nfl cowboys player most rookie pass yards in a season

Dak Prescott has the most passing yards by a rookie for the Cowboys, with 3,667 yards in 2016.

Showing
  • Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3,667
2016
16
311
459
67.8
8.0
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
2Troy Aikman
T. Aikman
1,749
1989
11
155
293
52.9
6.0
159.0
9
18
55.7
3.1
6.1
19
155
3Chad Hutchinson
C. Hutchinson
1,555
2002
9
127
250
50.8
6.2
172.8
7
8
66.3
2.8
3.2
34
265
4Steve Walsh
S. Walsh
1,371
1989
8
110
219
50.2
6.3
171.4
5
9
60.5
2.3
4.1
11
84
5Quincy Carter
Q. Carter
1,072
2001
8
90
176
51.1
6.1
134.0
5
7
63.0
2.8
4.0
12
56
6Kellen Moore
K. Moore
779
2015
3
61
104
58.7
7.5
259.7
4
6
71.0
3.8
5.8
5
23
7Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
421
1969
6
23
47
48.9
9.0
70.2
1
2
69.5
2.1
4.3
12
106
8Kevin Sweeney
K. Sweeney
291
1987
3
14
28
50.0
10.4
97.0
4
1
111.8
14.3
3.6
3
15
9Don Meredith
D. Meredith
281
1960
6
29
68
42.6
4.1
46.8
2
5
34.0
2.9
7.4
10Stephen McGee
S. McGee
238
2010
2
22
44
50.0
5.4
119.0
2
0
81.4
4.5
0.0
3
25
11Anthony Wright
A. Wright
237
2000
4
22
53
41.5
4.5
59.3
0
3
31.7
0.0
5.7
12
92
12Ben DiNucci
B. DiNucci
219
2020
3
23
43
53.5
5.1
73.0
0
0
67.9
0.0
0.0
7
73
13Danny White
D. White
213
1976
14
13
20
65.0
10.7
15.2
2
2
94.4
10.0
10.0
1
15
14Clint Longley
C. Longley
209
1974
2
12
21
57.1
10.0
104.5
2
0
122.9
9.5
0.0
2
18
15Craig Morton
C. Morton
173
1965
4
17
34
50.0
5.1
43.3
2
4
45.0
5.9
11.8
16Jerry Rhome
J. Rhome
157
1965
11
9
21
42.9
7.5
14.3
1
1
65.0
4.8
4.8
17Calvin Hill
C. Hill
137
1969
13
3
3
100.0
45.7
10.5
2
0
158.3
66.7
0.0
0
0
18Reggie Collier
R. Collier
96
1986
4
8
15
53.3
6.4
24.0
1
2
55.8
6.7
13.3
3
38
19Drew Henson
D. Henson
78
2004
7
10
18
55.6
4.3
11.1
1
1
61.8
5.6
5.6
2
26
20Jason Garrett
J. Garrett
61
1993
5
9
19
47.4
3.2
12.2
0
0
54.9
0.0
0.0
1
6
21Clint Stoerner
C. Stoerner
53
2000
1
3
5
60.0
10.6
53.0
1
0
135.8
20.0
0.0
2
21
22Loren Snyder
L. Snyder
44
1987
2
4
9
44.4
4.9
22.0
0
0
59.5
0.0
0.0
0
0
23Duane Carrell
D. Carrell
37
1974
7
1
1
100.0
37.0
5.3
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
24Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
34
1977
14
1
1
100.0
34.0
2.4
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
25Ron Springs
R. Springs
30
1979
16
1
3
33.3
10.0
1.9
1
0
111.1
33.3
0.0
1
4

More NFL News

More Cowboys Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,046

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

528

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

709

Lamb

CeeDee Lamb
Team Rankings

PPG

27.4

7th

OPP PPG

26.6

27th

RUSH YDS/G

94.1

25th

PASS YDS/G

255.8

10th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
4
2
1
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
0
.375
2
4
1
.357
2
6
0
.250
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/8
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
4:25 PM
Sun
11/22
@
1:00 PM
Thu
11/26
@
4:30 PM
Mon
12/7
@
8:15 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

3 - 5

33

Final

30

DAL Cowboys

3 - 5

Sun 1 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

NFL 2026 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2026

NFL 2026 Betting

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
4
2
1
.643
3
5
0
.375
2
4
1
.357
2
6
0
.250
NFC NorthWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
5
2
0
.714
5
2
0
.714
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
3
4
0
.429
3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
2
5
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
4
3
0
.571
4
4
0
.500
3
5
0
.375
AFC EastWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
5
3
0
.625
2
6
0
.250
1
6
0
.143
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
5
2
0
.714
5
3
0
.625
4
4
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
5
2
0
.714
2
5
0
.286
2
6
0
.250
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
5
2
0
.714
4
4
0
.500
0
7
0
.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
Thu
9/10
@
27-7
Sun
9/13
@
59-37
Sun
9/13
@
41-23
Sun
9/13
@
13-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/2
@
8:15 PM
Thu
11/5
@
8:15 PM
Sun
11/8
@
9:30 AM
Sun
11/8
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/8
@
1:00 PM