21
52
40.4
4.6
59.8
1
4
29.2
1.9
7.7
4
32
16Dennis Morrison
D. Morrison
227
1974
3
21
51
41.2
4.5
75.7
1
5
21.9
2.0
9.8
0
0
17Jeff Brohm
J. Brohm
189
1996
3
21
34
61.8
5.6
63.0
1
0
86.5
2.9
0.0
2
10
18John Brodie
J. Brodie
160
1957
5
11
21
52.4
7.6
32.0
2
3
69.6
9.5
14.3
19Joe Montana
J. Montana
96
1979
16
13
23
56.5
4.2
6.0
1
0
81.1
4.3
0.0
0
0
20Maury Duncan
M. Duncan
82
1954
6
4
14
28.6
5.9
13.7
0
2
11.9
0.0
14.3
21Bob Waters
B. Waters
61
1960
8
2
2
100.0
30.5
7.6
1
0
158.3
50.0
0.0
22Cody Pickett
C. Pickett
55
2004
1
4
10
40.0
5.5
55.0
0
2
18.8
0.0
20.0
2
14
23Mark Stevens
M. Stevens
52
1987
2
2
4
50.0
13.0
26.0
1
0
135.4
25.0
0.0
0
0
24Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
35
2011
3
3
5
60.0
7.0
11.7
0
0
81.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
25Bill Musgrave
B. Musgrave
33
1991
1
4
5
80.0
6.6
33.0
1
0
133.8
20.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

24th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

6th

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
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41

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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